Back in 2008 I had been on a few year hiatus from woodworking. After seeing the prices on bedroom sets for our expected child, we were stunned. My wife and I had wanted something of quality that would last the test of time. After a bit of deliberation (and some hesitation from my wife), we had decided I was getting back into woodworking. I ended up getting a table saw, jointer, planer and a few other tools and I was ready to dive back into the hobby I missed so much. When discussing the prices of furniture versus the costs of getting back into woodworking, it really was a no brainer. We ended up saving a lot of money that day. Of course I have purchased more tools since then, but we did save that day, haha. I decided to start the bedroom set with a maple dresser. My wife really liked the customization that was available when you build stuff yourself. She got to pick what the dresser looked like, wood species, what size it was going to be and how many drawers it was going to have. She was happy and so was I. And they lived happily ever after….oh and I describe the build below.
(bottom 3 drawers will be equal in height)
Glue up of face frame (ambitious glue up for me in one shot) – all joints are mortise and tenon
top attached with said clips – you can also see I secured the panels in rabbets I made with glazing points – I normally have the panels centered in a groove in the rails & stiles, but I wanted more exposed edge to champfer the inside of the rails & stiles
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That’s a great looking dresser, Nick. My wife asked me to make a pair of night stands after I made a wall hanging “head board” for our bed. That was almost 4 years ago. Still no night stands. Also, it’s been over 2 years since I put in laminate flooring in our house and not all the base boards have been replaced.
There is just so much more fun stuff to make.
Alway more stuff to do than time to do it – the end of the list is too far away
Wow really nice Nick. I really like it. Mortise and tenon. Little walnut accent. Cool. And they thought Shaft was Bad. Shaft ain’t got nothing on you.
Thank you, I really appreciate it!
Really nice job on that dresser, Nick! Mortise and tenon joinery on all of the face frame ought to be adequate to hold it together for a while :>)
Thanks, I think so too – I need to start another project similar to this one
Beautiful work Nick. How long did this take?
I worked on it on again off again for the better part of 2 months – if I had to guess how many hours I would say around 40, maybe 50?
Hi Nick. that is a great piece of work. By chance, do you have plans you can send me?
Thank you – I don’t have plans for this one as I made it a few years back – I doubt I will make plans anytime soon but anything is possible.