Inspiration from a 1790’s pewter rack seen at auction in the U.K., the front face reeding particularly caught my interest, which in that day was probably done by hand. ( I used a router bit). I also wanted to try out my new stacked dado blade set…

Hung on french cleats in an alcove in my den, it provides a tidy spot to store movies and cd’s.

Yellow poplar, wine color dye, and black cherry oil stain and several coats spar poly.

47” X 28 ” My own design

2 of 3 walnut lamp tables from 100% Walnut felled by a tornado 18 years ago and stored in my employers barn on their horsefarm.
Thru tenon/ mortise top and bottom construction, with 7/8 breadboard tops which sit on shoulders and are removable (the top on the right one is not centered properly in this pic… Transfast dye used—DarK Mission “with a little red Rit (10% to be exact)” to match the color of my Grandmother’s antique Victorian marble-topped walnut table, 4 coats of spray lacquer, and finished with 3 layers of Minwax Finishing wax. My own design, I needed a table height to equal the height of my Mission furniture arms to eliminate the need to “reach over” to grab something off the tables. Plans are to build Limbert style lamps using red cedar with stained glass shades to match for a more “rustic lodge” look in this den…

Mission furniture—Sofa and 2 Club chairs. Hybrid design following Woodcraft and Rockler plans, but making changes to reflect an antique sofa I saw on ebay.

QS white oak, dyed using RIT Wine coloured water dye, with Varathane Black Cherry oil stain (used as a gel stain)

The Club chair was posted earlier, without the upholstery, so am reposting as finished. Dark Burgundy duck canvas.
The Master has already claimed this one…

All three pieces sit on floor cloths which I painted up to protect the wood floor underneath (and easier to keep clean)

9 months of work

Mission style Club Chair. 1 of 2 , in QS white oak. (Seat slats are scrap oak). Mortise/ tenon construction.
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Hybrid in design, I used construction/ size elements from both Woodcraft Mission sofa and Rockler Prairie Settle plans, plus my own—wider slats, diamond pierced center slats, and thru tenons on the arms, which I saw on an actual antique piece.

Take-apart-able with the use of Woodcraft bed-rail (screw) brackets on the bottom rails and a removeable finish screw thru the leg on the top rail, the back is constructed as a one-piece panel and detaches from the side/arm pieces. Necessary for my very narrow den doorway.

Rit “wine” coloured water dye under Black Cherry oil stain (Varathane-Fast dry, used as a gel stain) , spar varnish overcoat. Burgundy color in natural daylight, rich dark color in low light. I know!... ‘Tis sacrilege to “stain” QS oak this dark, but this was a result of a “happy accident” , and I decided I liked the result much better. (Fast Dry means even faster outdoors on a windy day…!)

Matching sofa in progress, as well as the (dark Burgundy) upholstery. Will re-post when the upholstery is completed, which I am also doing myself.

Ash stained Golden Pecan (Minwax). I tried oak, but kept busting off the tips in the arches, so used ash and found it to be not as brittle to use. Arches cut out using a band saw, and filed until even. No templates used.

Ash is not easy to stain (consistently). Liked the pecan better—golden oak turned out a dull gray.

Glass is a pressed leaf design (special order) located by a local art glass dealer. The bin pulls are authentic Victorian brass from a salvage place north of Indianapolis.

Good project. Will probably build more to showcase more glass.

Simple window casing using air dried red oak from the farm. Used dark mission finish—yellow dye, and two coats of Red Mahogany stain with cotton t-shirt material, two coats glossy spar varnish.

Has underlying tints of orange in the finished product.

For two windows, this and a 5-footer for my new den.

Local Ash species wood, planed to 3/4, T/G myself with “low end” equipment

Gunstock primary stain, counterstain with Dark Walnut to bring out grain, lightly top sanded, final over-stain with Gunstock. Four coats floor poly. All Minwax products.

I really love the grain that ash provides and is abundant ‘round here (‘til the Emerald Ash Borer kills them all off, that is) I even used some of “wormy” pieces to give the floor that “old timey” effect reminiscent of two hundred year old cabin floors. The pictures here don’t do the colors and grain patterns justice.

For my new den remodel, formerly the master bedroom. Has kept me quite busy all summer, but quite a fun project! 144 sq ft of floor, and stacks of finished flooring all over the house !

On-going project for basement doors to block off cold air coming up stairway. Framed yellow pine/pine wainscotting. Non-standard size door opening.

Built as an add-on to my kitchen cabinets, this was my first drawer build/fit project using the old-fashioned wooden runner/groove supports for the drawers. For flatware and kitchen utensil storage. Oak drawer fronts, framed wainscotting door. Spring ‘09 project

Toybox for a John Deere crazy grandson. The hardest task in this project was the paintjob! Used 1X6 tongue/groove carsiding, 2X4’s and 1/2” plywood. Roller casters on bottom for easy moving. Authentic John Deere colors. The box is 4’X 21” .I planned on using heavy duty lid supports (Rockler product) as the lid itself is 20 lbs. but decided to take the lid off until the kid gets a little bigger… Fun project. I made a similiar but smaller dimensioned box in two-toned pinks for a little girl who lives in the same household. —dj

Oak Trestle Table.
Design from tables commonly seen at Rev War Reenactments made to be detached in pieces for transport. Top planks sit on a dado cut in the shoulders, which sit in dado tongues on the legs. 8 screws only. All mortise and tenon joinery. Since I didn’t have a decent bandsaw at this time, I cut the curves as close as possible with a jigsaw, and used an old bastard file to file the curves out evenly. Took me all summer, under a shade tree. All oak donated to me by my boss-lady for this project was downed by tornadoes 18 years ago, planked out, and stored in a horse barn. (Access to more!)
Benches in progress.

Oak cabinets. Doors are of framed oak wainscotting. My first really big woodworking project. I have since attached bottom panels of the same to contain the hanging light wires. Functioning linen drawer in sink base.
Separate flatware/utensil cabinet in process of being built (next to range)
Main cabinets finished two years ago, but still have to add crown mould on the top. Stained glass panel used to block out the west afternoon sun, instead of frilly kitchen curtains.

Cabinet design from one seen in a salvage store in New Hampshire. Particularly liked the arch panel doors, and I added the Queen Anne style stained glass panels done in lead came.
(The dog had an ear infection)