These cabinet and shelves were built for a client to showcase her collection of phonographs. The cabinet and shelves are just shy of 10’ in length. They are not built in. The cabinet top is 36” deep. The 1st shelf is 22.75” deep. The second shelf is 13” deep. The top shelf is just 4” deep. The entire project is made out solid red oak and red oak plywood to match her home.

My favorite and most frequent customer (my wife) requested cabinets and shelves to surround the french doors in the den. She wanted to paint them so they are made out of several different types of wood. Birch plywood, framed with cherry (I have lots of cherry laying around from finding 500 board feet from an auction…cheap), and red oak for the doors. I know I could have spent far less since the wood was going to be painted, but, oh well.

There is no base in the either cabinet due to my wife wanting to conceal the computer, printer,etc. to keep it hidden but accessable when needed. That equipment is on a rolling cart which easily rolls inside. She also wanted the option to use the cabinets as a desk if needed, so that a chair would easily roll under the top. The flipper doors on the cabinets have the accuride 123 glides. The glides were fairly easy to install once I put my mind to just do it. For the finish on the top of the cabinets, my wife used a glaze with various colors to give it a little different look. The shelves are adjustable and as you can see, already filled.

This wishing well is made from treated pine and cedar. I like the two tone color as I think it gives it a liitle different look. It has a hollow bottom so that it easily fits over a well casing. The well stands about 5’ 6” with the inside diameter being 20 1/2”. I have made smaller versions and larger versions of this well with the largest being 37” inside diameter and 7’ tall.

I designed an outdoor bench for a client this past spring that he wanted to match his porch swing. He wanted built in cat boxes with a seat that lifts up so he could clean out the cat boxes easily. He liked that bench so well I ended up building two more benches without the cat boxes for this patio beside his pond. I haven’t found the pictures of that bench yet, but it did inspire me to build the same style of bench and turned it into a glider. It is made out of treated pine.

This project is made of 3/4” Oak Plywood and trimmed out 3/4” oak. My wife wanted a headboard that was thin, funtional, and most importantly, able to use it as a backrest to read in bed. So, this is what I came up with. The “backrest” is a couple of cabinets which are angled back 15 degrees for comfort. Enough shelving for our drinks, clocks, remotes, and small lights for reading. The headboard stands 5’ high and at it’s deepest, 9 inches.

This is a router table I finished two weeks ago. I got the idea from the new yankee dude. He had too many drawers for me so I thought I would modify it and combine some things I liked from other tables I’ve seen and this is what I came up with. The carcus is made of birch plywood with cherry trim. The doors and drawers are also made of cherry. The top is made of two layers of MDF and stained with red oak and six coats of polyurtherthane on both sides. The router plate came from woodpeckers (highly recommended, alittle pricey, but well worth it). The fence is made of MDF and a couple pieces of melamine. The table height is 40 1/2”. It is taller than most tables but I like it high so I can see what I ‘m doing better.

I use the router alot and I wanted a more funtional table more than anything. I came across 500 Board foot of Cherry at an auction so I use it for trimming out projects. The wood wasn’t taken great care of but it is good for some things like trim. This was a something my shop needed an upgrade in and it turned out to be just what I wanted and was rather fun to build.