Project Information
For my 16th birthday last February 2010, I was surprised with a surprise birthday party that my family planned. During that time, I have wanted to make a bedroom set for my room but didn't have any money to buy the materials to make the set. My family knew I needed money for materials, so they all got me Lowe's gift cards and cash for my birthday. With this money I started buying red oak at my local Lowe's store (which isn't cheap as you may know) to begin making my bedroom set. After I used the money I got for my birthday, I started to save up money and I made some projects for people to earn money to buy the rest of materials. Time went by over the summer and my half-built dresser started to collect dust for a couple of months, as I only worked on it a little at a time. Then school started and I made the dresser drawers, nightstand, and dresser-top valet in woodshop class, which made the process quicker because I could work on it every day with all the tools and equipment I need. The mirror I made at home with scrap oak I had left over. So then the bedroom set was just about complete and I recently I signed up for LumberJocks and saw they were holding a contest this January. So these past few weeks here I have been working on finishing the set to enter it in the contest. So almost a year and a couple of hundred bucks later I finally finished it. I used Minwax Golden Oak Stain and two coats of Minwax High-Build Polyurethane (which came out really smooth and glossy). Now I just have to make a matching bed frame/headboard……
Woodworking Joinery/Techniques Used:
-Tapered Legs
-Wavy "Dovetails" (See photo 3 & 4)
-Dados
-Mortise and Tenon
-Pocket Holes
-Biscuit Joints
Thank you for viewing. Comments are welcome.
See the Dresser I entered into the contest here.
Woodworking Joinery/Techniques Used:
-Tapered Legs
-Wavy "Dovetails" (See photo 3 & 4)
-Dados
-Mortise and Tenon
-Pocket Holes
-Biscuit Joints
Thank you for viewing. Comments are welcome.
See the Dresser I entered into the contest here.