Utile Nightstands

Very interesting. How much light does it put off? Enough to read a Kindle by? I can see the sizes of boards used for the front. Did you use the same for sides and back and just join them to make the solid sides? Mind telling us what size you ended up with.

-- Larry in Hawaii,

Great project. Looking forward to seeing more.

Larry, if you want to read a kindle at night the covers amazon sells with the built-in lights work great. They are a bit pricy but worth the mony IMO.

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I like the glass top and lights. Im going to bootleg your idea.

-- Lotidus

Wayne I have been using one of those led lights that hooks to a band around my head to read by, but I will look into the covers you are speaking of. I have a cover for the Kindle but only use it when storing the unit…I like the idea of it being lite weight without the cover.

Thanks

-- Larry in Hawaii,

someting is mising there.!!

very unique and modern.

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looks really warm and comfy to look at. The light shining trough the drawers, love that Great work!

-- -Thomas -

That’s a really cool idea and looks very nicely done. Great job!

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Wow, great work

-- Norman - I never never make a mistake, I just change the design.

These are impressive! I really like this design and execution. Thanks for posting! It’s going straight to favorites.

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At first I wondered what kind of cabinets were utile.I never heard of that before well done there beautiful indeed. and what a saving you did a fantastic job I love these. Alistair

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This is a very unique piece!!! AND beautifully crafted!!!!!

-- I have metal in my neck but wood in my blood!!

To Hawaiilad, the dimensions are 28” tall X 23” wide X 16” deep. The slats are 3 1/2” wide. The back is made of the same 3 1/2” slats but with no gaps. The sides are solid boards 15 1/4” wide. I believe the side boards are quarter sawn they have a totally different grain pattern, it reminds me of the gem Tiger Eye.

As for the light… it doesn’t put off much. I don’t have a kindle, so I don’t know how much light one needs to read it, but, I cannot read a book by the light alone. The idea for the light is for mood lighting. If you wanted more light, I guess you could coil the rope light around a couple of more times.

Thank you very much for the detailed info regarding your nightstands. I think having the mood lighting would be just great. Even at my age a little mood light would be nice…LOL I know I will be making some of these. Again, thanks for sharing.

-- Larry in Hawaii,

Nice work
I may steal a bit of the design for a watch case…I have a few Citizen Eco Drive watches that charge on light rather than batteries. So if you don’t keep them in light, they will lose time. You light bank inside the case is an awesome idea.

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