Elegant Cherry Coffee Table

Great looking table. I actually just drew up some plans nearly identical but using walnut and maple, so I may be a bit biased to the design!

Well done. I like the pinned drawers with the contrasting wood. Nice touch. As a suggestion, you may want to try putting a thin coat of shellac on the wood prior to staining. It dries quickly and you can sand to 320. Just a thought.

You should be proud of this.

-- Keith - Iowa

This is Elegant ,a unbelievable second build,beautiful .

-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/

Project looks great. I like the color. Looks like the blotch control work very well.

I’ve been wanting to try the blotch and went to order 4 quarts but shipping to Alaska kind of kill the deal. 4 quarts cost 70.88 and UPS ground to Alaska would be 51.74 for a total of 121.62 for a gallon. Guess I need to move back the lower
48.

-- Alaskan's for Global warming!

You did a great job on this project. Looking forward to some moer of your projects.

-- Grumpy old guy, and lookin' good Doin' it.

Great looking table! What did you build it out of?

Great looking table.

-- All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent - Thomas Jefferson

looks great

Thanks for the comments. I will have to try that on future projects kbiniowa. I did use shellac for the drawers.

-- Matthew Sherman - http://gosherman.org

I love coffee tables with the open slats on the bottom. and just this morning i was reading an article in FWW about using doweled pegs and rabbets to hold together drawers. nice job

-- It's made of wood. Real sturdy.--Chubbs Peterson

Nice table! I like the pinned half dovetail drawers.

-- Willie, Washington "If You Choose Not To Decide, You Still Have Made a Choice" - Rush

Awesome job!

-- "Actions speak louder than words but not nearly as often." - Mark Twain

This is only your second project? Wow, you’ve got some major talent. This is gorgeous. I too, love the pinned drawers with contrasting wood. The hardware you used is really nice, as well. Do you have a source for the drawer pulls?

-- There is nothing like a Grateful Dead concert.

Beautiful!

LeslieC I bought the hardware from Lee Valley. I thought those pulls fit the piece perfectly.

http://www.leevalley.com/US/hardware/page.aspx?cat=3,49938&p=64072

-- Matthew Sherman - http://gosherman.org