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  1. Woodworking Skill Share
    In the process of making sawdust, I have had to do various forms of upholstery. Here is the rub - you can go to the local sewing shop and get what you need to redo the one or two chairs and no problem. Been there and done that. Now you are doing the webbing, springs, and foam to do a Morris...
  2. Bow Arm Morris Chair

    My chair is finished, finally! It was about 6 months in the making, and many more months of dreaming it up and planning. Hickory and Walnut. Leather upholstery, which I did myself. 1 coat of danish oil, 3 coats of Arm R Seal wipe on poly, and then rub out with paste wax. The walnut was dyed to...
  3. Bow-Front Commode

    Yeah, yeah, I know… Commode. This was my final piece that I started at school. It was really fun to work on, because it was the first piece that I really got involved in the engineering of. Generally, the instructors know how to build things, and it's just a matter of choosing between...
  4. (Don't You Sit on My) Blue Suede Chair

    A wedding gift for two friends. I salvaged a high-quality office chair & built a solid base. Turnings from Lowe's. The chair is a blue suede. Hence the marks. Wrestling this project to completion during 100 deg. days in the shop was quite exciting - I couldn't get any sweat on the fabric...
  5. Olsen chair

    I decided to take a dive into making a traditionally upholstered chair. This chair has a internal framework of red oak that is joined with mortise and tenon joints. frame is then strung with zig zag springs . my partner Lisa did a wonderful job with the upholstery work. the upholstered frame is...
  6. Charleston Easy Chair

    I finally got some decent pictures of this project completed in 2007. Charleston Easy Chair (One of a pair) This is a reproduction of the Charleston Easy Chair at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) (1750-1760). It can be seen in The Furniture of Charleston, by Rauschenberg...
  7. Toy box & bench for my daughter

    This is a toy box for my almost-3-year-old daughter, Hannah. It's frame-and-panel construction using 3/4" poplar for the frames, 1/4" MDF for the panels, 3/4" plywood for the bottom and top, with the top upholstered then wrapped in a 3/4" thick, mitered poplar frame. It's painted with Behr...
  8. Santa's New Sled

    On Saturday, My daughter Victoria and I went to Lowes to do the little build project for children. We built a sled. I told her, "If you don't put those sickers on it, you can paint it and give it to Grandma." She liked the idea of giving Grandma a sled but she wanted a bigger one. I said, "I...
  9. 6 Khaya mahogany stools with upholstery

    This a design I created to go with our kitchen chairs. All joints are mortise and tenon (42 in each stool). I intended to post this months ago, but wanted a better camera. My son had his Nikon over today and I remembered to shoot these. There is a fairly complete blog about the build located...
  10. Oak Trunk (Step for my dog to get into our bed)

    I have a golden retriever named Lily, she has a little trouble jumping into our bed in the evenings so I built her this dual purpose oak trunk (also used to hold blankets)! I referenced an Ana White plan. http://ana-white.com/2013/04/plans/becca-trunk
  11. Morris chair restoration

    After completing my bathroom vanity and cabinet, I decided to work on a simple, quick project. Was I ever mistaken! What I thought would be just retying a few springs, replacing a spindle, regluing the carved additions to the chair feet, and reupholstering two cushions turned into a major...
  12. Antique sofa

    Altho I did not build this piece I did reupholster it and cleaned up the wood, and a couple repairs. First 3 pix are before, last three are after. Extremely comfortable. If you want to see more picture please check out my facebook page. Paul
  13. Facelift for my computer desk

    About 16 years ago when the HVAC guy was installing my installing my heating and air system, he accidently cut a hole in my hardwood floor whilst attempting to put a return in. Well, to make a long story short, I just had the trim guy build a desk over the hole in the floor and around the air...
  14. Finish on the blanket chest

    Here is it. The blanket chest I finished a few weeks ago.
  15. Blanket chest - jatoba frame, padauk tray, cedar lining, upholstered panels and seat

    Whew! Just completed this cedar-lined blanket chest (hope chest) for our daughter, still in time for her birthday. Since she will soon graduate as a botanist, that seemed a fine justification to include some "exotic plants" (ie, hardwood species I've been wanting to try out) in the...
  16. Toyboxes

    These toyboxes are all variations of a plan for an outside storage box. I thought that the plans would work as a great toybox for my little girl, then my niece, then my other niece. They were built over the span of about 3 years. Each is a little bit different & a little bit better than the...
  17. Chair

    Chiropractic Cervical Chair. Made of pine (underneath fabric), BCX plywood, and oak legs and supports. The hinged mechanism on the back allows for the backrest to be set at different reclining angles, or to be completely lowered to the floor. All upholstery was done by me as well. Thanks for...
  18. Toy Chest & Bench

    This is a toy chest and bench I built for my children when my son was little. We needed a place to put their toys in the living room, without losing seating space, and it had to allow air flow from the register. I built this with to allow space for the drawer and bench to close without hurting...
  19. Upholstered Headboard

    Here is another easy project, easy because there is no precision woodworking required. My wife has been asking for this since I got my new table saw a few months ago, and I finally got around to it this past holiday weekend. As you can see, 1/2 in. CDX plywood and 1X4 pine. The panels are each...
  20. Upholstery work table

    My son just got a job doing upholstery work. Made him a table to work on. made it in 5 ft by 4 ft sections for travel and mounted it to gether for work. he plane no covering it with vinyl to make a smooth work surface.
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