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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!
Here’s the room from the post at HomeRefurbers.com:
-- Patrick, Chicago, IL http://www.TenonAndSpline.com/blog
































27 comments so far
TomFran
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posted 802 days ago
Very nice work! A quality piece indeed.
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rjack
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posted 802 days ago
I love the contrasting woods. Very nice!!
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speakerscott
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posted 802 days ago
Amazing! Beautiful job on the inlay butterfly!
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Betsy
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posted 802 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.
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Karson
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posted 802 days ago
Great Job Patrick. A beautiful changing table. How thick is the inlay wood?
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Chip
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posted 802 days ago
Beautiful piece Patrick. An heirloom. Thanks for letting us get a look at it.
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cajunpen
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posted 802 days ago
Patrick your work is excellent. I like the design, as well as the contrasting materials.
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Blake
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posted 802 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.
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Brad_Nailor
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posted 802 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 "The ***damn Germans got nuttin to do with it" Sheriff Buford T Justice
Patrick Jaromin
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posted 802 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
Patrick Jaromin
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posted 802 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
Thos. Angle
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posted 802 days ago
Very nice piece as is the crib. Bring us more.
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SPalm
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I’m impressed. Welcome.
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CharlieM1958
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posted 802 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"
Peter O
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Wow, this is really beautiful! I love the contrast and the details!
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Patrick Jaromin
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posted 802 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
CharlieM1958
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posted 802 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"
Todd A. Clippinger
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posted 801 days ago
Your woodworking talent is fabulous!
I really admire your drafting skills, I am not that good.
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Sawdust2
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posted 801 days ago
Some of you folks have been paying attention to Odie.
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miles125
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posted 801 days ago
Really nice job on this Patrick! Welcome to Lumberjocks.
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mot
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posted 800 days ago
This is beautiful, Patrick!
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Mark A. DeCou
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posted 789 days ago
just stunning. Very well designed and built, and the contrasting and inlays are just wonderful. I’m a fan now.
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Andy
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posted 785 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 in Oregon
rikkor
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Man that’s nice. Excellent craftsmanship, too.
Beginningwoodworker
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Thats a nice peice.
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Grumpy
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Beaut job Patrick.
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Joshua Sargent
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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=-