Showing posts with label corbels. Show all posts
Showing posts with label corbels. Show all posts

Saturday, February 26, 2011

HERE'S THE RECIPE - french cabinet

You need a bucket of that,

 A whole lot of pieces of this,

 One of these,

 Two of these,

 A few of these,


 And you can have this!


This dental molding is trim stolen from a dresser.



Old wooden drawers are a great source
for building materials.


The side panels and top are from the
 huge midcentury desk shown earlier.


The top edge profile is a drawer front.
The same drawer shown above.

All the shelves are made from drawer
fronts or backs.

I've mounted a touch light system in the top
with 3 brightness's



I have dressed it for use in the kitchen
or dining room. However it could be used
in many areas of your home.
Where would you like it to go in your home?


 
Another great cabinet I pieced together can be found here

I'm sharing this build at:
Boogieboard CottageFurniture Feature Fridays504 Main
The DIY Show OffA Marvelous MessPhotobucket
PhotobucketPhotobucketRedoux

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

FRIGHTENING TO FRENCH - french book shelf

Another creation of mine

started with this inspiration piece: 


Don't you just love when your teenager gets
 creative with markers. After all they are just trying
to express themselves.
I used this cedar dresser for lumber
supplies for what was coming.

I also stripped this little maple side table.



The grey is a primer coat.
I built this upper portion with the dresser parts
and fastened it to the table.

I used the sides of the dresser for
the sides of the shelf. 4 inches were cut off the
length and 2 inches off the depth.


The crown detail is a decorative
wall shelf from Homesense.



The drawer bottoms were used
for the back of the shelving unit.
As well as an old mirror frame provided the
vertical trim up the front edges.



The shelf edges are chair rail from RONA.



The shelves themselves are built from the
dresser's drawer backs and stringers.

The stepped block detail shown at the bottom of the
 trimmed edges was difficult to cut as it is 50yr old
 walnut and tough as nails.
It is edging trim originally from a stereo cabinet
dismantled for parts.


That is my daughter in the background.
She is now 20 and just as beautiful.



Plz take a minute to pop into

 >>>>> Freddy & Petunia <<<<<

to visit with Catherine the creater of the
inspiration piece. She creates
a line of heirloom-quality cabinets for little girls and boys.


For other pieces finished in WHITE or BLACK:

To see the second french étagère I've built:



I'm sharing this project at:
Transformation ThursdayFurniture Feature FridaysPhotobucket
Domestically SpeakingFunky Junk's Sat Nite Special
Designer Garden