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January 31st, 2012 by Matt Becker
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This reader-submitted coffee table features hand-made joinery and a clever use of tile for the tabletop.
I wanted to share this project that I’m so proud of: a custom built coffee table with marble stone tiles on top.
To use stone tiles for the top of a table is a great way to give furniture a more luxurious feel without spending a lot of money. Me and my husband built this table from scratch without using any nails or screws, but instead doing a lot of chiseling and some gluing. We chose hemlock wood and stained it in red mahogany.
For the top, we used 12 x 12 inch white carrera marble tiles, which we put close together without any space savers; then we didn’t have to use grout and could create a more seamless surface.
Overall I love this technique and our coffee table is just gorgeous!
More info and pics available here:
http://christonium.com/HomeProject/building-wooden-coffee-table-with-marble-tiles
Thanks so much for your time!
Linn
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Matt Becker
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Tags: coffee table, Furniture, hemlock, mahogany, reader projects, tile
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January 16th, 2012 by Matt Becker
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This reader’s project incorporates some clever “interactive” functionality and plenty of storage.
A family I work with has a son who is crazy about airplanes. The mother sent me a picture of an airplane bed, and I knew I could do better. Attached are the sketchup design, a few pictures of the work in progress and the finished bed with Paulito included. I was disappointed that they added the box springs, as I had designed it for a single bunk mattress only, but I was told when Paulito goes to bed, he feels he is really flying.
It is made from hard maple, padauk, and Peruvian walnut. There is a little maple plywood and veneer, but it is mostly solid lumber with no stain or paint. I made two propellers which are easily removed. One is maple and the other is padauk and walnut. The wings pull out and form a storyteller’s seat, and the propeller really turns. There is plenty of storage in the drawers on the base.
- Joe Byron
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Tags: bed, Furniture, Maple, padauk, reader projects, Veneer, Walnut
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November 9th, 2011 by Matt Becker
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While many projects can be somewhat timeless, furniture for babies & children may lose some of its usefulness after time. This reader found a great way to extend the functionality of his work.
I made this changing table for the baby of my brother-in-law and later I made the top that he could add on to modify to a dresser.
So the furniture has a second life, and maybe his daughter will change her baby on the same changing table.
Made of yellow birch.
- Denis Pinard; Sherbrooke, Quebec
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Tags: changing table, dresser, Furniture
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October 6th, 2011 by Matt Becker
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We received this photo from a reader after we ran a previous letter showing his work in our June 2011 issue, all of which are variations on the Arts & Crafts Blanket Chest featured in the April 2010 issue.
First, thanks for the credit and photos of the arts & crafts blanket chest that I built from the April 2010 issue of Woodworkers Journal. As I mentioned in my letter [which was run in the June 2011 issue], I was planning to make three more of the chests for my daughter and her two girls, theirs to be used as a ‘hope chest’. I finished the three down-sized chests yesterday, trying to make them to scale of the original version, and finished them out with the asphalt stain treatment and then waxing with tudor brown Briwax.
The chests are 18″ X 18″ X 30 1/2″ for the chest, with the tops being 32″ X 20″. As I counted, there are approximately 90 individual parts, not counting the boards individually for the tops or the bottoms or the splines, with 28 mortises and tenons. Quite an undertaking, but I am pleased with the results. Each time I assembled one of the chests I learned something that made the next one easier to assemble. Having purchased the lumber through my son-in-law in Mississippi I got better quality lumber at a better price. Each chest cost about $200.00, including hardware and finishes.
- Dewey Lackey; Brentwood, TN
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Tags: arts and crafts, blanket chest, Furniture, Oak, reader projects
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September 23rd, 2011 by Sandor Nagyszalanczy
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My wife and I took a little trip up the California coast recently, and ended up staying in Little River, a don’t-blink-or-you’ll-miss-it minor berg just south of Mendocino. Our intention was to get away from the day-to-day stuff, and just relax, do some light hiking, sightseeing, and take in a few golden sunsets.
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August 30th, 2011 by Matt Becker
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In addition to the beautiful inlay and the two wood species’ contrasting colors, the coordination between the modified tusk tenons and the extension slide handles are incredible details not to be missed.
This is a kitchen table I made out of tiger maple and purpleheart. The purpleheart table legs kept splitting on me down the center so I decided to hide the splitting with tiger maple inlays to match the table top. I also made two foot long extensions for the table that attach with pegs to sliding boards that are concealed under the ends of the table top. Each extension has two folding legs for storage. The tiger maple top was finished with tung oil followed one week later with multiple coats of General Finishes, High Performance Water-Based Top Coat. The purpleheart legs and apron were finished only with the top coat.
- Stewart Shapiro; Newark, DE
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Tags: Furniture, inlay, kitchen table, Maple, purpleheart
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March 17th, 2011 by Matt Becker
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This reader-submitted project incorporates details from other sources to put a unique spin on a standard piece of furniture.
My name is Adam Rung from Adam Rung Woodworks. This is my Teak Porthole End Table. The name is pretty self-explanatory. I made the table out of Teak wood and a porthole that was recovered from a ship in Nova Scotia. I generally work with regionally grown hardwoods and reclaimed materials, but I chose Teak for this project because it has traditionally been used in the ship-building community.
- Adam Rung; Philadelphia, PA
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Tags: Furniture, reader projects, teak
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March 3rd, 2011 by Matt Becker
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This reader-submitted project is proof once again that you don’t always need to know what wood you’re using for it to turn out beautifully.
Thought you might appreciate this credenza I made to hold books for my wife. It’s constructed from curly Mahogany with a heavily figured bird’s eye Maple top, accents and carved handles. The veneer on the door fronts is a mystery wood I acquired while dealing in wood veneers, that has an incredible curly, lustrous look with black veins.
- Kirby Gaal
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Tags: Furniture, mahogany, reader projects
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