Here are pictures of the completed hutch.
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Here are pictures of the completed hutch.
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Beautiful work Ed. Love the design and the cherry!
I like the painted interior of this. Overall, nice design and execution! Well done Sir!
Beautiful piece Ed...really nicely done.
It's gorgeous Ed, nice job!
Just marvelous work. The design, wood selection, grain matching. Masterful!
Agree with all. Another treatment that was used for the inside back is cloth or wall paper. Put up with tacks for easy change out. They looked for
color and brightness as well as nice wood and utility.
Very nice work. I love Cherry.
Beautiful work, Ed. Love the details
Very nice Ed. It looks super. Please tell us more about the finish and joinery.
I like it a lot Ed. That's a piece your family will cherish for many years.
How did you make the crown molding for the top?
Finely built hutch right there! Nice.
Very cool piece Ed. 2nd what Ken said - the painted interior really makes the cherry in the the upper section pop. Well done.
Overall, beautiful Ed. I love the grain. I like the painted interior. I don't like the sapwood in those top door rails. IMO they detract from what otherwise is a very nice piece.
John
That looks wonderful, Ed!!
I would agree completely with John on a formal piece, but on a hutch , I think it’s okay. It’s my hutch hunch.... And of course a factory madeQuote:
Originally Posted by John TenEyck
modern hutch would be “toned “ into a brown paint job.
Joinery is a combination of mortise & tenon plus dominoes (fesstool). Used dovetails for drawers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lee Schierer
Used router bits for window panes and shiplap back.
Made cove molding on table saw.
Finish is BLO and several coats of wipe on poly. I like sapwood in some spots because I think it gives a piece a unique look. (Besides, cherry is so darn expensive, I can’t afford to waste any.)
I personally embrace the sapwood in pieces like this and was tickled that the cherry cabinetry in the kitchen of our "downsize" home we just moved into has sap-wood galore in the Kraftmaid cabinets.
Very nicely done Ed. I'm another who uses sapwood as an aesthetic element. The painted interior shows off the goods and the clean lines let the crown draw the eye up. On top of that, cherry ages beautifully.
Ed, that is a beautiful hutch. I did the exact version a few years ago. It is a country hutch, and I agree with Mel and the others - a little sapwood gives it authenticity.
That hutch came out really really nice Ed. The lighter back and the rustic cherry compliment the hutch just right in my humble opinion. Excellent craftsmanship to boot.
I agree with the previous comments on this excellent piece. Thanks for sharing.