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This is a Rustic Juniper 6 Drawer Dresser I finished for a local customer recently, who requested and commissioned a Queen size, log free-form headboard and footboard, with a dresser that matched.
The picture may be a little confusing so I will explain, in the background is a 7 foot mantle that is 4 inches thick that I cut out of the center of the log so it is not part of the dresser. The top of the dresser is 1.5 inches thick and 21 ” wide and 51” long and has the natural edge to the front. It is also out of the same log.
The dresser is 36” tall.
The drawers are 1” thick and have the natural edge. The natural edge can be challenging because sometimes you do not have straight lines to reference for placement so it forces you to think out of the box so to speak…. But I found the best way is to just pull out the ole tape measure and “eye-ball” it and come up with a “nominal placement” and just use your gut instinct. Also sometimes you have to let the curve of the edge of a neighboring drawer fit into the curve of another. Hence, I numbered the drawers on the side :) So I would not forget… As for the finish I used a blend of oils; linseed, and tung oils with a little cedar tone stain which darkens it up slightly which I prefer. The drawers are 16” deep and 20.5 ” wide and 7.25” tall and I used self closing euro-style side mount drawer slides which make it easy to open and close the drawers. The customer has limited strength due to health issues. There are no drawer pulls at their request but you really do not need any.
I am working on some matching nightstands for a future addition to this line.
-- Frank, Little River/Academy, Texas , http://www.allthingsrustix.com
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16 comments so far
dennis mitchell
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posted 140 days ago
Beautiful use of the logs!
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Bigbuck
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posted 140 days ago
Looks great. I really want to build something like this in the future.
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TreeBones
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posted 140 days ago
Great wood. My kind of project. Well done.
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SteveKorz
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posted 140 days ago
That is fantastic!!... very creative
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stanley_clifton
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posted 140 days ago
Super job. Unusual design that makes full use of the timber.
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jockmike2
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posted 140 days ago
Beautiful work Love the wood and design. mike
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GaryK
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posted 140 days ago
That is a great looking chest. I have never seen anything like it.
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Scott Bryan
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posted 140 days ago
This is a wonderful looking dresser. I am sure that the construction must be more challenging than traditional pieces given the irregularity of the wood that you must use.
Well done. The wood is simply gorgeous.
Thanks for the post.
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jjohn
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posted 140 days ago
Very nice indeed. I bet it took some extra figuring to put this one together. definitely a one of a kind project. Couldn’t copy it if I wanted to. LOL.
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TedM
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posted 139 days ago
Juniper? Really? Beautiful! Yep, really beautiful!
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jcees
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posted 139 days ago
Way cool! Nice touch.
always,
J.C.
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GMman
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posted 131 days ago
Very nice work …by the way do you sell any , I saw a set on display at a shopping mall in Presque Isle Maine USA last sunday looks a lot like yours
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Chip
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posted 131 days ago
Juniper sure is distinctive. Beautiful and unique work Frank.
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SawDustnSplinters
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posted 130 days ago
Thanx for the kind comments ya’ll… I have not been in Maine since 1978 before I was deployed to the Panama Canal’s jungle for four years and ate iguana and monkey meat up in the canopy and tried to overthrow Torrijos…better to say nothing :)
-- Frank, Little River/Academy, Texas , http://www.allthingsrustix.com
dougdeg
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posted 115 days ago
Where can i get some of this twisted juniper, I would love to get some sticks or small branches
say 1” – 5” wide and 24” – 50” long, would need to get it shipped to michigan lewiston
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jeanmarc
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posted 78 days ago
Beautiful work
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