Wife's birthday was not quite two weeks ago.  A bit before, I asked her what she'd like for a gift.  She got a new sewing machine last year and was looking for something that would hold incidentals and project materials since she is not longer working on the desk where her old one was.    Not enough time to get it done before the day, but finished up today.

 

I got the idea from a book on tool chests and adapted LxWxD to fit the niche next to and under her new sewing table.  And I got to decide if I'd ever want to make a Gerstner-style chest for myself (still undecided).

 

QS white oak.   Drawer bottoms form runners into the sides.

 

Edited April 27, 20188 yr by kmealy

Very nice. Like those drawer runners. What are the pulls. They look like brass.

IMO, you're up to the Gerstner. That would be a fun build.

drawer pulls are 3/8" dowels.  I did something very similar for the touch up kit that I built myself 10 or more years ago.

 WOW!!!

that is nice Keith..

17 minutes ago, Stick486 said:

 WOW!!!

that is nice Keith..

Ditto!! 

 

Great job on both Keith.

HErb

Excellent work, Keith! Looks good.

Your wife is a lucky lady.  That is gorgeous.

 

Excellent. Beautiful addition to her sewing nook.

I'm sure she didn't mind the wait once she saw it.

Glad my wife’s doesn’t read this forum, or I’d have a project to do! Very nice.

sewing center for my wife:

 

first pic is before drawer fronts were put on.

 

Very nice cabinet. It's a little hard to see from the photo, but have you cut a bead and groove at the top and a groove at the bottom to simulate the top detail? - that's a clever way to disguise the applied plywood bottom while adding a very stylish detail to the drawer front. I'll have to keep that in mind in case I have a project like that in the future - fortunately my wife doesn't sew so I know it won't be a sewing cabinet. Sitting here, thinking that using 1/4" BB plywood for the bottom would give you a striped effect to the edge (5 plies) and this could be duplicated by cutting a narrow strip and attaching it to the top of the drawer front, same narrow groove top and bottom to separate the front from the striped bead. 

13 hours ago, tomp said:

Very nice cabinet. It's a little hard to see from the photo, but have you cut a bead and groove at the top and a groove at the bottom to simulate the top detail? - that's a clever way to disguise the applied plywood bottom while adding a very stylish detail to the drawer front. I'll have to keep that in mind in case I have a project like that in the future - fortunately my wife doesn't sew so I know it won't be a sewing cabinet. Sitting here, thinking that using 1/4" BB plywood for the bottom would give you a striped effect to the edge (5 plies) and this could be duplicated by cutting a narrow strip and attaching it to the top of the drawer front, same narrow groove top and bottom to separate the front from the striped bead. 

Yes, the bottom plywood is disguised by a 1/8" radius beading bit.   I did the same on the top, though it would have worked without.  It looked a bit different from the QSWO front, but it all blended in once stained and glazed.

 

On the touch up kit drawers, I just rabbeted the front piece and the plywood bottom does not go all the way to the front.

 

 

Nice cabinet! Bet she liked that better than some new dishtowels