Art Deco vanity

I love this piece, beautiful.

That is some beautiful figure in that burl. Not my style either, but that's a nicely done piece of furniture.

That's a great looking vanity! The veneer is outstanding.

What an awesome piece! I really liked your wine cabinet and the Bubinga bowfront hall table as well. Keep up the good work.

Hi Alan,

The vanity is simply beautiful and the veneer is, as you say, spectacular. Nice choice of topcoat as well.

Thanks for the post.

Speechless - that's beautiful!

This is simply unbelievable! both the form and the veneer layup on this are perfect!

Very impressive work, and veneer.

Wow, wow, wow….. wow again! Thank you so much for sharing!

Fan-damn-tastic! Lovely work. Even though the missus hates it, Deco is one of my favs. Oh well, at least she has good taste in husbands. HA!

Keep up the good work, Alan.

always,
J.C.

YOW. That is very nice. You got skills. Thanks for showing.

really nice work.. congrats

Whoa!! again just excellent work

very nice work

This is a great looking vanity. I really like this one. Wow, what a great job. Someday I hope to build things like this. Very nice, wow!!!!!!!!!!!

hello alan C is very a beautiful piece congratulation very beautiful work

hello alan would be it possible D to have more details on the vanity thank you and very good week end

Hi Jeanmarc,
Actually the construction was pretty straight forward. I used birch plywood for the body, veneering over it where needed. The lower part of the top, below the step, is an open walnut frame and the top was screwed to it from underneath. Drawers were blind dovetail construction boxes with veneered fronts added. Handles are walnut dowels with holly caps. Legs were rabbetted to fit over edges of the carcase. The holly diamond was about 1/16th in. thick, set into a routed opening. Key point- no sanding of veneer until everything is in place and glued down. Otherwise you end up sanding some areas twice and can sand through- believe me, I found out the hard way on another project.
The mirror frame is 4 pieces, held together with glue and biscuits. It was rough cut on a band saw and finished with a router in a circle cutter fixture. The whole thing was held in place on a backer board until both inside and outside were routed. Tricky.
Hope this helps.

Just an awesome piece!

thank you very much for the information