Built this desk for my daughter as she need a new one and what better than to build one yourself!! The bottom frame is lypus because I had a mess of it, bought it from a furniture maker going out of business. The top is cherry from the same guy and it had same interesting character from a fire that occured in shop. The top is folding via Soss hinges and the front is tilts up via sewing hinges. The back panels are just birch plywood dyed black to add contrast.

This is the library stand I build for my wife, she wanted something to store cookbook and another drawer to put things like pens and tape and scissors. I was completed constructed of white oak and plywood for the shelves. For the finish i try using the GF water based stain which proved to be difficult to work with when compared to using their “dye stains” which i found to be much more user friendly, then topped with semi gloss arm r seal. The plans called for rabbit joints for the drawer but i think people always look for the dovetails

This was my first real piece of furniture I finished last year before I had all the elements of my shop together. I finished this with only a bandsaw, router table (cheap Porter cable one) and a planer. I got all the cherry from a friend for FREE. I saw the plans in Wood magazine and you know the feeling, “I got to build that”. This project taught me alot of joinery and finishing techniques. I played around with different stains and quickly found that minwax stain was not suitable, so it was finished with GF antique cherry dye stain, and top with minwax wiping poly.

I have always been intrigued by the Arts and Crafts movement, Gustav Stickley and Frank Lloyd Wright. This chair took about 3 months to complete the construction, but the upholstry was a challenge trying to find the right places to go without spending a fortune. The cushions still need some work because all I could find cheap was medium density foam, so the back cushion is like a rock, so it will be restuffed with Poly fiber. The chair is mostly quarter sawn oak in the noticable areas and plain sawn where you cant see it to save money. Finally i finished it with a General finishes antique cherry with 3 coats of watco medium walnut, and then topped with General finishes semi-gloss poly.