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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
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posted 366 days ago
how wonderful!!
Love the lines in it and how it goes with the table.
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Dadoo
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posted 366 days ago
Looks nice.
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Dusty
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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
mot
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posted 366 days ago
Nice contrast, again, Dusty.
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Jiri Parkman
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posted 337 days ago
Nice combination of maple and cherry.
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rikkor
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That’s a mighty fine mirror.
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Dusty
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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