First attempt at rustic

[Rick Peek]

I'm mainly a lurker on smc. The info you guys provide for a newbie
like me is priceless!!! I thought that after stealing all your great
info,I would share my recent build. I'm mainly interested in rustic
furniture for my camp in the adirondack mountains.
Here is a pic of the vanity I just built for my basement bathroom.
The case is built from preglued pine from the borg. The door panels are
spalted maple with pine rails & stiles. I harvested the pine logs & skinned
them with a drawknife. The log trim is birch just because it fit the
design better. I made the pulls from whitetail antlers. I finish it with puritin
pine and tung oil. ( I didn't want a real "finished" look). It now has uba tuba
granite top and looks pretty good. Any critique is appreciated. I'm
just a ham & egger :) and trying to learn.

[Dick Bringhurst]

Wow! I think they look great. Very appropriate for the setting you'll put them in. Will there be a back on them? Good work. Dick B.

[Dave Ray]

Hey Rick, for a short order cook (ham and egger) that is real nice work. Neat original ideas combined with good looking and various materials, solid constuction make for something you will have a long time. Please show more pictures when you put the top on.

[Reg Mitchell]

Hi Rick...I think it looks great. Thats the sorta stuff I put in my house. Its a little harder to work when your useing logs but the end result is nice...Heres one for you
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d99/male_man/bedroom2019.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d99/male_man/bedroom2036.jpg
But ceader was my choice of wood
Reg

[Jim Becker]

Rick, I think you did an outstanding job on these cabinets...they have a lot of character. Nice!

[Aaron Beaver]

Wow, very nice piece. You made all tie together really well.

[Rick Peek]

[quote=Dick Bringhurst]Wow! I think they look great. Very appropriate for the setting you'll put them in. Will there be a back on them? Good work. Dick B.

The wall behind it will be knotty pine,so I didnt see a need.

[Corey Hallagan]

That is a very adirondack looking piece. Saw a show on one of the cable channels on the orignal camps and homes ubilt up there and the furnishings. Very nice!

Corey

[glenn bradley]

That is a great piece for your setting. I feel like sitting in front of the fire and putting my feet up.

[Jerry Olexa]

Very well done and appropiate for a cabin setting....Looks rustic and natural...Great job

[John Fry]

Yup!

I like it. It looks you went out back behind the camp, with an axe and a rifle, and got everything you needed to build it.

Good job, it will fit in just great.

[John Headley]

I think your goal of a rustic piece was accomplished, beautiful work.

[Ted Calver]

Rick,
Great looking cabinet! I'm also a big fan of rustic and this is a really nice piece. Would love to see it with the granite top in place.

[Bob Noles]

Rick,

As an expert and lover of "rustic"..... I can confirm that your objective was achieved in full.

BEAUTIFUL work and the look is fantastic. Perfect for the mountain setting.

[Rick Peek]

Aw shucks,you guys are making me blush. :D
Really,thanks for all the great comments. Coming from you
guys, with all your knowlage and experiance means alot.
I going to camp this weekend, I'll take a few pics with the
top on it.

[Rick Peek]

Pics with granite top.

[Frank Pellow]

Rick, that looks really good!

I have never made rustic furniture but one of my objectives for the next year is to learn how to make it (I am even taking a course at Lee Valley Tools) and, then over time. to replace a lot of the "hand me down" furniture at Pellow's Camp in Northern Ontario, with furniture made from wood that I harvest on our island.

[Dick Bringhurst]

Rustic and rock. Looks great. Dick B.

[Frank Pellow]

Pics with granite top.
Rick, one of the first rustic things that I want to make is a cabinet for a sink. Have you got plans that you could share?

[Rick Peek]

Rick, one of the first rustic things that I want to make is a cabinet for a sink. Have you got plans that you could share?
Sorry,no plans. I'm not that good :D Everything I've built so far is
custom to my particular application. Its really just a 42 cabinet with
rustic trim. I like to mix different kinds of wood. It seems to give it
a more rustic look. One thing I did that came out better than I
expected,was to take a drawknife to the door frames. I went randomly
along the edges taking off material. Then I sanded the roughness out
of it, giving a very rustic looking edge. The nice thing about rustic is,
Its alot more forgiving than fine furniture. That little nick in the
wood just seems to add to the character. Good luck,from reading
your posts I know you know your stuff!!

[Ted Calver]

Rick,
Thanks for the pics with the top in place. If you haven't seen it yet I'd like to recommend an interesting book with some inspirational photos in it for rustic furniture makers--Adirondack Furniture and the Rustic Tradition, by Craig Gilborne, who at the time of its writing (1987) was the Director of the Adirondack Museum. A scholarly work with lots of photos.

[Frank Pellow]

Sorry,no plans. I'm not that good :D Everything I've built so far is
custom to my particular application. Its really just a 42 cabinet with
rustic trim. I like to mix different kinds of wood. It seems to give it
a more rustic look. One thing I did that came out better than I
expected,was to take a drawknife to the door frames. I went randomly
along the edges taking off material. Then I sanded the roughness out
of it, giving a very rustic looking edge. The nice thing about rustic is,
Its alot more forgiving than fine furniture. That little nick in the
wood just seems to add to the character. Good luck,from reading
your posts I know you know your stuff!!
Rick, in thinking about my question, I guess that "plans" likely do not apply when it comes to rustic furniture. Rather, I guess that one just works with a "concept" and wings it from there.

It appears that this is what you did and it is what I should try to do. Comments anyone?

[Rick Peek]

Rick,
Thanks for the pics with the top in place. If you haven't seen it yet I'd like to recommend an interesting book with some inspirational photos in it for rustic furniture makers--Adirondack Furniture and the Rustic Tradition, by Craig Gilborne, who at the time of its writing (1987) was the Director of the Adirondack Museum. A scholarly work with lots of photos.

Thanks for the tip, I'll try and find it. Most Adirondack furniture makers
use alot of birch bark. I'm trying to limit the amount of birch bark
because the LOML thinks its overwhelming on most pieces.
(she really likes this piece so if shes happy, I'M HAPPY).
I personally like birch bark and will try to use some on my next
piece. (coffee table with a tiger maple top)