Maple Nightstands and Bed

We needed new furniture for our guest bedroom, and I really wanted to work with maple to highlight its color and brightness.  I used a natural water based finish from General Finishes on the maple, and I'm really pleased with the result.  

The legs for the nightstands are metal tipped and from TableLegs and the drawer pulls from Schoolhouse Electric.

New Master Bedroom Closet doors

Our bedroom closets are 6' wide on the inside, but only have a 30" door.  

So we had the door opening widened to 4', and I installed two 24" doors.  Finding the same moulding was a pain, but we lucked out and found two salvaged 24" doors which match our house's style for $10 each from Rebuild Warehouse in Alexandria.  And oh yeah, the walls were far from square.  

Cherry Dresser

We needed a new dresser also, so I went with the same mid-century modern design.  It is solid cherry with a linseed oil finish.  Our cat, Simon, approves.

Bedroom full of handmade furniture

Our room with all hand made furniture, except for the ottoman, courtesy of Target.

Nightstands and Chiffonier

The next pieces I made (with help) were a chiffonier, and 2 nightstands.  They are also red oak with an espresso stain, same as the bed.  The upper right picture shows the number of clamps needed to glue up the piece.  It was a difficult piece, but turned out very nice. Because red oak has such a deep grain, it takes a dark stain very well.

I think I made these while I was unemployed, b/c well, I had lots of spare time, and we wanted some new furniture.

Bed

Jenna and I saw a bed at La Diff in Richmond that we really liked, but was very expensive and made using veneered particle board. I asked my friend to help design me something like it, and we created this. It is made out of red oak, stained espresso black. It is hard to see, but the headboard has a plywood insert that was installed so that the wood grain would point to the bottom middle of the bed.