Amy wedding present dresser

pretty piece !

welcome to lumberjocks

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

A special gift for a special occasion. What a beautiful heirloom to pass on thru the generations. It is extra special that you made it from old lumber. I would hate to think of all this kind of material that has been lost over the years. I was very young when my grand dad died but I can remember my folks carrying gunnysack’s full of old hand carved decoys out of the garage and burning them. They only kept four out of dozens.

Welcome to Lumberjocks.

Tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

Very nice wedding gift. I am always amazed at how much more character is in old reclaimed wood.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

Kevin,

This is a really nice piece and I love the fact that it was constructed from “re-directed” material. I am sure that your daughter really appreciates the piece, especially given the history of the piece. This is a family heirloom that will be passed on to future generations.

Well done.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

Great looking dresser,

-- Mike, Bruce Mississippi = Jack of many trades master of none

Wonderful dresser, Kevin. I’m sure they will enjoy it for many, many years.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Very nice piece. Like the clean lines and the way you selected the boards and oriented the grain patterns.
Dovetail drawers are a very nice touch.

-- Gerry

Really a great job Kevin!

-- Carpe Lignum - Seize The Wood,

Great looking dresser, nice use of reclaimed wood.

-- Andy Stark

lucky daughter

-- making sawdust....

Kevin,
Great job on the dresser, I’m sure your daughter and son-in-law are very proud of your workmanship and very pleased with the gift. What are the approx. overall dimensions? I’ve got a stack of cherry rarin’ to go and I’m going to build one for my wife as soon as I find a plan I like. I have a couple of plans already, but I like your dresser better. Is it your own design or did you find a plan somewhere?

Steve

-- Steve - "Dang, no matter how many times I run it through the planner it's still too thin!"

Steve,

I purchased it as a reprint from Workbench magazine. Here is a link for it:

http://www.workbenchmagazine.com/main/wb281-dresser01.html

The plans were clear and accurate which helped make things easy. Their version was actually built in cherry, so it will definitely look good.

-- Kevin, Blue Springs, MO

Thanks for the link Kevin. Man, it’s funny how things work out sometimes. I was checking my e-mail before logging on to LJ tonight and I had something from PlansNow.com. I decided to check out their bedroom plans and they have that same plan too. Not only that, but they have a matching night table and bed!

Then, lo and behold, I followed your link to Workbench Magazine and when I clicked on the “Buy Project Plan” link it took me to PlansNow.com! I don’t know if this is ‘sawdust destiny’ or what, but right about now I’m thinkin’ this is the plan for me! :) I just hope mine turns out half as nice as your did. Thanks again.

Steve

-- Steve - "Dang, no matter how many times I run it through the planner it's still too thin!"

Nice work twice. Once for reclaiming the materials, again for good workmanship on the dresser.

Steve,

I got a real chuckle out of your “sawdust destiny” phrase. I will have to remember that one. Have a great day.

Kevin

-- Kevin, Blue Springs, MO

Great looking dresser,Really a great job

-- jeanmarc manosque france

Thanks JeanMarc. Very cool that you are in France. Just happened to be at my computer and got your message very quickly. Nice to know that Lumberjocks is an international community! You have some very nice work posted

-- Kevin, Blue Springs, MO