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Not Your Father's Entertainment Center, but it looks like it at first.
9 commentsWe had several criteria for designing this entertainment center. The first was that it had to look like an antique furniture piece so we picked a walnut color with distressing that included gouges...
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Showcase with TV Lift and Hidden Jewelry Storage
3 commentsCherry, Red Oak, Sycamore, Ambrosia Maple, Walnut Shellac Polish Finish 33"H x 43-1/2"W x 17-1/4"D I call this a Special Cabinet because it is a quite amazing combination of needs and design. It...
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Sunrise Etagere
1 commentInfluenced by simple Japanese style, this étagère features frame-and-panel construction, 3 drawers, and an adjustable shelf behind the doors in the cabinet below. The handcrafted...
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Semainier Australiene bedroom set
3 commentsA pair of bedside tables and semainier made from Australian Silver Ash and Redgum. All panels are solid timber. The 'floating tops' allow small items, such as books, clock radios, tissues etc to be...
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Mahogany Vanity
A 3 section vanity, built of Honduran Mahogany and pre-finished maple plywood boxes. Doors and drawer fronts are made from Honduran Mahogany crotch wood. Top is cast concrete, provided by an...
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Student Desk II
5 commentsThis is my second submission of a Student Desk. I have been an amateur woodworker for about 30 years. Woodworking for me is a hobby. All my work is made for my children, grand-children as...
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Walking Tall Cabinet
This tall cabinet was made for the 2009 Design In Wood competition in San Diego, CA. where it took 3rd pl. in veneering & marquetry. The leg's are hand carved from redwood. All the moulding is...
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Woodman
1 commentWoodman, purveyor of curved shapes and defender of abstract ideas. Inspired in part from Dale Lewis (design book 6?), this was my first and only attempt at wood shaping.
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Microwave hutch
A new kitchen backsplash created a desire to get the microwave off of the counter top, resulting in this self designed hutch. It is solid mahogany and mahogany plywood with a rich red mahogany...
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Bubinga Cabinet
9 commentsThis project started off a lot smaller then it ended up being. I started making the small door with the marquetry on the inside. I wasn't sure what I was doing with it, I just knew I...
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Student Desk
2 commentsI have been an amateur woodworker for about 30 years. Woodworking for me is a hobby. All my work is made for my children, grand-children as well as my wife and I. I use...
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Making a Silk Purse Out of a Sow's Ear: Being Green Saves Green and Helps Everyone
3 commentsGrandma just couldn’t see the old family TV being hauled away. This past Christmas, she asked if I could make it into a storage cabinet for her quilts and also to hold...
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Maple and walnut room divider & desk
2 commentsMy client commissioned this two sided cabinet to serve as a room divider separating the bedroom and sitting room/office areas. The large panel in the center is a tambour concealing a...
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Blue Ulysses Sideboard
11 commentsNormal 0 The primary goal of this project was to create a showpiece for the entry hall of the clients' home. It was commissioned by a local couple who requested marquetry imagery featuring...
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Chess Set, Table, & Chairs
10 commentsFirst by making the chess set pieces. Then to add every piece into the actual table and chairs. 1. The top has parquetry around the outer border showing the castle move, were the Rooks protect the...
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Mizuya-dansu Kitchen Cabinet
4 commentsThis stacked mizuya-dansu (Tansu kitchen cabinet) is patterned after an authentic piece owned by one of my clients. When unstacked it can be used as two unique end tables...
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Corner China Cabinet
2 commentsI designed this china cabinet for some friends to match their dining room table. It is built with flame cherry, riff sawn cherry, cherry ply, and American black walnut. Walnut inlays...
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Chameleon Chest of Drawers, Display Case
2 commentsJust how many ways can 9 interchangeable components be configured? Well into the hundreds... The permutations have not been fully calculated. The Chameleon allows true user...
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Computer Cabinet
1 commentI made this computer cabinet out of red oak and plywood. The iron scroll work in the doors were shutters that I found in an iron work shop. A few features of this cabinet are mounted...
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chippendale lowboy
6 commentsThis is a project that came from Frank Gottshalls: "Making Furniture Masterpieces". It took me 6 months to make and is made from rough sawn oak that I dried and planed. The legs feet front rail...
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Entry Way Cabinet
1 commentThis cabinet was inspired by my wife, she wanted something impressive for the entry way of the house. We looked at several commercial cabinets but were not satisfied with the design or price. I had...
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Toy Cabinet
3 commentsDecorative Toy Cabinet holds 12 baskets of various sizes. This unit stores a ton of the kid's "stuff" and the small baskets make it remarkably easy for the children to pull-out and put-away toys.
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Display Cabinet / Clever Door
3 commentsIn our kitchen wan an unsightly door access to the A/C unit. I solved it by making an attractive maple display case / door.
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Contest Description
Congratulations to our five winners! Mark Laub, of Minneapolis, Minn., won first prize with his After The Goldrush Lingerie Cabinet.
The rest of the winning lot included Bob Abbott of Lake Oswego, Ore., Michael Singer of Felton, Calif., Craig Thibodeau of San Diego, CA., and Craig Hopson of Salt Lake City, Utah.
The winners were awarded a clamp prize package from Bessey Tools.
First Prize
-4-piece "H" Style Pipe Clamp Set
-Bar Clamp Assortment with Mobile Rack
-K-Body REVO Framing Kit
-K-Body REVO Extender Kit:
-24 x 4" Light Duty Step-Over Clamps
Second Prize:
-4-piece "H" Style Pipe Clamp Set:
-K-Body REVO Framing Kit
-Body REVO Extender Kit:
Third, Fourth and Fifth Prize:
K-Body REVO Extender Kit
Contest ended Oct. 28 EST.
Winners were selected by the community.
Winners announced Nov. 6.
