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Project by Lenny posted 405 days ago 569 views 0 times favorited 14 comments Add to Favorites Watch

Made over the course of several years, I made our bedroom set from red oak. I employed biscuit joinery to edge glue boards and mortise and tenons to join the head and foot boards to the posts. I incorporated the flutes to the fronts of the bedposts, dresser posts and nightstands. I turned the bottom 6 inches of the bed posts and dresser legs, turned the “posts” that hold the mirror and also turned the ball that tops each post. My wife’s prior dresser had a mirror that swiveled and a nice graceful arch. I mimicked that look and decided to carry the arch over to the head and foot boards. The sides of the dressers and nightstands are 1/2” oak plywood. The drawers are dovetailed with the sides and bottoms being baltic birch plywood. I used Minwax golden oak stain with a satin polyurethane finish.

-- And on the eighth day God was back in His woodworking shop!


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SCOTSMAN

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posted 405 days ago

do my eyes deceive me or is the chest of drawers bent to the rightlol actually I am sure it’s the photographs. well done some classic furntiure making top quality workmanship really attractive work regards Alistair

-- excuse my typing as I have a form of parkinsons disease

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Lenny

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posted 405 days ago

Many thanks Alistair. Yeah, I stood at a dead on 15 degree angle to get that affect on the chest of drawers! Seriously, it must be an optical illusion. As I recall, I WAS standing or kneeling on the bed as I took that shot so I may not have held the camera horizontally.

-- And on the eighth day God was back in His woodworking shop!

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Napaman

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posted 405 days ago

welcome to lj’s…great furniture!

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

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jim1953

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posted 405 days ago

Great job

-- Jim, Kentucky

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Lenny

126 posts in 420 days


posted 405 days ago

Thank you Matt and thank you Jim!

-- And on the eighth day God was back in His woodworking shop!

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ND2ELK

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posted 399 days ago

Very nice looking bedroom set. You did a great job on these pieces. Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

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Dusty56

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posted 386 days ago

Great job on all of the items . I hope to make my own in the near future as well .

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

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Richforever

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posted 386 days ago

Very inspiring. It opens many possibilities for my bedroom furniture-to-be. Thanks for posting.

-- Rich, Seattle, WA

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Lenny

126 posts in 420 days


posted 386 days ago

Thanks Rich. The set was fun to build and the end results quite satisfying. I have a transplanted Bostonian friend out your way. She works in Seattle and lives in Newcastle. I plan to visit her/Seattle in a couple of years when I (hopefully) retire.

-- And on the eighth day God was back in His woodworking shop!

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ScottyB

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posted 380 days ago

Lenny,

Nice pieces! Welcome to the gang and thanks for the comments on my night stand!

-- "may it be done according to your word"

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Lenny

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posted 380 days ago

You’re welcome Scott and thank you!

-- And on the eighth day God was back in His woodworking shop!

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Beginningwoodworker

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posted 362 days ago

Thats some nice bedroom furniture, Lenny.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

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Dick, & Barb Cain

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posted 169 days ago

The dresser set looks antique, very nice.

I see you’re a Celtics fan, Kevin Mc Hale is a native from our town.

-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1

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Lenny

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posted 168 days ago

Thanks Dick. Ah yes, Kevin McHale, one of the big three. He was some basketball player. I have a photo of him, Bird and Parish over my right shoulder as I type this. Those were the good ol’ days! And just to keep this within the woodworking arena…how about that parquet floor the Celtics used to play on! lol

-- And on the eighth day God was back in His woodworking shop!

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