Dresser I made for my 6 year old son Finley. This is all from "construction" grade lumber, carefully picked from the pile, and some high quality plywood for the sides and drawers.
I'm a bit torn on this, because the amount of effort required to build this dresser was pretty high, so building out of pine doesn't seem like much of a savings. I had never tackled something so challenging before, so I wanted a wood I could be fine with discarding if I made a mistake or miscut, but that did not happen, so no savings there. I definitely could have made this out of hardwood, and honestly it would have been easier that way, since hardwoods do not dent as easily as pine, which requires a lot more gentle handling.
Finish is Enduro Var I & II (they stopped making Enduro Var I for some reason midway through the construction).
Drawers are a simple rabbitted construction, with glue and pins. Fronts are attached with two sets of bolts and two sets of screws. I figure if I don't like the drawers, or they get broken, I can easily redo them, and retain the fronts.
Style is Craftsman, which sometimes has an eastern element to it. Plans from Words n Wood.
Pulls I picked up from a big box store on Finley's instruction to get something brass.

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