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Cherry and Maple Mirror.

Project by Dusty posted 728 days ago 430 views 1 time favorited 7 comments Add to Favorites Watch

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

14188 posts in 1060 days


posted 728 days ago

how wonderful!!

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

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

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Dadoo

1723 posts in 890 days


posted 728 days ago

Looks nice.

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

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Dusty

785 posts in 1056 days


posted 728 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

4904 posts in 936 days


posted 728 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

603 posts in 712 days


posted 699 days ago

Nice combination of maple and cherry.

-- Jiri

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rikkor

11335 posts in 774 days


posted 699 days ago

That’s a mighty fine mirror.

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Dusty

785 posts in 1056 days


posted 699 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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