A Tansu Style Cabinet

Great looking project. I know exactly how much work went into all those drawers from making my box of drawers!

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

very beautiful one works sees qu there is research very good idea

-- jeanmarc manosque france

fantastic!... I almost want to turn my staircase into a faux tansu! a real one would kinda make the basement off limits. But… now that I think of it, there’s nothing under the attic stairs!

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Incredible – love it!

Did you do the work in the third pic too?

Can you tell us more about the wood, hardware, and finish…

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

Great job!

Thanks for the post

Callum

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ooh I love these!!

And the stairs. oooh how I’d love that under the stairs in my kitchen!!!!

fantastic.

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

very, very nice.
The first one looks like figured walnut
And the one under the stairs is ….............

Thanks for posting

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Yeah, that’s super nice, Dan. I don’t doubt the number of pieces is a bit of a mind-scramble. Great job.

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Great looking cabinet, the stairs would be enough to drive me nuts. Nice job.

-- Andy Stark

To answer a couple of questions #1, from Doorje ….. I did the work in the third photo in 1989. The website entry is here … http://www.dorsetcustomfurniture.com/Items.aspx?mId=47&cId=77&pcId= where you can also se pictures of my shop, house and metal shop. That one is natural cherry with handforged steel hardware. #2 for Daveintexas … you’re right. It’s figured walnut from Irion Lumber in Pennsylvania… http://www.irionlumber.com/ They have a 200 board foot minimum order but I use a lot of wood. The boards are all from the same log which makes the grain very pleasing. We also cut some of the drawer fronts sequentially from one board so the grain would be continuous.

-- dan,vermont,http://dorsetcustomfurniture.blogspot.com/

Nicely done. Thank you for sharing.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

Great job! May I ask where you got the hardware? Or did you make it yourselves too?

-- Jim, www.greenteawoodworking.com

I really like tansu. These are beautiful. The decore of my house is mostly Asian but all the furniture is Arts & Crafts, other wise I would find a place for something like this. Well, the bedroom furniture hasn’t been made yet. I may have to work a dresser tansu into the mix. Great job and thanks for the post.

-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com

Wow! Exquisite detail and design! You did a beautiful job on this unit. Thanks for posting.

God Bless
tom

-- Mc Bridge Cabinets, Iowa

Well done Dan, excellent workmanship.

-- Les, Wichita, Ks. (I'd rather be covered in saw dust!)

The hardware is from the VanDyke Restorers catalog. Normally we would do handmade hardware but the budget did not allow it …. too many dovetails ….

-- dan,vermont,http://dorsetcustomfurniture.blogspot.com/

I missed this one the first time around. That looks great. Anyone who makes one box knows how much it takes. Yours is compounded by the fact that there is so many. Nice build.

-- Brian, Lebanon PA, If you aren’t having fun doing it, find something else to do.

I am late off the mark but what wood is it?

-- The wood slayer - Yes dear I did plan to make more kindling out of that wood I have been drying for the last year - honest!