Seymour Desk
I was focused on building a sawtooth banding for the cuffs on the legs of the Sheraton desk. At the time, I didn’t have material for the black portion of the banding. So, I decided to use Wenge and paired it with Holly. I had a miter box for small parts and that is what I used to cut the pieces into 15-degree angles. The process was quite rewarding as I married the two woods together with hide glue.
Mario’s Gate
This project was challenging on two levels. First, the gate is massive, as well as extremely heavy (built out of mahogany). Second, the spacers between the pickets had to be carefully lined up inside the arch.
Refurbished Night Stand
Legs and carvings were refinished - this process included staining and sealing the raw wood and matching the stain to the body of the nightstand.
Pinwheel Inlay Cabinet
Despite the fact the Covid-19 pandemic has closed all non-essential businesses (including my favorite lumber yard), I decided it was time to start a new project. I explored my stash of wood and found a great piece of walnut.
Inspired by the book (Furniture in the Southern Style by authors Bob Lang and Glen Huey), I selected the pinwheel inlay project on page 144. This book is exceptional. There are 27 shop drawings of furniture from the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston Salem, North Carolina (patterns for turning, inlay, molding profiles, and scalloped work). This cabinet includes these fine details:
- hand-cut dovetails
- behind the sculptured drawer faces are poplar drawer backs
- inlay (holly)
The pattern for the cabinet can be found in the book: Furniture in the Southern Style by authors Bob Lang and Glen Huey. For sale on ETSY
