Pine Night Stand

This reminds me of a lady i did some work for on a sort of rustic lake house. Except she was so anal retentive that she wanted to micro manage where hammer marks, scratches or even where nails went on the stuff i was building. I invented a new name for her style…..PRISTINE RUSTIC! hehe

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

Looks good to me, Dusty. All that counts is that the check cashed. The customer is always right. I like the pristine rustic, Miles.

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

stepping stones towards the future… everything brings us something, if we are willing to look for the positives

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Ahh Yes! A savvy business man. A talented furniture maker with business acumen. This is a formula for success.

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

Miles,

That is a hoot. I can so relate.

All I can say is …....been there,... did that… worked for some one like that…...SIGH

Some day I am going to start a blog and call it ”The customer is always right…. However…......
In fact Miles thanks for the idea… I might as well start it today, I”ll bet it will be amusing. Here is the link.

-- Dusty

Nice piece, and nice story!

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

This reminds me of why pine is still one of my all time favorite woods to work with. Very forgiving and displays explosions of grain patterns that always compliment the piece.

-- All donations should be made out to me and in the form of wood or tools ~Chris

Dudty, that’s some of the nicest Pine furniture I’ve seen. I must be like all the other Minnesotan customers you sold to. I like Pine!!

I think one of the main reasons we like Pine so much, is the lumber barons clear cut Northern MN years ago,

& burned the rest. Now all we have is the second growth stuff. We have to love what’s left.

-- -** 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

Dick,

Thanks for the nice comments.

Your so right about being second growth.

Isn’t that sad?

We have to use what we have available to use now.

One of my pet peeves is imported “pine” that the tree has been raised so hopped up on hormones that it would be better off used for making toothpicks rather than furniture.

Don’t even get me going on this subject.

I refuse to buy this crooked ,twisted, bowed, dog…....d…. junk any longer that has been imported and is allegedly sold as pine.

Not.

-- Dusty

Dusty you have a way of making plain pine look elegant and expensive. I like your work.

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

cajunpen

I am humbled from your comments.

This was the first time I built this piece.

I made a major mistake and corrected it the next time I built one.

If you notice I applyed a cheep inexpensive drawer guide built out of vinyl and plastic.

Shame on me.

I know better.

It was prototype. Shrug.

Next piece I did it right.

Wood glides.

End of discussion.

-- Dusty