Chris Daigh
02-22-2007, 9:29 AM
Working on the dresser now. This project hasn't gone too bad for me. I searched many hours for ideas and finally found a wall cabinet I had to build and then designed everything around that. I wanted a platform bed and to build in an Asian style. There wasn't much in this style that I liked when searching. I also had some challenges veneering. I built two endtables and two lamps. I didn't glue the brass pins on the lamps, it fits tight and with the cat and kids I can see the paper getting destroyed so just a precaution. The paper on the doors to the cabinet created a challenge, I had to cut and finish everything then glue up and hope it all was square. I didn't want to cut after the paper was on. Hope the paper lasts for a long time without getting ruined. This is the first project that I did most of the design by sitting down and doing sketches and then more sketches and then doing a full size drawing. I still need to learn to do all the joinery in those drawings, most of it I do on the fly.
I am now working on the dresser and trying to figure out the carcass and joinery. Any comments welcome. Pictures aren't the best and still need to redecorate the room. Nothing like a project to keep the money flowing out.
I am now working on the dresser and trying to figure out the carcass and joinery. Any comments welcome. Pictures aren't the best and still need to redecorate the room. Nothing like a project to keep the money flowing out.