New drawer front style

[JCLP]

I have been working on a fluted white oak drawer front for a while and came up with prototype 1. I decided to make a small cabinet, still a work in progress. All is white oak.
Finished with Osmo Raw Polyx-oil.
Cheers.
JC

 

[Rick Herrick]

That is very, very cool.  I am working on a white oak dresser now for my first grand child.  I gave my daughter two choices for fronts being regular frame and panel and solid wood.  She liked the frame/panel version.  Your cabinet is well done.  Any more pictures on the construction/layout of the pieces for that front?

This was going to be my first Rubio project but still up in the air on that.  Using Rubio on the cabinet but I think I need more durability on the top (glued up Peruvian Walnut).  She wanted some contrast so, there's that.

 

[Packard]

I had to do a search, because I could not recall his name.  George Nakashima made slatted sideboards famous.  His were all vertical and probably easier to layout.  Some were "open" designs and others were applied to a flat surface.  He also made use of a technique that I like to use, through dowels.  No special jigs required.  You can see the through dowels at the bottom of the end panels. 

I hide mine with decorative end panels when I make face frame cabinets.  Fast, strong and easy.

 

[Mike Goetzke]

JC - very elegant design! If you look at it long enough it's like an eye teaser. Just wondering if it would pop more if there were a divider between the two drawers because the drawers seem to blend into one another (but that might be what you are looking to do)?

Mike

 

[Sparktrician]

JC, that design is really nice.  Makes me wonder how it would look with alternating white/red oak molding?  The subtle differences might be really interesting.  [smile]