Custom Stickley Style Side Table with Mosaic Glass Tile

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

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

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

-- North Texas

Great looking dovetails.

That tile looks very nice. Interesting.

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

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

Thanks Gary!

-- bfd, Folsom, CA

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

-- Tyler, Illinois

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.

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

-- Todd C, Central Illinois

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

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

-- -Be Blessed!, Patrick

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

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

looks great man.

-- Brian, www.eternal-furniture.com

Nice job dude.

-- Jarrod, Eagle Nest, NM

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"

Great table. You got all the details right!

-- http://www.grandprairiewoodworks.com

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

-- Hailey, ID

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

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

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

Very nice table, beautiful wood. mike

-- Mike. Profisher50@yahoo.com

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

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

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

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

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

Got it – thanks for the explanation(s)!

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

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..."

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

-- Dusty56@comcast.net