Butterfly Inlaid Changing Table & Dresser in Cherry and Maple

Very nice work! A quality piece indeed.

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

I love the contrasting woods. Very nice!!

-- Roger - Havertown, Pennsylvania

Amazing! Beautiful job on the inlay butterfly!

-- Scott, Austin-Texas...

Patrick – sketchup—- you don’t need that! Your plans and your follow through are great. I really like the contrast of woods and the inlay is amazing. I think I see a whole lot of Daddy-made things in the future of your first born.

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Great Job Patrick. A beautiful changing table. How thick is the inlay wood?

-- I've been blessed with a father who liked to tinker in wood, and a wife who lets me tinker in wood. Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

Beautiful piece Patrick. An heirloom. Thanks for letting us get a look at it.

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Patrick your work is excellent. I like the design, as well as the contrasting materials.

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

Stunning! Beautiful design and craftsmanship. I don’t know what else to say. It will be under the diapers of many generations of babies. Just gorgeous.

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That is a beautiful piece of furniture. The combination of maple and cherry is always awesome.I love your drawings as well…I started drafting in the board and t-square era, and you have a great style! I love a great hand drawn set of plans.

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Thanks for the feedback, folks! It’s very much appreciated.

Karson – the inlay is roughly 1/8” thick. Watching David Marks gave me the courage…just wish they were still making shows.

The only issue we’ve had with the dresser so far is I seriously miscalculated the volume of clothes a little girl needs storage for! It’s routinely stuffed to the gills to the point where the drawers won’t close. The one I built for my son is much larger, and naturally relatively empty. Figures.

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

Oh…and Brad/David, yeah I used to do a lot of drafting when I was designing theatrical sets. Never quite good enough for any real architecture, but it served me well for scenery. My drafting courses in HS and college were some of my favs. Nowadays I’m almost strictly SketchUp. After years of searching for a CAD, this is the first app that I really can use. Drafting tools are getting rather dusty now! Looking at your projects I can see you spend your design time these days with CAD/SketchUp as well.

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

Very nice piece as is the crib. Bring us more.

-- Thos. Angle, Jordan Valley, Oregon

I’m impressed. Welcome.

-- -- I'm no rocket surgeon

Really impressive, Patrick!

I checked out your photo gallery, and I’m curious as to what method you used to rout out the top of the table to the exact dimension of your inlay pieces?

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

Wow, this is really beautiful! I love the contrast and the details!

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