7 Drawer Maple and Cherry Dresser

excellent work !! crisp, clean lines

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

subtil and very refined. I especially like the shape on the corner posts.The inlay came out nice as well.
Good work

-- Thos. Angle

beautiful!, I love the inlay! very Crafty! (I’ll be stealing that idea!) – thanks for sharing your work.

-- The Gnarly Wood Shoppe

Nice job! I have never thought of using inlay on drawer sides!

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

Great piece Matt! I like how you used the same boards across the front, give it a real pro look. The inlay looks great as well.

Real impressive. She’s a lucky girl—furniture for life.

-- Gary, Florida

This is a gorgeous piece, you should be very proud.

-- Gail, http://www.hometownwoodworking.com

Great job! The inlay on the sides of the drawer is a great idea. I also like the hardware. Beautiful piece of furniture.

-- Greg Mitchell--Lowell, AR--gdamitchell@sbcglobal.net

Nice looking dresser, Matt. I really like the inlay in the sides of the drawers. Many people look at the drawers to check for dovetails. What do you think they’ll say when they see both dovetails and an inlay. I think they’ll say “WOW”!!! Kudos to you.

-- Even if to be nothing more than a bad example, everything serves a purpose.

Gorgeous piece…lucky little girl. I wish I had started when my kids were little.

The inlays are a great surprise, nicely done on all counts. The subtle curve on the corners is a nice touch.

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

Excellent work Matt. Your attention in detail realy shines in the drawer faces and joinery. I love contrast and your choice of woods works very well.

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

Very nice piece of furniture. Well done.

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Excellent work, thanks for sharing.

-- James - Geneva, Switzerland

((applauding))
Love the design – and then the wood just accentuates the beauty. The inlay – brilliant and well done.

Bravo

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

Great work but I know what you mean about the hardware. For me it detracts from the overall beauty of the piece (which really dose look great). I think it is more personal preference but it was what caught my eye. The inlay in the side? What a great idea.

“top boards which I bought S2S.” What is S2S?

-- "so much to learn and so little time"..

I love this work. The inlay on the drawer side is a great tip, and something I had not thought of doing before. YOu might see me do something artistic on the side of a drawer someday, and you’ll know that you were the inspiration.

For drawer pulls, and for something special, and just “you”, try making your own. I did some in copper, hammering the surface, and then soldering the pieces together with a propane bottle torch the first time. I made my own bolts with thick copper wire and a die, and my own nuts with chunks of copper and a tap.

If you like this concept, I have some hardware posted around on my projects you could look at for inspiration. Music Notes, Orchids, Flower Leaves, Oak Leaves, & Acorns.

It isn’t hard, I had never done it before, and just started doing it. Each project got a little more complicated and better.

For a 3 year old daughter, you could do hearts, flowers, Disney characters, shapes, who knows, there are lots of options.

Also, if you don’t like the copper, you could do them in wood, making your own knobs. I’ve done deer and elk antler, bone, rocks, turquoise, shells, and on and on, a bunch of weird stuff I have tried.

I found some chunks of petrified wood at the playground in the park one time with the kids. I picked up a handful of them spread out through the peebles, and have enough now to do a project. My kids kept saying,”look dad, watch me…..” I had my head down looking for petrified wood that day. Once they got a hang of what I was looking for, they stopped playing and helped me find rocks. Now, three years later, they are always finding cool rocks for me. I guess this is probably how “weirdness” gets its generational spreading.

admiring your project,
Mark

-- Mark DeCou - American Contemporary Craft Artisan - www.decoustudio.com

I keep coming back to look at this…I really love it. Definite inspiration for the future. My youngest daughter loves Calla Lilys. When I showed this to her she asked when am I going to build her one.

I’d love to see a blog on your drawer pulls Mark. I’d love to try that myself.

LOL…my kids have gone “rock hunting” with me many times. definitely spreading the “weirdness”.

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

Thanks guys.

Mark – Great suggestion with copper and the other materials. It never occured to me I could hammer out copper this way without some serious tools or heat. I might give it a try! The pull on that one table you made is just great.

Snowdog – S2S is a designation for lumber meaning “Surfaced 2 Sides” meaning that a rough cut board is planed smooth on the top and bottom and both surfaces are hopefully parallel. Many lumber shops charge extra per board foot for lumber that is surfaced smooth, so you can usually get rough lumber cheaper. There is also “S3S” which adds one edge that’s jointed and squared and “S4S” which of course is smooth on on sides like lumber at Home Depot, etc.

-- Matt - Syracuse, NY

I showed my wife this project and guess what she wants on our (upcomming) slide out pantry draws. You guessed it, an inlay of some bird or flower. I’ll get you for that mattD <laugh>, I don’t have enough to learn already :) It really is a great idea you had.

I can’t wait to see your new hardware.

-- "so much to learn and so little time"..

Wow, nice work. I wish I could do somthing like that!

-- Normite Lou

Simply beautiful.

Love the idea of the hidden detail on the drawer.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

Wow! That inlay really makes it a unique piece of furniture.

-- Chris

Great looking chest. The inlays are a great addition and make it very personal to your daughter

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

that’s some truly beautiful work I am very impressed and I bet when your daughter is retiring and still has this beautiful item she will also be very impressed each and every time she sees it – superb work

-- Skinna - Australia... I won't stop at murder if that's what is necessary to get the job done

Man that’s a nice piece!

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

Matt – Great work! I like how you very thoughtfully glued up the drawer fronts and carefully laid them all out so the grain is continuous. The top is gorgeous. The whole piece shows a lot of consideration to the wood and is aesthetically very appealing.

How did you join up the posts on the corners?

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

Marking as a favorite – ‘nuf said!

-- Dave J. Oakdale, MN

Simple, elegant, lovely. Thanks for sharing.

-- Patrick, Chicago, IL http://www.TenonAndSpline.com/blog

Just stunning. Wow. A gorgeous piece with beautiful details.

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I like the colors in this piece.Aside from the pretty detail, it has a relaxed feel to it.

-- Jason, AL

This is a beaut. I am glad it came out of the archives so I could see it. Nice work.

Hi Matt,

I am glad this one came back up on the list. I love the look and cherry and maple together. This is a gorgeous piece. The large dovetails and inlay add really nice details to it as well.

Very nice post. It was a pleasure to look at it.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Excellent piece very finely executed

Beautiful!

Cherry and Maple always go together so complementary.

-- When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

Awesome, love the finish- this is a great piece and as a newbie gives me lots of inspiration!

This is beautiful…I love beautiful work that is hidden…

-- Steffen

Thats a beautiful dresser, you did a nice job.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker