Because we don’t want to waste any of God’s bounty, we’ve made some end grain cutting boards from the left over pieces that are too small to use in a furniture project.
Because these are end grain, they will not dull your knives. Move over Boos, there’s a new cutting board boss in town! ha ha.
This sideboard table was found in a furniture consignment shop. Our task was to do the best we could to restore the table. After getting the table to our shop, stripping it down and more closely examining it, we discovered this beat up misfit table was in worse shape than was initially thought. The table was repaired using quick repair “techniques” by someone who didn’t know what nails could to do a 75+ year old antique. The fact the table was still standing is a credit to its original builder. The top and drawers (which turned out not to be original to the table) were beyond repair. Staying true to the Shaker style, we recreated those pieces using more modern techniques and were able to save the rest of the sideboard.
The body and legs of the table are the original antique Pine. The drawer fronts and new top are made from Pecan. The drawer sides and bottom reinforcements are made from Poplar. The drawer runners are made from Hard Maple. The stain is Georgia Cherry and the finish is 8 coats of High Gloss hand rubbed Polyurethane.
