Furniture Projects
Add Leaves and Height to an Antique Table We like this rescued antique, but it is too short, and it is too small. It is built for leaves but did not have any. But that can be fixed.
Refinish Antique Pedestal Table This table was rescued from the trash. It is solid Quartersawn White Oak, with tons of ray fleck. It was way too pretty to be trashed, but it was in dire need of refinishing.
Cantilever Leg Desk Simple Modern Desk. Suitable also as a Craft or Sewing desk. Features cantilevered legs for plenty of leg room
Multi-Level Plant Stand (or Cat Tree?) Tall and airy with five levels. Places for five plants, though you may call it a cat tree!
Coffee Table A solid Cherry coffee table, with thick legs, two shelves, and a subtly curved top. Yes, strong enough to sit on!
Bed From Construction Lumber A simple bed, built primarily from 2x construction lumber from the home centre, assembled with Bed Bolts for easy future disassembly and moving.
Laptop Stand When using a laptop at a desk, a laptop stand really helps with the viewing and other ergonomics. Here's my simple design.
File Cabinet Organizer Boxes I don't file much paper, so some sliding tray boxes make the filecabinet more useful
Sit-Stand Desk with Wings Making a gorgeous Walnut desktop for a motorized sit-stand frame, but with pull-out 'Wings'
Floating Walnut Shelves I set out to build some simple triangular shelves, but a spectacular piece of Walnut made it extra special.
1950s Nesting Tables Inspired by a 65 year old table built by my father, I built a larger matching one to make a set
Printer Stand Turning a reclaimed scrap table top into a unique double decker printer stand for the home office.
Installing Bed Bolts Removing old bent bed frame hardware and replacing with Bed Bolts for a much better connection
100 Year old barnboard shelf Sometimes the story is more interesting than the project: A memento for a friend, from a piece of their family barn
Easy Build Mission Bench Designed as a match for my mission side table, this project is easy to build, but still has the classy lines of Mission Furniture.
A Cabriole Leg Cat Bed !?!? The legs were a gift and it took me ten years to come up with a project for them.
Easy-Build Jewelry Cabinet Build this in a weekend. Simple construction techniques, versatile results
Mission Nightstand with a twist Keeping the design as elegant as possible, while making the build process as simple as possible
Exotic Red Nightstand Maple and African Padauk come together in this shaker-styled bedside cabinet. Yes, the colour is all-natural!
Easy Build Mission Side Table Hall Table, Entry Table... Call it what you like; it's got classy mission styling!
Writing Desk in a Weekend Quick, Simple,and Elegant -- A Shaker Style writing desk designed and built in just a few days. No one needs to know you used plywood to speed things up!
Harvest Table (Part 1) Building a solid Ash Hardwood dining table in a modified Harvest Table style.
Office Side Table Building a long and narrow table for an office. I'm keeping this one quick and simple!
Craft Tabletop Build On the design and building of a top for a craft table -- mostly about working through different design challenges.
Bookshelf Bench A low shelf, designed to fit at the foot of a bed. Stylish and strong, made of solid Black Cherry.
Fishtank Cabinet Strong and beautiful, providing loads of storage, and a little secret spot around back to hide ugly cord tangles.
Stickley Display Stand Inspired by an original Gustav Stickley design, reinterpretated in reclaimed pine, using simple modern construction methods.
Stretched Octagon Table Adventures in finishing a table featuring a piece of mysterious Tanzanian wood.
Dollhouse Bookcase European Style and hidden compartments makes this much more than just another Dollhouse bookcase.
Two Seat Bench This solid cherry bench is my interpretation of a garden bench crossed with a deacon's bench.
Older Projects...
Picture Frames
Maple and Oak frame a treasured piece.
Maple and Oak frame a treasured piece.
Trivets
Quick and simple on the tablesaw.
Beach Chairs
Interlocking pieces nestle together, in contrasting maple and
cherry.
Mission Love Seat
The wood is cherry, the heart is Mission.
Shaker-style Jam Cupboard in pine.
Toy/Blanket chest in Maple and
Cherry.
Simple plywood construction, but dressed up with hardwood.
Simple plywood construction, but dressed up with hardwood.
Small 5-board footstool
Just wood and glue, no metal fasteners.
Small shaker-style pine table An exercise in handtool techniques, including Mortise and Tenon joints.