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Butterfly Inlaid Changing Table & Dresser in Cherry and Maple

Project by Patrick Jaromin posted 581 days ago 1310 views 14 times favorited 27 comments Add to Favorites Watch

I built this dresser/changing table for my first born, Annalise. It features a exotic wood butterfly inlay and curly maple “racing stripe” in the top, fluted cherry side and door panels, and a removable top “drawer box”. The main internal structure is birch plywood with frame-and-panel sides. The finish is hand-rubbed tung oil topped with a wipe on poly.

This was my first inlay attempt, and while rather simple I was pleased with how it turned out and have been experimenting with more intricate inlays since – like in the matching crib.

For more photos of the project, see my online gallery.

Here’s the hand-drafted construction drawing. This was before I discovered SketchUp!
construction_drawing


Here’s the room from the post at HomeRefurbers.com:

Click for details: The Room at Pooh Corner

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


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TomFran

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posted 581 days ago

Very nice work! A quality piece indeed.

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

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rjack

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posted 581 days ago

I love the contrasting woods. Very nice!!

-- Roger - Havertown, Pennsylvania

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speakerscott

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posted 581 days ago

Amazing! Beautiful job on the inlay butterfly!

-- Scott, Austin-Texas...

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Betsy

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posted 581 days ago

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.

-- My digits count!

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Karson

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posted 581 days ago

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

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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Chip

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posted 581 days ago

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

-- Better to say nothing and be thought the fool... then to speak and erase all doubt.

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cajunpen

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posted 581 days ago

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/

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Blake

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posted 581 days ago

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.

-- Check out my new website! http://www.blakeweberwoodworking.com

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Brad_Nailor

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posted 581 days ago

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.

-- David, South Windsor, CT "I love the smell of sawdust in the morning"

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Patrick Jaromin

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posted 581 days ago

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

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Patrick Jaromin

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posted 581 days ago

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

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Thos. Angle

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posted 581 days ago

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

-- Thos. Angle

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SPalm

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posted 581 days ago

I’m impressed. Welcome.

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon

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CharlieM1958

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posted 581 days ago

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"

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Peter O

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posted 581 days ago

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

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Patrick Jaromin

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posted 581 days ago

Charlie-
I basically followed a method I saw David Marks use on Woodworks. For this piece I first cut the individual pieces of inlay wood, then I taped them down and traced around them a few times with a sharp X-acto knife on the cherry top. Then I routed by hand with an 1/8” bit. The score lines did a great job helping me guide the router precisely.

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

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CharlieM1958

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posted 581 days ago

Wow.. I’ll have to try that on some scrap. Don’t know if my hands are that steady. :-)

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

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Todd A. Clippinger

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posted 581 days ago

Your woodworking talent is fabulous!

I really admire your drafting skills, I am not that good.

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

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Sawdust2

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posted 580 days ago

Some of you folks have been paying attention to Odie.

-- No piece is cut too short. It was meant for a smaller project.

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miles125

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posted 580 days ago

Really nice job on this Patrick! Welcome to Lumberjocks.

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

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mot

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posted 579 days ago

This is beautiful, Patrick!

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

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Mark A. DeCou

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posted 568 days ago

just stunning. Very well designed and built, and the contrasting and inlays are just wonderful. I’m a fan now.

-- Mark DeCou - Kansas Flint Hill's Artisan

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Andy

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posted 564 days ago

Beatiful in style and fuction as well.In HS shop our teacher told us to never mix woods in furniture because it seldom compliments the design.Well, this is one of those exceptions.Very well done!

-- " If I can make it,so can you" ANDY

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rikkor

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posted 564 days ago

Man that’s nice. Excellent craftsmanship, too.

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Beginningwoodworker

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posted 297 days ago

Thats a nice peice.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

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Grumpy

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posted 296 days ago

Beaut job Patrick.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

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Joshua Sargent

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posted 273 days ago

Holy Gorgeous-ness Batman!!! I’d give my left arm to be able to make something like that for my daughter. They deserve the best, don’t they?! You really delivered….I’m sure she’s proud of daddy!

About Sketchup – is there some site where you can share/buy/sell Sketchup design files? I’d pay just to see how you made it….not that I could ever make one. (But that’s beside the point…I can still appreciate, right?!)

Anyway – nice work man.

-- -=Josh - Gurnee, IL=-

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