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Carleen's Cupboard

Project by Thos. Angle posted 856 days ago 421 views 0 times favorited 11 comments Add to Favorites Watch

This came about because we were going to remodel the kitchen. Well, we had to because this junky house was beyond repair. I also wanted to try something in Sapele because that’s what Carleen had picked forher kitchen. The cupboard stands about 78 inches tall and is 28 wide.Thereis no work surface to speak of.Carleen wanted all those “Wren Houses” so I build them. I laughed about them but we use them for everything. The carved leather panels are removable for cleaning. The drawers are dovetailed. The finish is wipeing poly over shellac with no stain. This is the piece that Bobbi Hammer saw that led to the Hammer Secretary.

-- Thos. Angle


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Lee A. Jesberger

3710 posts in 879 days


posted 856 days ago

Thos;

Beautiful. I love your leather work! Absolutely amazing.

Sapele is a beautiful wood.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

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Thos. Angle

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posted 856 days ago

Thanks, Lee, that is indeed a compliment coming from you

-- Thos. Angle

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Don

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posted 856 days ago

Thos, my heart started to palpitate when I saw the thumbnail pic, looked like small boxes, and although I just love small boxes, I wasn’t at all disappointed when the full size of the picture revealed this beautiful cupboard. You do lovely work.

I was fooled by one of your other projects where you had a leather insert. Upon first glance in these pictures, it looks like carved wood. Very special work!

-- CanuckDon "I just love small wooden boxes!" http://www.hilsbiblechurch.org/

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Thos. Angle

4013 posts in 862 days


posted 856 days ago

Thanks Don, I have thought about carving wood but it is a totally different proposition. And those are small boxes with dovetails on all four corners.

-- Thos. Angle

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Bob Babcock

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posted 856 days ago

Gorgeous Thos… really breathtaking. Beautiful grain choices.

-- Bob, Carver Massachusetts, Sawdust Maker http://www.capecodbaychallenge.org

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PanamaJack

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posted 856 days ago

Wow...that’s all I can say.

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

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dewoodwork

111 posts in 856 days


posted 856 days ago

That’s beautiful! Love the carved leather work and would never have never thought of incorporating leather panel inserts. Thanks for the inspiration.

-- Express creativity with wood, Dewayne. Vacaville CA.

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Dorje

1767 posts in 897 days


posted 856 days ago

Me too, or three, or four…

What a nice piece. My admiration for Sapele grows stronger…

Thanks for posting this!

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

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MsDebbieP

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posted 855 days ago

how do the leather panels get removed?

gorgeous

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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mot

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posted 851 days ago

Wow! Great leather work! Great woodwork too!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

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Bill

2561 posts in 1061 days


posted 851 days ago

Great job. I thought those panels were wood too, before you said leather.

-- Bill, Turlock California, http://www.brookswoodworks.com

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