This is a few pieces of a full bedroom set i am finishing up (large dresser and queen bed). Ill finish those up soon, but here are the end table for now.


The drawers run on cut guides into the side of the drawers, and on a runner screwed into the inside of the cabinet. I really like this style as it gives a really smooth movement, and the end of the groove where it hits the extra wide dovetail gives a very easily adjustable depth stop, so the drawers always position correctly. Flush mount drawers can be a pain getting to sit even with the face, they just want to sit recessed or proud and it annoys me when they aren't perfect.


While i did not mitre the corners, as that wasn't the style I was going for, I did buy a tree of walnut that is wide enough for the full sides on the nightstands, and i cut them in sequence so the grain lines up from the side, top, and back down the other side. The raised panels on the headboard/toeboard for the bed are from the same tree, and the dresser frame is also from the same tree (though I had to bookmatch the boards for the dresser given how deep/wide it was.

They're $300 on Wayfair... so probably that.

In 200 years there's going to be an in depth conversation about how the craftsman that made that piece really appreciated the material he was working with and where it came from. And they're going to be right.

yeah, I'm a huge history buff. I love interesting military stats.

the bottom half is a list of items for me to make to sell this year. I'm actually going to take a different approach on projects this year. going to do less custom stuff and I am going to attend the mesquite woodworking festival this October in Fredericksburg as a participant and have a booth for the first time. I am thinking of what items I want to have made for sale. We've gone the last 15 years to see what people have, and my wife finally pushed me enough to participate.

after this bedroom set, I don't have a firm customer project ready to go for the first time in probably 10 years. and the show will let me make some pieces I've been thinking about as well as use up wood I have on hand. I really need to shrink my wood pile. I also renewed my A&M Crafter's license, so ill make a good handful of A&M branded items, as there are a lot of Aggies at the show.