Furniture Portfolio

Solid Maple Dining Table

March 12, 2009

Here below you can see one of my recent projects, a solid maple dining table.  The top is 1 1/16″ thick and is 72″ long by 40″ wide.  Two extensions of 16″ each can be installed to handle more dinner guests.  The finish is an antique chestnut stain with 10 coats of tung oil on [...]

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Sofa & Ottoman

December 8, 2008

One of my customers asked for a solid pine sofa and ottoman.  For me this was a very interesting and challenging project. To start, I searched for plans, but was unsuccessful, so I referenced the sofas in my house, and taking my client’s sketch, design preferences and specific measurements as a start, went about preparing a [...]

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Sofa Table – variation

September 29, 2008

Here is a variation of my sofa table design for another client.  Essentially with dimensional differences and with the carving on the bottom, instead of on the face and sides as for the other.  The finish is a combination of 2 stains, first an alcohol based yellow followed by an oil based black.  They were separately applied [...]

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Deck Table & Benches

September 17, 2008

I intend to specialize in outside furniture and have been searching for designs and plans that I like.  So far I have not been able to find much that I like, so I adapted a plan for a picnic table and bench shown in the photo below.  This is a simple set made of pine [...]

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Louis XV Chess Table

August 17, 2008

This is the advanced project at L’Ècole et l’Àtelier d’Ébénisterie.  You can see the finished project on a more recent post. It is made of black walnut.  Here are some pics showing how it is constructed …       … the chess squares are individually cut and glued to an MDF base that is inset into the [...]

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Pine Sofa Table

August 5, 2008

Our friends have a very nice home in the country.  They wanted a sofa table … here is the result …   It is made of solid pine, 53 inches long, 16 inches wide by 25 inches high.  Mortise & tenon joinery for the frame and dove tails for the drawers Finished with a walnut stain and many coats [...]

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Medicine Cabinet / Pharmacy

July 24, 2008

Another completed project … for a home renovation as shown below.   Here is the assembled unit, with mirrors and staining/finishing as close a color match as I could create … in comparison to the original vanity cabinet door shown below.  

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Adirondack Chairs

July 16, 2008

I found a nice plan in Canadian Home Workshop (Paul Allen) for these chairs.  So I bought some Spanish Cedar (beautiful wood) and followed the plan almost to the letter and here is the result. A unique aspect of these comfortable chairs is the offset of the front legs to make it easier to get up [...]

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Completed Pharmacy

July 16, 2008

I finished the pharmacy (medicine chest) with a first application of Tung oil, followed by an ebony oilbased stain.  The final finish was several coats of wiping varnish.    After I installed it, I realized it was too low, so I have to raise it a few inches … too tired today … the shelves were [...]

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Some prior works

May 2, 2008

Here are some photos of some previously completed pieces … Shelf   This was the project for the introductory beginner course at the school.     Coffee Table Here is a coffee table I designed for Andrea.     Pine Bench This is a variation on a plan found in a magazine … Pine End Table Here [...]

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