I know this has been a very long time in coming. In truth, the cabinet was finished before Gothmas, but until recently it had things sitting on top of it, preventing me from getting good photos of it conveniently as a finished product. Then when I finally did get photos, I was also working on [...]
Furniture project part 7: The pursuit of perfection.
So here’s the thing.
I finished the top of the case a couple weeks ago. The only thing I have to do now is the finishing part and putting it all back together. I haven’t yet because I need a tack rag (which I know yes, I can make myself..) and I need a [...]
Furniture project part 6.4- top’s done.
4th verse, same as the first.
Mosaics are done, purple polka dots filled in.
Same thing, different angle.
First coat of black goes on around the spots.
Same thing, different angle.
Again, same thing, different angle.
Top, finished. There’s a lack of light here, so the black looks a little more solid and uniform than it is.
Same thing, different angle.
Same [...]
Furniture project part 6.3: Drawer front.
Drawer front is done, as is the front and rear of the case. Only thing left is the top.
I’ll dust the thing off after it’s dry.
Furniture project part 6.2: the second side of the case.
Long time, no progress. Unfortunately, some rather serious real-world things have kept me away from continuing on this project as fast as I’d like. However I just finished the second side of the case so I figured I’d post a photo.
You can check out either of the previous tutorials on how to accomplish this. [...]
furniture project part 6.1: The small doors.
I told you guys, this wasn’t a weekend project. After finishing the first side of the case, I turned my attention to the small doors, because the oil based stain takes forever to dry and I didn’t want to flip the case over while that side was still wet.
Basically it’s the same process- seal [...]
Furniture project part 6: the pain of stain.
I thought I was going to be glad I had finally finished the mosaics and could move on to staining. I was wrong.
Until yesterday, I’d never used a water based stain before. Now I know why. Normally, for bright colors I prefer to use aniline dye, using alcohol as the [...]
Furniture project part 5: Grouting.
So after many hours, I did finally manage to finish the mosaic work on that large circle on the left side of the case.
I really do want to stress that what you’re looking at takes hours. You can only put down so many pieces until you have to wait until the glue firms up [...]
Furniture project part 4: A different kind of frustration.
Thank goodness, I’ve stopped chiseling.
I finally was able to finish all the chiseling a few days ago. I’ve still not reattached all the door and drawer fronts, since the rest of the project is easier to do when the pieces are lying flat.
So I went back to ye local hardware supply and picked up [...]
Furniture project part 3.5: Still carving, still sucks.
I spent the weekend carving away at the circles I’d made last week and griping about the lack of appearance of my sharpening stones (which unfortunately may be in New Jersey, a problem that is big for all kinds of reasons.) But as of right now there’s only two sections left to carve out- the [...]
