My wife and I moved into a new home and since both boys are out of the house we have two bedrooms to play with. Alaina wanted a Thomas Mosier, “New Century China” bed that costs around $6,000. I decided I’d try to sort of copy the idea using $60 worth of materials from the big box store. Then if it
My mother in law asked if I’d be willing to build a simple container for my father in law’s ashes with enough space for hers eventually and this is what I came up with. It’s no great example of design, just a rectangular box with a raised panel lid and an interior divider, but his sense of style was
Originally we had a small cherry table and chair set up in this space. It wasn’t awful but not the best use of space. I constructed the built-in benches with pine 2x4s and pocket holes to construct the frame. I used some left over store bought ship-lap being sure to not make it air tight. With a MDF
An adjustable-height music stand made from cherry.As a piano technician I have a surplus of piano parts. Whenever possible I like to “re-purpose” them into my projects. In this music stand, the center scrollwork was from an old piano. The music stand is adjustable in height and can tilt for the prop
This media console named after my son includes a waterfall edge, sliding bypass doors, push to open doweled drawers, a river of bubinga (is there any finer?) and more. I was inspired by the works of Jory Brigham and Greg Klassen. To build the waterfall edge I used floating mortise and tenon, aka the
Ryan's new Workbench is a dream to work on!This bench is primarily made of PurpleHeart. It took about four months to complete working on it in all free time. I mainly used hand tools to complete this bench. My Lie Nielsen no.8 was definitely the workhorse of this build. I modeled this bench after th
A woodworker's solution to a meditator's problem!A friend of mine is a daily meditator and unfortunately, his dedicated meditation space is right in front of an air vent. He needed a platform to raise him above the air vent and to give him a place to kick off his shoes. He sent me a photo of a tatam
An amazing wall-hanging art piece!This wall piece is made of alligator bark Juniper wood put together like a jigsaw puzzle held together by eight gallons of epoxy. Ten pounds of turquoise, a few granules of glow-in-the-dark sand, and a color changing strip of LEDs are included into the epoxy. Inspir
Felix's workbench for doing detailed work such as carving or joinery.My regular woodworking bench is at the perfect height for planing wood, but I wanted something a little bit higher for doing more detailed work such as carving or joinery.The moxon vise is made with 3/4” acme threaded rod and the m
Sean designs and crafts two complementary Diploma frames for a colleague.After making some pinned half-lap frames as Christmas presents, I was asked by a colleague to make a matching set of frames for her college diplomas. She wanted the frames to match, but wanted two different approaches: an “arts
A beautifully executed G&G inspired dresser.This dresser is part of the Greene & Greene bedroom suite I made which consists of this dresser, a queen size bed, two night stands, and a side table. Over the last five or so years, I’ve become interested in the G&G style. As a woodworker I like the techn
Luke helps to keep these seniors active!For the last year I’ve been going to the local assisted living facility, pretty much once a week, to guide those interested in small woodworking projects. Sometimes we’ll watch a video on woodworking themes like furniture or violin making.I try to come up with
Nate's beautiful reproduction of TWW's King size Bed!After 18 years of sleeping on a basic bed frame with no headboard or footboard, I finally realized that I had a great excuse to dive into a big woodworking project and score some points at the same time. I started the frame during Christmas time w
Jonas takes inspiration from the NYW for this dressing table project.This is my take on Norm Abrams’ New Yankee Workshop Dressing Table project.The table is close to the plans but I did make a few alterations to the depth, and most notably used local solid cherry for the entire table instead of Maho
Edward builds a classic entry table for his cousin.Built from a Woodsmith plan (Issue #198, December 2011), this Classic Entry Bench was constructed with quarter-sawn white oak. Once sanded to 320, it was finished with four coats of Watco Danish oil (natural).The style is robust and simple. The curv
Adam crafts a stylish wall mounted jewelry box.My wife had been complaining about how messy her small little jewelry box was and how hard it was to find matching earrings. So I started searching the internet for inspiration. I found that there were several hang on the wall and or over the door model
Check out Keith's live edge walnut and mahogany table!Materials: Table top – Walnut (with live edge); Legs–Mahogany; Stretcher–Walnut; Stretcher wedges-Mahogany Total cost: Approx. $670 Hours spent: Approx. 225 (started 3/3/2017 and completed 5/5/2017 – 2 month duration)This is my first furniture
Lee, an aspiring woodworker, designs and crafts his first big project!This was my first big project that I designed start to finish, and I’m extremely happy with the results. I started woodworking only about two years ago, and watching The Wood Whisperer videos has really helped me with my progress
Check out Tom's beautiful black walnut and metal dining table!This table was built to accommodate a weekly gathering of friends for dinner. We regularly have 10 people over and needed a table that could extend to fit this size group. It is 74″ x 42″ with breadboard leaves (not shown) to bring it to
Dan crafts a beautiful foldaway Drafting Table!I was a structural draftsman for many years before there were computers and CAD systems. Over the years I’ve tried a variety of CAD programs but always return to my old drafting skills. Woodworking had always been a hobby to me, but since retiring I’ve
Re-purposed redwood makes a fine looking Sofa Table!I was asked by my wife to build a table to go behind our couch in the family room. Having some 2-1/2″ thick redwood boards recycled from a above ground water tank, I decided to re-purpose these boards into this table. All boards were surfaced plane
Check out Ray's Writing Table!With my son now in college we needed a writing desk for him to do his school work. Searching the internet, I found this beautiful specimen. Using pine boards and maple ply from the home store, I built this. I discovered many new things in woodworking. The legs are taper
Joseph designs and crafts a beautiful bed with lots of storage!It’s funny how one home project often turns into many. My wife and I replaced old, mismatched carpeting in our bedrooms with beautiful 3/4″ American cherry hardwood flooring. After seeing how much better our bedroom looked without the fa
A pretty cool looking piece of art!My interest in woodworking, guitar playing, and the desire to someday learn the skills of a luthier (guitar craftsman) were the catalysts that inspired me to build this wall art project. Playing the guitar and woodworking, for me, are very therapeutic, emotional, s