Posts in the «furniture» Category

• 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 […]

• Coffee Table / Chest / Play Table (2)

So from my drawing of the Coffee Table / Chest / Play Table I determined how much wood I would need and returned from the home center with a decent selection of white pine. The table sides are all panels 18″ high, so I created them by joining two 1″ x10″s  By the time I […]

• Coffee Table / Chest / Play Table (1) Plan

I was at a high-end children’s toy store the other day with my son (1 yr old) and watched his eyes light up over a table full of Brio trains on a play table. As I watched how he used the table to play I noticed that the raised edge of the table kept the […]