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I tend to like furniture that is unique, artistic, and functional. So a makeup vanity has been on my to-do list for a while. I had the time and the wood and this is the result.
I bought three old treadle sewing machine tables and made simple computer desks with two of them. I wanted to do something different with the third table.
I bought three large Bubinga slabs more than a year ago because the price was right, I had no idea what I would do with them. One of them became the top for this vanity and one was cut up to make the drawers hanging under it. I couldn’t bear to cut up the third one to make the hutch, so I used some Padauk that I had laying around. I used a lot of sapwood throughout the piece, including the two small shelves on the sides of the mirror. I thought the small shelves would be cute for a bud vase or similar small objects.
The bench is a shameless (smaller) copy of Benji Reyes Piano Bench. It is made with Bubinga and Padauk with Purpleheart feet.
I bought the drawer pulls on eBay.
-- Elwood, making sawdust in Germany, http://www.AnsbachArtisans.com
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Monte Pittman
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#1 posted 68 days ago
Very beautiful work
-- Mother Nature created it, I just assemble it. - It's not ability that we often lack, but the patience to use our ability
CharlieM1958
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#2 posted 67 days ago
Very creative!
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
Vicki
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#3 posted 67 days ago
That is truly a thing of beauty. I love that you recycled the sewing machine too.
-- Vicki on the Eastern Shore of MD
Ken90712
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#4 posted 67 days ago
A real beauty, great design and wood choice.
-- Ken, "Everyday above ground is a good day!"
Mark55
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#5 posted 67 days ago
Nice job, I like it, very unique one of a kind piece with repurposing at its best on the sewing machine base. Wow! serious slabs of wood, you put them to fine use.
One thing I think you should try if you get another one is, hook the pedal up to something like maybe a fan or a ? or maybe even a ? !!!!
-- Mark, Lincolnton, NC. www.routermillwoodworks.weebly.com
Kaleb the Swede
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#6 posted 67 days ago
Well…made the mistake of showing this to the wife. Incredible work. Really inspiring
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woodbutcherbynight
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#7 posted 67 days ago
Great work looks fantastic! This is an impressive piece, nice reuse of an old sewing table. That being said I DID NOT show this to my wife. (laughing)
-- Live to tell the stories, they sound better that way.
Roger
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#8 posted 67 days ago
That is one heck of a slab o wood leanin on that bench. Nice desk, also. There’s always a way to reuse an old and fine sewing cabinet like this.
-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Kentuk55@bellsouth.net
Scott Shea
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#9 posted 67 days ago
Very nice work!
Don Tikander
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#10 posted 66 days ago
How big was that tree???? Wow.
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#11 posted 66 days ago
A woman’s dream make up vanity. Great design, has a lot of cool features. Amazing wood and finish. Impressive work!
helluvawreck
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#12 posted 65 days ago
Hey, this is a nice piece of work and you should be proud of it.
helluvawreck aka Charles
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LoganN
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#13 posted 65 days ago
GORGEOUS! I love the elements you included in it. The drawes look great and the design of the bench is great
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