Cherry/Walnut Entertainment Armoire

Sweet piece, Mark. The feet are great, and inquiring minds want to know about the drawer front accents.

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Interesting design choice with the shuttered doors. Great looking cherry veneer. I am interested in the drawer accents as well . . .

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Great project ! Cherry and walnut look terrific together.

And that cherry, nothing smells as good as cherry when you are working on it. someone should invent a lumberjock air freshener called “cherry sawdust”. Bet it would be big on amazon.

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Beautiful piece, just thinking about making those doors makes me nervous. You can see in my pic, I love to mix wood speceis together to but I have never tried cherry and walnut, Ill have to give it a shot.

-- John Hudson, JCSwoodworks/Guardsman Furniture Pro

Another great furniture piece. The doors are an interesting choice. But a great job.

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Doug, I think the accents on the drawers are the tails of the dovetails. Nice piece.

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Damien has it exactly right. The dovetails are through so the maple tails peek out the front.

Thanks for lookin’!

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Or would that be walnut tails!

Another interesting piece of furniture! Do the shutters on the doors open and close or are they fixed?

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

now this I like! beautiful

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You’re right about sizing the opening around the doors, that is the hard route. Sometimes we don’t have that luxury and I think you did a great job. I bet that thing just weighs a ton from the mdf.

I think the bigger proportions allow a little more room for everything to play out visually on this larger piece, that being the color and structure elements. I have no doubt that in their contextual environment that they work well with each other and enhance the overall good looks.

By the way, will we get to see these pieces in their home? It is always neat to see where the pieces reside.

I think this is a pretty neat and creative set overall. Design is always the most challenging aspect. You have to design for color, environment, and function then add in you have to design around salvaged pieces. I think you pulled it off pretty good.

Success!

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Marc, Very nice.

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

Marc,

Nice job! I like the taper on the edge of the top to lighten the piece. Also, the contrasting wood details on the drawers are very nice.

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Is that the one with the accidentally reversed tails/pins drawers from the dovetail episode? Looks great now =)

Nice job Mark. I am interested in doing some shutters for a bathroom window. do you have any design tips?, how did you pivot the shutters?

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Ha! Thats the good part about this project. The doors were salvaged from a previously destroyed piece. I basically build the case around the doors. So unfortunately, I have no tips to give.

Good luck with your project though.

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Really excellent work!

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