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Custom Stickley Style Side Table with Mosaic Glass Tile

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Custom Stickley Style Side Table with Mosaic Glass Tile Custom Stickley Style Side Table with Mosaic Glass Tile Custom Stickley Style Side Table with Mosaic Glass Tile Click the pictures to enlarge them

Finally Finished… well just a few touch-ups to do before I ship this piece out to the client. This one took longer then I had originally estimated but I am pretty happy with the results. The 3/4” x 3/4” glass tile goes really well with the color of the wood. The grout is actually a medium tan color for a low contrast but looks white in the photos. For the finish I used a waterbased dye stain as the undercoat followed my a darker oil based pigment stain that I whipped on and then almost immediately whipped off to pop the figure. I followed this by several coats of whip-on poly (satin) and then waxed. This was a technique that Jeff Jewitt wrote about to mimick a A&C fumed finish. For the Joinery I used mortise and tenon both through and hidden. Eight of them were pinned. The top has pinned half lapped miter joints. For the drawer I used handcut half-blind dovetails on the front and through dovetails on the back. The drawer front and the front rail just below the drawer were cut from the same piece so that the grain was continuous. Size: 22”d x 22”w x 26”h. You can see in-progress shots and my original sketch of this in my projects section.

-- bfd, Folsom, CA


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Kaleo

193 posts in 531 days


posted 92 days ago

BFD- Beautiful table, I love the quartersawn white oak. Great work

-- Kaleo , http://www.kaleosworkshop.com

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TomK

337 posts in 265 days


posted 92 days ago

I like the tile top too. I assume you grouted before finishing? Anyway, it looks great withthe quartersawn oak.

-- North Texas

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GaryK

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posted 92 days ago

Great looking dovetails.

That tile looks very nice. Interesting.

-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.

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bfd

155 posts in 198 days


posted 92 days ago

Hi TomK,

I actually finished the entire piece first then did the tile work grouting last…probably totally bass ackwards but it seemed to work albeit probably not the most efficient route.

-- bfd, Folsom, CA

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bfd

155 posts in 198 days


posted 92 days ago

Thanks Gary!

-- bfd, Folsom, CA

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Woodshopfreak

315 posts in 133 days


posted 92 days ago

The dovetails are impeckable, if I spelled that right. Great job. I like the figure of the grain as well.

-- Tyler, Illinois

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Scott Bryan

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posted 92 days ago

Hi BFD,

Finally!!!! I have enjoyed your posts so far but it is nice to see a finished product (as I am sure that you are glad to have completed it as well). This is a great looking table and the tiles add a lot of visual interest to the piece. I am glad that you pointed out the half lap miters. I would have missed it in my cursory look at the table.

Great job and thanks for sharing the entire process with us. But just one of these is going to look out of place. Maybe you should build another for balance? :)

Thanks. I have enjoyed it.

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

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JetJock

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posted 92 days ago

BDF,this is a very nice piece. I really like your work.

-- Todd C, Central Illinois

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bfd

155 posts in 198 days


posted 92 days ago

Hi Scott I would like nothing more then for the client to commission me to make this a matching pair.:-)

Hi Tyler! Thanks. You now I wish that Martin could add a spell check feature to the LJ. It would sure help me.

-- bfd, Folsom, CA

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pashley

196 posts in 108 days


posted 92 days ago

Tile inlays seem to work well with mission style projects. Very nice, sir.

-- -Be Blessed!, Patrick

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ND2ELK

1851 posts in 165 days


posted 92 days ago

Very nice table. You did a beautiful job on it.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

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EternalDesign

55 posts in 386 days


posted 92 days ago

looks great man.

-- Brian, www.eternal-furniture.com

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Jarrod_Murphree

141 posts in 114 days


posted 92 days ago

Nice job dude.

-- Jarrod, Eagle Nest, NM

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restowood

16 posts in 106 days


posted 92 days ago

I love the effect of the mitered half laps on the corners. I also love the quartersawn(especially on the legs). If you don’t mind me asking what are you getting for the piece. I would love to have one for myself but I’m a long ways from building like that with the dovetails and all.

-- "Nature provides us with the most beautiful things in this world"

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Tim Pursell

168 posts in 173 days


posted 91 days ago

Great table. You got all the details right!

-- http://www.grandprairiewoodworks.com

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WoodRivWW

31 posts in 101 days


posted 91 days ago

Great classic Arts and Crafts piece. Your joinery is superb! A real heirloom. Congratulations!

-- Hailey, ID

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CharlieM1958

3538 posts in 609 days


posted 91 days ago

Great table…...the little details really separate this from run-of-the mill stuff.

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

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jm82435

145 posts in 133 days


posted 91 days ago

Very very nice, beautiful materials and workmanship. It’s projects like this that feed my addiction to LJs.

-- A thing of beauty is a joy forever... - Keats

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jockmike2

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posted 91 days ago

Very nice table, beautiful wood. mike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

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Thuan

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posted 90 days ago

You’re work is simply perfect. Proportional design, fine craftsmanship and undesrstanding of mixed media. I hope you kept the templates and demension cause they’ll ask for more. And if so, I would finish first and then grout as long as it’s non-sanded grout. Sanded grout scratches things around it. Thanks for the post.

-- Thuan

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bfd

155 posts in 198 days


posted 90 days ago

Thanks everyone. Since this is going to go in a room full of authentic Stickley mission furniture I needed to do something that would not only complement the other furniture but also hopefully stand up to the craftsmanship as well. That is what I think I like best about this piece is that it challenged me.

-- bfd, Folsom, CA

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Cedrus

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posted 87 days ago

A very nice piece. I like the design and grain matching of the oak. I’m partial to arts and crafts style and the use of glass. Two arts and crafts furniture designers Charles Rennie MacIntosh and Josef Hoffman incorporated many different mediums. This piece is perfect!

Cedrus – British Columbia

-- Cedrus of British Columbia

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Dorje

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posted 86 days ago

I can’t say much that hasn’t been said, but the table you’ve made, is great!

A few Qs -

How did you join the shelf to the stretchers or legs…or does it free float?

Does the (beautifully dovetailed) drawer have a center slide or ?

What keeps that spacing just under the drawer and on the sides?

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

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bfd

155 posts in 198 days


posted 86 days ago

Hi Dorje,

Thank for your comments

The lower shelf is joined to the stretchers using figure 8s. I used a forstner bit to recess the figure 8 flush with the stretchers. This way I can allow for wood movement. I also used the same technique for attaching the top.

The drawer has a wood center slide (purchased from rockler). I also installed wood guides on each side and on the bottom that guide the drawer straight in and out. The bottom guide sits proud of the front drawer rail a heavy 1/16” creating the spacing. Same thing holds true for the side guides. This virtually eliminates all “slop” in the center slide and maintains the spacing around the drawer.

-- bfd, Folsom, CA

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Dorje

1695 posts in 388 days


posted 86 days ago

Got it – thanks for the explanation(s)!

-- Dorje (pronounced "door-jay"), Seattle, WA

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Napaman

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posted 58 days ago

i really like the combo of the tile and wood…my favorite part is the rounded bottom piece at the base—-that little detail adds to the piece in my view…cool project…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...SING WITH ME: "Sum...sum...sum...summ...summ...summ...summertime..."

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Dusty56

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posted 40 days ago

WONDERFUL PIECE OF FINE FURNITURE !!! Your dovetails are perfect and the other details are amazing !

-- Dusty56@comcast.net

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