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Readers Gallery
From Fine Woodworking Issue #141
Peter Shepard
The first one of these cherry cabinets was made eight years ago to store stereo components. Shepard designed the slatted sides as a change of pace from more common frame and panel sides.The five squares in each door are glazed with antiqued glass, and the pulls are ebony. This cabinet is a top seller at the shows Shepard attends, and since the first one, he has made the cabinet in all sizes, ranging from the 31-in.-high version in the photo to one that is 39 in. high, which is used as a server in a dining room.
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Nina Browne
A gift to her husband, after two years of long-distance love--she attended North Bennet Street School in Boston and he lived in Brooklyn--this sassafras linen press (62-1/2 in. tall by 40-1/2 in. wide by 18-5/8 in. deep) was modified from an original design made at the Byrdcliffe Colony in 1904. In her striving to make multi-purpose, functional furniture for the urban apartment dweller, Browne made the press's top drawer into a flap-front desk, which pulls out to a 15-in.-wide writing surface. Photo by Lance Patterson.
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Robbie Staples
Staples' client wanted a file cabinet that didn't look like one--something that wouldn't attract the attention of a nosy babysitter or an intruder. Placing a lamp or books on top disguised the fact that the mahogany and walnut cabinet (35-3/8 in. wide by 30 in. high by 22-3 /8 in. deep) has a lift-up top. All panels are bookmatched, including the single, glued-up drawer front made to look like two drawers (it's divided by a 1/8-in. saw kerf).
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