Oak Nightstand

Wonderful nightstand. The birdseye maple pops.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

You could always drill out the screws, countersink the holes a tad and put in oak plugs (something I’ve been meaning to do with the coat rack next to the back door – I just drove screws in through the face back when I didn’t know better… still haven’t gotten around to it yet but it’s a cheap stained pine shaker peg rack so I may just replace it with something custom make) – or perhaps swapping out the screws for miller dowels would be easier (complimenting or contrasting wood)... or just make sure a chair, bed, whatever is always next to the table… looks great from the photos.

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That tightness in the drawer can be taken out with a few swipes with plane. As for the wood putty…I did that once too. As scottb said, it’s not unfixable, however, it probably only bugs you. It’s a really nice night stand.

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

I can’t believe that your wife let you get away with the oak stand and she has one of pine :-)) Both look good though and as Scott and Tom have said the minor problems with the drawer sticking and the screw putty are easy fixes.

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Great night stand-Fortunatly most flaws are seen only by the makers and unnoticed by others. The more we take on the more we learn!

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Looks great! Flush drawers like that are a real challenge…you done good. :-)

I found cutting and installing plugs an easy skill to master that gives great-looking results. Depending on the project, using a contrasting wood can look real nice.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Nice work, Darryl!!!

-- Tom, Surfside Beach, SC - Romans 8:28

very nice..I never thought of combining Maple with Oak….they look great together !

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thanks dusty. I was seeing a bit more contrast when I pictured it in my head. I think I might have come closer to what I wanted if I had applied BLO to the oak prior to the poly finish.

I suppose we can’t learn if we don’t try, right?!

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