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Cedar Deck Chairs

April 20, 2011
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Mission Bookcase – delivered

May 9, 2010

Here is a pic of the completed bookcase.   The 4 shelves are adjustable.  There are floating panels on each side and 2 on the back.  I used a “clover” milk paint to stain this a very light green which allows the grain (poplar) to show.  It was sealed with 6 coats of tung oil.  Not [...]

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Cherry Wardrobe

April 25, 2010

I finally got some pix of the cherry wardrobe I finished last year.  So this post just to update on last year’s post which showed it under construction.   There are 8 dovetail drawers with floating cedar bottoms and 6 shelves with cedar panels floating within the cherry shelf frames.

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Mobile Office Bar Cart

June 8, 2009

Here is the completed mobile Bar Cart made of solid maple. The finish does not show well in these photos but is a combination of cherry, yellow and ebony stains with a wiping varnish seal. This piece was personalized with a carved stylized monogram on the centre back panel. ———- Here are shop photos of a solid [...]

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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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