Finished Sofa table (pics)

[Bill Esposito]

Hey all,

Just put the knobs on the sofa table I made for my daughter. It matches a pair of lamp tables I made for her last year.

Top, drawer fronts and bottoms are cherry. The rest is white birch painted with a 50/50 mix of pumpkin and white milk paint fromThe Old Fashoned Milk Paint Company. I kinda labored over the knobs and settled for brass. I would have liked cherry but coun't find any locally. Once I get my lathe chisels and practice some, I may turn my own.

Construction is mortise and tenon joints and tapered legs.

http://cerealport.net/woodworking/Cherry&MilkSofaTable3.jpg
http://cerealport.net/woodworking/Cherry&MilkSofaTable4.jpg
http://cerealport.net/woodworking/Cherry&MilkSofaTable5.jpg
http://cerealport.net/woodworking/Cherry&MilkSofaTable6.jpg

[Mike Evertsen]

Bill,,that is a great looking table,,,the colors work well together,,,
I think the knobs look good they stand out in a good way,,,,,

[Ron McNeil]

Bill,

That's one great looking table. The colors go well together. I'm sure your daughter will be very pleased.

[Jim Becker]

Wonderful job, Bill. That's a handsome table. I'm sure you'll get "orders" for additional matching pieces... :D

[Ken Wright]

Love those cherry tops!!!

[Von Bickley]

Bill,

Great job on the table. Thanks for sharing the pictures with us.

[Kevin Gerstenecker]

That is one awesome table Bill! I really like the proportions and the lines are classic as well. The Cherry and Milk Paint really work well together. I just can't get enough of Cherry furniture..........if I had only one wood to work, my choice would be Cherry. Definitely an heirloom, and I'll bet your daughter is loving those tables. You just can't buy them like that in the store! Great work, excellent design and fantastic execution. Thanks so much for sharing the photo's with us! :D

[Jim Shaver, Oakville Ont]

Hi Bill,

I like what you did here. the work looks great!

I have to say about a year ago I tried the same with some questions, would the cherry look good against the milk paint, well like yours mine worked out well too.

Great design and it looks like it's a keeper,
Take care,
Jim

[Bud Duffy]

Bill That is one georgous table . Is that your own design or did you get the plans somewhere, i think my mom would just love to have one of those.

[Glenn Clabo]

Nice job Bill!
I'm not a painted wood fan but man that looks nice. Nice design and I love how the cherry works in it. You and that Shaver guy may inspire me to try something some day.

[Bill Esposito]

Thanks all for the kind words.

Cherry is also my favorite wood. Cherry was traditioanlly used with a green milk paint both here and in England and in fact I am planing a few pieces for my house utilizing that color scheme. My New Hampshire house dates back to 1767 so this style of furniture fits well in it.

Bud, it's my own design...kinda design as you go, but it's quite simple and I'd be glad to share the details if you'd like.

Milk paint is pretty cool as well and to be honest the reason I first used it was that I didnt want to buy expensive wood for the base, $2/bf birch beats $6/bf foot cherry any day :) Luckily The Old Fashoned Milk Paint Company (http://www.milkpaint.com) is almost on my way home for work and when I stopped there one day to pick out my first batch of paint I was shocked. Their office is completely painted with milk paint...everything from the floors, walls, ceilings, to the furniture. Because there are so many ways you can finish milk paint, you can incorporate it into many designs. In some cases it looks like a stain, a wash, a high gloss paint, as well as the traditional rough finish. Also because it comes in powder form, you can easily mix the colors to creat your own.

[Mark Hulette]

Bill-
Very nice!!! I've got to admit I was a little doubtful when I saw "pumpkin milk paint" and "cherry" together but you have shown that it works very well together.

While at a friends house this week I noticed they have a less than stylish sofa table and I think this design has given me inspiration to try one for them.

Thanks for posting the pics!

[Bill Esposito]

Originally posted by Mark Hulette
Bill-
Very nice!!! I've got to admit I was a little doubtful when I saw "pumpkin milk paint" and "cherry" together but you have shown that it works very well together. Mark, heheh, you and me both.

I just posted another pic in the beginning of the thread of the drawer joinery made with the Woodhaven jig.

[Ken Wright]

after your last post and noticed the flooring in that room .... gotta be 10" boards ... I really like that ... is it oak or pine? Can't really tell ???

[Bill Esposito]

Originally posted by Ken Wright
after your last post and noticed the flooring in that room .... gotta be 10" boards ... I really like that ... is it oak or pine? Can't really tell ???

Beat up pine, I gotta redo it this summer. Dogs take a toll on soft pine flooring.

[Chad Pater]

Very nice :cool:

[Glenn Clabo]

Bill,
I really like your table...and I do cruise the other forums because I like to learn. I'm posting this...for my own curiosity...why didn't you post this Bills Table (http://www.mv.com/users/besposito/woodworking/sofatable.html) here? I REALLY enjoyed it and think that those on SMC (some may not cruise) would too.

This is NOT an us vs. them post...just wunderin'. I find it interesting to see how some handle this.

[Stan Smith]

I like the simplicity of design of your table. Just read your post on Wood Central on the lathe chucks. Thanks for asking. With that info + Russ's article, I'm going to get a Talon I already have a Oneway scroll chuck. You'll be turning knobs in no time. I've found that I like to use the mini tools on small stuff because I am able to get closer to the chuck and tailstock (i.e. knobs).

Stan

[Bill Esposito]

Originally posted by Glenn Clabo
Bill,
I really like your table...and I do cruise the other forums because I like to learn. I'm posting this...for my own curiosity...why didn't you post this Bills Table (http://www.mv.com/users/besposito/woodworking/sofatable.html) here? I REALLY enjoyed it and think that those on SMC (some may not cruise) would too.

This is NOT an us vs. them post...just wunderin'. I find it interesting to see how some handle this.
Glenn,

Pretty easy answer actually. I posted on SMC and WoodNet at about the same time. SMC only allows one pic via attachment so WoodNet got the pics and SMC got the links. Some time after the posts I finished the write-up that you are referring to for my woodworking page (http://cerealport.net/woodworking ). Then today, sitting home alone and bored I decided to see what kind of recations I would get to the milk paint on WC and since I had the witeup finished, I just posted the link.....nothing sinister, just timing :)

[Glenn Clabo]

Bill,
Didn't think anyone from New England would ever do anything sinister...just noticed how some people post different things on different forums and wondered why. Noisy I guess...

Nice website and I've actually been in your town before...grew up in North Reading MA... Cathedral of the Pines is one peaceful place.

[Jim Becker]

Originally posted by Bill Esposito
SMC only allows one pic via attachment so WoodNet got the pics and SMC got the links.

You can embed the links and display them as pics since you have them on the web. Just use the IMG tag (or button) to add each one to your post.

[Bill Esposito]

Originally posted by Jim Becker
You can embed the links and display them as pics since you have them on the web. Just use the IMG tag (or button) to add each one to your post.

Jim,

I know, but as you can see the image tag isnt working.

http://cerealport.net/woodworking/Cherry&milkSofaTable6.jpg

[Jim Becker]

Here's a test of the manual HTML image link insertion for:

http://cerealport.net/woodworking/sofatable/Cherry&milkSofaTable6.jpg

<img border="0" src="http://cerealport.net/woodworking/sofatable/Cherry&milkSofaTable6.jpg">

You have a "&" character in your file name. That's a No-No for some systems, as that character is used to insert special characters in HTML code. Rename the file name without that character...a dash or underscore can serve the same purpose.

[Bill Esposito]

Originally posted by Jim Becker
Here's a test of the manual HTML image link insertion for:

http://cerealport.net/woodworking/Cherry&milkSofaTable6.jpg

<img border="0" src="http://cerealport.net/woodworking/Cherry&milkSofaTable6.jpg">

You have a "&" character in your file name. That's a No-No for some systems, as that character is used to insert special characters in HTML code. Rename the file name without that character...a dash or underscore can serve the same purpose.

ok, that was it. Funny how it works on the other message board.

[Bill Esposito]

Originally posted by Glenn Clabo
Bill,
Didn't think anyone from New England would ever do anything sinister...just noticed how some people post different things on different forums and wondered why. Noisy I guess...

Nice website and I've actually been in your town before...grew up in North Reading MA... Cathedral of the Pines is one peaceful place. Glenn,

Sinister was probably the wrong word to use... I think that I might post something different on say Woodnet than I would hear just because I know those folks better and know what they like to see. They tend to like details since there are lots of newbies there.

My wife is a minister and she was just at the Cathedral on Saturday performing a baptism. We've had loads of rain so things are really green around here. (better than white)

[Jim Becker]

Originally posted by Bill Esposito
ok, that was it. Funny how it works on the other message board.

Yup...depending on the operating system, web server application and so forth, there are certain restrictions to what you can do with things like file names. Using the "least common denominator" is generally a good idea. It's not just special characters, either. Upper and lower case are handled on some systems differently, too. I generally recommend one stay with lower case for all file names to avoid problems.

BTW, you can use the direct IMG link code I demonstrated to display pictures on some of the forums that do not allow picture attachments, such as WOOD ONLINE.

[Randy Gleckler]

Great job on the Table Bill. Looks very nice. Love the dovetail in the drawers. Thanks for sharing and it looks Awesome.

Randy