I am mostly a turner, but occasionally I venture into the dark/flat side to complete something for our house. I've spent the last couple of months building some end tables to complement our new couch and a pair of really nice lamps made by a local pottery artisan. I took inspiration for these from a number of sources, but heavily on the Shaker tradition because my wife and I both like the spare clean lines in Shaker work. I also took inspiration from Garret Hack, and much of the joinery was modeled after a few of his pieces shown in FWW. I went all out (for me) doing a lot of hand work with planing, scraping... The joints are haunched and pinned mortise and tenons, bridle joints for the drawer runners, breadboard joints mortised into the legs for the shelves and dovetails for the drawers. It was fun to do, but I could never make any money at it. Cherry, curly maple, kingwood (pins and knobs) and butternut for drawer bottoms. Thanks for looking.
Mike
breezyhillturning.com