Posts in the «furniture» Category
- Live edge standing desk
Back in 2014 I built my manually operated sit/stand desk. It served me well for a decade, but because it was inside an armoire style cabinet, it had limited desktop space. As I put more hardware on the desk, it became harder to lift and lower. So I eventually grew lazy about any standing. I […]
- Outdoor Cedar Bench – sawbench
I have a nice tiny patio outside the front door of my workshop. When I have been planing or sawing and worked up a sweat, I’d like to be able sit and rest while my heart settles down. I tried putting chairs there, but they are too comfortable and I settle too long. I need […]
- Sliding Dovetailed Book Cabinet
My son has been schooling remotely due to COVID so we needed a place for him to stash all his books and papers that would normally be in his locker at school. The river desk we built back at the end of 2018 serves him well, but is has no storage either so I decided […]
- Cypress Stump End Tables
I wrote a while back about the Cypress Stump Console I made from one of the two Cypress trees I had removed in my back yard. The second stump… the butt really, was a bit shorter. I thought it would make a good coffee table but we don’t need any more of those. However we […]
- Heart Bar Stool
I had this idea kicking around in my head for a barstool made from a log with a built in footrest. My original thought was for a square seat, but used on a diagonal like a diamond. Then I was looking for ways to reduce the weight and realized that the back corner of the […]
- Cypress Stump Console Table
Back in May 2019 we had two large Bald Cypress trees removed from our back yard. Steve’s Tree Service did a great job and they obliged me in my request to have the trunks cut as close to the ground as possible so that I could have some nicely flared stumps for creative woodworking. This […]
- Finished: Slab sided floating top river-desk
Now that all the pieces are done for this desk, it is time to assemble. The problem is that the slab sides are quite heavy and the top with the attached stretchers is very heavy so it has to be assembled in-place and I had no free hands to take assembly photos. The assembly, if […]
- Slab Side Legs
In August 2018, I was taking my morning walk with my dog around our neighborhood. I spied several people with chainsaws and safety gear. Then I saw their target. A double trunked water oak…. my precious. I spoke to Steve of Steve’s Tree & Hauling and inquired if it was headed for lumber mill or […]
- Stretchers for a Floating Desktop
The desk top for my son’s river desk is kiln dried Southern Yellow Pine. The uprights for it are 2″+ thick red oak that was cut and milled less than a year ago. Most woodworkers will advise not to build with wood until it has dried at least a year per inch. that is probably […]
- Epoxy River Desktop
My son was pretty adamant that he wanted his new desk to have an epoxy river on it. He has enjoyed the few times we have used epoxy to fill gaps in the past and he wanted to do more. We were going to be making the desktop out of Southern Yellow Pine so the […]
- Floating Top River Desk with Slab Sides – Intro
My son currently uses a desk that is a simple trestle style that belonged to his grandfather. I like the style of it, but it was from an era that knew nothing of laptops and mice and was a bit small for today’s deskly duties. He has simply outgrown the desk and was in need […]
- Driftwood and Hurricane Shelves
I call this “The shelves that blew in.” It is made from a driftwood root and some wood that Hurricane Maria blew down in my neighborhood in 2017. Back in April we were walking on a beach near Stump Pass in Florida. My son was looking for a stick to play with and grabbed what […]
- Live Edge Oak Coffee Table
I got a nice section of a Swamp Laurel Oak log from a neighbor that was cutting one down a little over a year or so ago. I wrote up a post about slabbing an oak log by hand. The entire time I was sawing the slabs out of that log, I knew I wanted […]
- Natural Oak End Table
A neighbor was cutting down an oak tree back in April 2016. I stopped to help, and some pieces followed me home. Then they started talking to me. The log on the left said, “I want to be live edge slabs.” The one standing up on the right said, “I want to be and end […]
- Adjustable Stand-up Sit-down Desk
As a full time web developer I need a desk that allows me to work at my computer standing up, but when I need to get off my feet, can also let me sit down. As a picky person I have a long list of requirements Allow me to use the computer while standing up […]
- Furniture: The Mike Jarvi Method
This video is making the rounds on woodworking forums as fast as the barefoot woodturning video. Mike Jarvi has developed a method for making a bench or table out of a single slab of wood. In this very slick production video you get to see the entire process from log to finished product as he […]
- Coffee Table / Chest / Play Table (6) – Finishing Up
Gluing the Base The base of this chest / play table is pretty large and I needed help getting all the pieces in place for the dry fit and the glue up. Fortunately my Father-in-law was here, so I enlisted his help. The dry fit went well, so we rehearsed who was going to […]
- Coffee Table / Chest / Play Table (5) – Pattern Cutting Feet
The four side panels of this play table chest could simply rest on the floor, but it is pretty likely that the chest would rock a bit on a slightly uneven floor. It would also look a little bit too boxy for my taste. So I planned to trim away sections of each panel to […]
- Coffee Table / Chest / Play Table (4) – Dados
With the dovetails now cut and dryfit, it is time to create the dado (a groove) in the side panels that will hold the floor of the chest in place. By planning for the location of the dado to terminate in a tail, I only have to create stopped dados in the tails, so only on […]
- Coffee Table / Chest / Play Table (3) – Dovetails
The base of the chest will be held together with through dovetails (meaning the end grain of the tails will show). I like the alternating look of the endgrain and facegrain combinations. I have to admit that I am not an outstanding dovetailer …. some day I hope to be, but I’m not there yet..not […]