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Cherry and Maple Mirror.

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Cherry and Maple Mirror. Cherry and Maple Mirror. Cherry and Maple Mirror. Click the pictures to enlarge them

This mirror is a plan I had found and modified. I paired this up with the Maple and Cherry Sofa Table.

The mirror is built with cherry and maple.

I used half lap dado’s to create the lattice inter frame.

The joints are made from solid maple plugs .

The cherry is finished in natural tone finish. Hand rubbed.

There is 8 top coats, hand sanded and applied with cheese cloth.

-- Dusty


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MsDebbieP

12282 posts in 698 days


posted 366 days ago

how wonderful!!

Love the lines in it and how it goes with the table.

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

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Dadoo

1557 posts in 528 days


posted 366 days ago

Looks nice.

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

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Dusty

783 posts in 694 days


posted 366 days ago

msDebbie,

That was my plan all along was to build two matching pieces so both would compliment each other.

This way I wouldn’t have to bury that sofa table and its top, which I find very interesting.

I think if this piece was behind some sofa you would not only be unable to see the maple inlays you would miss a lot of the beauty of the piece as a whole.

-- Dusty

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mot

4859 posts in 574 days


posted 366 days ago

Nice contrast, again, Dusty.

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

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Jiri Parkman

591 posts in 350 days


posted 337 days ago

Nice combination of maple and cherry.

-- Jiri

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rikkor

8574 posts in 412 days


posted 337 days ago

That’s a mighty fine mirror.

-- Maplewood, MN

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Dusty

783 posts in 694 days


posted 337 days ago

jiri, rikkor,

Thank you for your kind comments.

Some times the simplest designs or projects turn out to be some of the the nicest projects we make.

I enjoyed building this project and found the cherry and maple inlays ( which I don’t use a lot) added to this and the sofa table pictured below to work well.

The half laps used in the mirror were a good learning experience learning how to make with only 1/4 thickness.

Not a lot of room for error, and easy to break when cutting them.

I am referring to the grid work of course.

-- Dusty

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