Construction of Mobile Cart

May 11, 2009

My son has commissioned me to build him a mobile bar.  Made of soft maple, here is how it looks at this stage.  He asked me to carve a monogram , you can see in the rear view.  The front view shows the doors (not installed) and I am currently preparing the shelves.  It will sit [...]

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Cherry Wardrobe

May 11, 2009

I have been working on this project for several weeks … a wardrobe made of solid cherry, with cedar inserts for the back and bottoms of shelves and drawers.  This project has presented many challenges since I work alone and it is simply very big (78″ high).   The top is joined to the sides with dovetails, [...]

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Update on Chess Table

March 12, 2009

Black Walnut, Louis XV

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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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Workshop Expansion

February 1, 2009

Since I decided to go into the furniture business, I was seriously cramped in my workshop, which was built without any consideration of going into such a business.  Late in 2008, I doubled my workshop so that I could more safely and effectively undertake my projects. While I have configured my major tools within the [...]

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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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