Laundry Table

Very nice, looks like you got the hang of cutting those mortice and tenons. Good job and congradulations to you and your wife.

-- Glenn, New Mexico

Very nice looking table. Seems to have nice porportions

-- Jason

Your laundry room furniture looks nicer than what I have in my living room. Good job! I like the tile choice.

-- Terry Roswell, L.A. (Lower Alabama) "Life is what happens to you when you are making other plans."

Very nice, Rob! One of the many projects I have on the go is an Arts and Crafts coffee table. It’s my first time for mortise and tenon too. My fingers are crossed that when finished it looks as good as this!

Love the tile too! I have a few other projects in mind for this too. How did you lay the tile?

-- I'm a wood magician... I can turn fine lumber into firewood before your very eyes! - http://www.woodworkersguide.com

Nice table and very useful. It looks like your wife’s about ready to pop! :) Congrats!

-- You're a unique and special person, just like everyone else.

I like that, great job of keeping momma happy also.

-- Grant...."GO BUCKEYES"

Looks great Rob, and don’t feel like the Lone Ranger, I think a lot of us can handle that choir. I know I learned way back in my Army days how to do my laundry, just to save a couple buck. Back then at pay grade E-4 I got 128 dollars a month clear. So every penny counted. Of course smokes were only 20 cents a pack. LOL

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

That table is way too nice to hide in a laundry room! Not only is the woodworking great, but the tilework really takes it over the top.

I hope you made it big enough for all the additional laundry that is on the way. :-)

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

Great looking table. You did a nice job on it. Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

Thanks for the comments guys. And Greg, you are right about my wife being “about to pop” because that is exactly what she did this afternoon! A baby girl, 8lbs 9ozs, born at 1:23pm on Canada Day!!!

What is with wife’s and always keeping us busy building for them, but then they will complain that we are spending to much time in the shop ????

Great piece…good job….mortise and tenon, hope to get there one day….

-- 'Original Rudge' Muskoka, Cdn

Very nice looking table.

-- jeanmarc manosque france

Awesome job Rob and congrats on the new baby girl. I love the table and am glad my wife doesn’t know about this site, because the 2×4 and plywood folding table I made for our laundry room last year doesn’t hold a candle to this one. I’m inspired to try some tenon work myself.

Question: At what point did you do the tile work? Outside of the piece, or did you lay and grout as a last step? I’d be afraid I’d end up slop grouting the top edges. Tung oil added such a nice finish.

-- Measure, cut, curse, repeat.

McLeanVA,

Thanks for your comments. To answer your question, I did the tiles as a last step after everything was together. I taped off the frame of the table top to keep it free of grout. This worked well for me. Another jock recommended that I use coloured silicone instead of grout. Try that if you aren’t confident in tape I guess. I look forward to seeing what “tenon work” you come up with.

Rob

I like the table looks good and functional…..mmmm.. I wonder if I make my wife one if she would like doing laundry….:-)

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