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Pens, Pens Everywhere ….

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Acrylics

We have turned hundreds of pens and therefore it will take a bit to get them all posted in this new Blog format.

Our Facebook Page has more pictures if you’d like to see more.

 

 

 

 

Here are just a few:

Maple Coffee Table & Side Tables

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This coffee table and sister end tables were commissioned as a wedding gift. They were made to the bride’s specifications. This table has several species of Maple which gives the finished product some tonal variations.

The aprons are made from Bird’s Eye Maple.

The coffee table top has a frame of Hard Maple around the outside with Ambrosia Maple in the middle. The end tables are reversed.

The legs are made from Hard Maple.

The finish is an oil based stain with a dozen coats of high gloss hand rubbed polyurethane.

The pictures are a close up of the table top, the leg and apron detail and the finished product.

Recreation of the Saved Shaker Sideboard Table

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We liked the results of the Shaker Sideboard Table so much we, with the permission of the owners, recreated the table and tweaked the design a little for our own use. We made the legs a little thicker and the drawers a little bigger. We used Spanish Mahogany for everything except the drawer sides, which were made from Maple, and left it natural with only High Gloss Polyurethane as the finish.

 

Shaker Sideboard Table Rescued from Consignment Shop

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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.