Saturday, August 29, 2015

One more box
Showing off the last boxes led to a little commission from our friend Elizabeth for a small box to use as a salt cellar.  The box, bottom, and pull are cherry.  The top was more of that book-matched poplar panel I made up from some wood a neighbor pulled out of their attic.

More boxes
The last boxes were a "pre-reading" of sorts for a class I took last weekend with Fine Woodworking editor Matt Kenney.  It was a great experience up in Beverly, MA at Phil Lowe's school.  Here's Matt's tweet of the group and the result:





Wednesday, August 19, 2015

After the bed, I worked on a few small boxes.  The first started with a book-matched panel of some poplar with rich color.  I added tiny inlaid corners and a handle of walnut.  Shellac and wax finished it.


The second was a very small box, about 3x3x6.  I used straight grained cherry and arranged the top cross-grain for a change.  I finished with shellac.


It was time to move Lexie off a mattress on the floor and into a read bed.  I made this cherry twin bed for her.  It was my first bed build and it went very well.  Finish was arm-r-seal varnish.