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Miniature Blanket Chest
The original of this miniature blanket chest is at Pleasant Hill. Made of cherry with a poplar bottom, all of the dovetails on the chest and plinth are hand cut. Finish is gel varnish.
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Shaker style hutch, milk-painted
6 commentsFinished this today. Made a similar one as a Christmas present for one of our kids (posted 4/5) and liked it so much I made this one for us. Unlike the other (which, below the counter, had nine...
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Shaker dresser, milk-painted
2 commentsBased on a famous piece at the Shaker Museum in Chatham, NY. The original is huge, with two banks of five drawers and a cupboard. This was for an apartment in Brooklyn, hence one bank of drawers...
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Shaker side table
5 commentsOne advantage of being a woodworker is making furniture to fit spaces in your house. Which means you're not just designing furniture, you're designing rooms. This sidetable was made for our very...
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Shaker dresser, cherry
3 commentsThis was my first big Shaker project. The cherry was dyed lightly to reduce blotching. Poplar and aromatic cedar are secondary woods. Drawer heights are graduated by percentage. The fronts of each...
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Shaker style hutch
3 commentsBuilt for my son Alden and his wife Katie for Christmas 08, it was designed to fit a specific space in their house. Not literally Shaker but uses several Shaker design elements. Made of milkpainted...
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Shaker Night Stand
3 commentsShaker Night Stand. Cherry top and drawer front are french polished with shellac. The base is ash painted with black milk paint and sealed with shellac. Drawer sides and bottom are poplar, also...
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Shaker dresser, tiger maple
8 commentsTiger maple with poplar as secondary wood. Drawer heights are graduated by percentage. Top and sides joined by through dovetails, something of a challenge as the maple's hardness means no...
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Shaker Wall
2 commentsThis wall Unit was adapted to fit into an existing 4X8 foot space. It is constructed of birch plwood and poplar.
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Linen Press
Linen Press as part of bedroom suite including 4 taper post bed and matching nightstands
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Matched Shaker Nightstands
1 commentThese nightstands were my first real furniture project. They are closely modeled after the work of Becksvoort and the dresser by Mike Pekovich in FWW. All the cherry was from a single log, allowing...
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The contest is over.
Congratulations to Chuck Griffith, the winner of our Shaker gallery challenge.
