Bookcase is done

[Bob Glenn]

The youngest son, a Major in the Army, called a couple weeks before Christmas and asked if it was too late to request a Christmas present. He wanted a bookcase for their townhouse in the DC area. No problem with the build, however, we traded our Astro van for a Nisson Rogue a couple years ago, so taking the bookcase from Indiana to Washington, DC would be a problem. I decided to make the pieces, then assemble it on site. I could haul everything but the backing board, which I bought, cut, stained and finished at his house.

So we just delivered it, and here are a couple before and after pictures. The bookcase is poplar except for the veneered back. The whole piece is stained, then some pieces are painted with a flat latex paint, then a dark colored Briwax is applied over the paint to give it a patina.

[John Keeton]

Bob, looked at this thread after seeing the one on the chairs. Very nice work on the bookcase, and it does show very well with the Windsor in the pic!! I like the two tone finish on the bookcase, and it is well done, too.

[Chris S Anderson]

Beautiful colors and form. I really like the chairs, too.

[Bob Glenn]

I think the painted/natural wood finish is an acquired taste. Not for all, and surely blasphemous to some.

[John Grossi]

Bob, just read the reply about the finish being blasphemous to some. I was ready to blast the person who wrote it and then realized it was you! I really like the contrast and may do something like it in my next project.

[Larry Fox]

Bob, great bookcase and chair. Very nice work indeed. As an aside, ever have any trouble with that 12" sawblade hanging down from the ceiling in the first pic?

[Von Bickley]

Bob,

Great looking bookcase...... and some people call poplar a secondary wood.

Looks GREAT.....

[John Thompson]

Nice work again Bob... you did a nice job working the poplar on the finish as it it not the easiest species to balance out when finishing.

[Ed Griner]

Really nice balanced work on the bookcase.Your chairs were a very good example of period furniture,the colors are great! Keep up the good work.Did you use a plan for the bookcase?

Ed

[Bob Glenn]

Larry, I had to go back look for the 12 inch saw blade. That's my Swedish grandfather's bow saw. I'm basically a neander, as what you are looking at in that picture is basically all of my "shop". Not much room in there. In fact I do a lot of work outside. I do have a small planer and table saw that I have to carry outside to the picnic table if I want to use them.

Ed, I didn't have any plans to go by, however, I cut pictures out of magazines when I see something I like. I've got a large stack that I go through when I need inspiration, that a little from this, stealing a little from that. I've got a leather bound book that I make sketches in, and I sketched the bookcase out before starting on it. It sometimes amazes me how similar the idea is to the final product.

[lou sansone]

looks good. nice idea with the pediment

lou

[Bob Glenn]

looks good. nice idea with the pediment

lou

Thanks for the comment Lou. I had to go look up pediment. Now I know what to call it. I just thought it was a take off on Bob Evans Down on the Farm.