Al Navas
03-18-2007, 8:41 AM
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.:D THANKS FOR LOOKING!!!
Super gloat of the year for us - our fifth granddaughter was born a whole week early! She just could not wait until I finished this project, which would have been late, anyway. This one is for Rita Anne, just one week old. She weighed 8 lbs., 7 ounces - our daughter and her new baby are doing GREAT.
Many of you already saw, and also provided very nice comments elsewhere on this changing table/dresser combination project, in this first post of three threads (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=51033&highlight=changing+table).
This whole thing started with the Wood Magazine changing table project that appeared in the Dec. 2006 / January 2007 issue. I made modifications per this sketch:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/Sandal_Woods/Tables/Changingtable.jpg
To continue with the project:
Dry fit of the false drawer fronts, two different views - I was puzzled about the gap between the top drawer and the one just below it. It turns out that the grain played games on me, and it resulted in an optical illusion:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/Sandal_Woods/Tables/Changingtabledryfit.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/Sandal_Woods/Tables/Changingtabledryfit-2.jpg
I applied six coats of Waterlox Original, tried on the drawers for fit on the full-extension slides, dry-fit the top, and played around with the spindle railing that is supposed to keep baby things from falling as Rita Anne is being changed. Note that at this stage I have already changed the base to an inset plinth, with no openings around it - to totally eliminate things from rolling under the table/dresser:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/Sandal_Woods/Tables/Changingtable-Waterloxandtopon.jpg
After buffing the Waterlox finish with 0000 steel wool a baby butt smooth finish, the table/dresser is ready for delivery. All drawer pulls are placed 2.5 inches from the top edge, and centered, in an effort to minimize racking of the wide drawers:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/Sandal_Woods/Tables/Changingtable-readyfordelivery.jpg
The table/dresser in place at the old family farm house, where our daughter and her wonderful family live:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/Sandal_Woods/Tables/Changingtable-DELIVERED.jpg
A detail photo - the baskets in their place on the dresser, and the new, made-to-spec mattress. Our daughter had the other girls at ballet lessons, and her hubby and I sneaked in the finished project :D .
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/Sandal_Woods/Tables/Changingtable-DELIVERED-BASKETS.jpg
Once again, THANKS FOR LOOKING! This was such a fun project for a very special granddaughter - number FIVE!!! :D
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.:D THANKS FOR LOOKING!!!
Super gloat of the year for us - our fifth granddaughter was born a whole week early! She just could not wait until I finished this project, which would have been late, anyway. This one is for Rita Anne, just one week old. She weighed 8 lbs., 7 ounces - our daughter and her new baby are doing GREAT.
Many of you already saw, and also provided very nice comments elsewhere on this changing table/dresser combination project, in this first post of three threads (http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=51033&highlight=changing+table).
This whole thing started with the Wood Magazine changing table project that appeared in the Dec. 2006 / January 2007 issue. I made modifications per this sketch:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/Sandal_Woods/Tables/Changingtable.jpg
To continue with the project:
Dry fit of the false drawer fronts, two different views - I was puzzled about the gap between the top drawer and the one just below it. It turns out that the grain played games on me, and it resulted in an optical illusion:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/Sandal_Woods/Tables/Changingtabledryfit.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/Sandal_Woods/Tables/Changingtabledryfit-2.jpg
I applied six coats of Waterlox Original, tried on the drawers for fit on the full-extension slides, dry-fit the top, and played around with the spindle railing that is supposed to keep baby things from falling as Rita Anne is being changed. Note that at this stage I have already changed the base to an inset plinth, with no openings around it - to totally eliminate things from rolling under the table/dresser:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/Sandal_Woods/Tables/Changingtable-Waterloxandtopon.jpg
After buffing the Waterlox finish with 0000 steel wool a baby butt smooth finish, the table/dresser is ready for delivery. All drawer pulls are placed 2.5 inches from the top edge, and centered, in an effort to minimize racking of the wide drawers:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/Sandal_Woods/Tables/Changingtable-readyfordelivery.jpg
The table/dresser in place at the old family farm house, where our daughter and her wonderful family live:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/Sandal_Woods/Tables/Changingtable-DELIVERED.jpg
A detail photo - the baskets in their place on the dresser, and the new, made-to-spec mattress. Our daughter had the other girls at ballet lessons, and her hubby and I sneaked in the finished project :D .
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y136/Sandal_Woods/Tables/Changingtable-DELIVERED-BASKETS.jpg
Once again, THANKS FOR LOOKING! This was such a fun project for a very special granddaughter - number FIVE!!! :D
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