window seat-bookcase-desk unit

[honeydoman]

here is a project I just finished. again using dominos and pocket screws.  the little leg design on the window seat, I saw on an eposode of this old house where a guy did this on a built in pantry type cabinet and I thought it looked cool, so I added to this project.

 

[sl_1800]

nice work, I like the legs too.

 

[dirtydeeds]

honneydokreg

nice work

off topic question. the bottom rails of your sashes look very narrow, is this a local variation or are they opened and the blind is hiding them

 

[honeydoman]

dirtydeeds,
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i do not have any idea about the sashes maybe the shade, which was broken and would not go up or down so possiblly.

 

[Steveo48]

I'm so glad you posted this, I've been wanting to do this same type of thing in our FR.  I like the bead board.

Steve

 

[Dave Ronyak]

Honeydokreg,

Nice project.  I saw that episode, too.  Please share the rest of the story.  Which joints have pocket screws and which ones are dominos?

Dave R.

 

[Fred West]

Honeydokreg, very nice work. I love building window seats and we end up doing them all of the time. Tuesday and Wednesday of this week we will be installing wainscotting and crown moulding in a farmhouse where we just installed two window seats as well as some cabinets. Fred

 

[nickao]

I have only ever done one of these with a lifting top for storage. The face had 3 raised panels. Everything was made with 5AAA Curly Maple and the woman painted it white! I freaked!

Nickao

 

[Dave Ronyak]

I have only ever done one of these with a lifting top for storage. The face had 3 raised panels. Everything was made with 5AAA Curly Maple and the woman painted it white! I freaked!

Nickao

My "wooden" heart goes out to you.  In my previous house I made the bevel-edged ranch plank style T&G flooring from nearly scratch - I negotiated with a sawyer to hand select a truckload's worth of red oak for me, and took the wood through all the air drying, kiln drying, and machining steps myself.  Everyone along the way wanted to buy that load of wood.  Finished out the flooring at 7/8" thick, hand stained and sealed all surfaces of each piece before installing it (entirely hand nailed with pre-drilled holes through the tongues), then stained, sealed and applied final varnish coats.  Also made built-in bookcases, paneling, a bar, a mantel, a bay window window seat and step up to it and all the baseboard, crown molding and other trim, and did a family room with a full width floor-to-ceiling bookcase of cherry and trimmed the room to match, and for the kitchen made a large butcher block table of maple with naturally deep red cherry edging and a full set of kitchen cabinet of cherry with raised panel door and fully dovetailed drawers (no simple boxes with added on fronts, these were rabbeted into the solid fronts), and topped or rather bottomed off the hanging cabinets that divided the kitchen from the formal dining area with a custom made stained glass light fixture which shined upon the butcher block table.  When we sold that house, my wife made me promise to never go back and look and never to ask what the subsequent owner(s) have done.  I forgot to mention that the lower family room with the cherry bookcase also had cherry paneling from the floor halfway up the walls, and a small 1/2 bath with entirely custom cabinetry that I also made of cherry.  It would have killed me to know they had painted or replaced any of it.

Dave R.

 

[Fred West]

I have only ever done one of these with a lifting top for storage. The face had 3 raised panels. Everything was made with 5AAA Curly Maple and the woman painted it white! I freaked!

Nickao

Nickao, as you may or may not know it is legal in 47 of 50 states to murder or grossly mutilate anyone that would commit such a heinous crime. You just DON"T do that to curly maple of any type for any reason.  ;D Fred

 

[nickao]

Dave don't go back, they may have painted everything!

Dave the worst thing is the woman contracted me to make it for her. If she was going to paint it why in the world would she pay for the curly maple. She painted it before I could get back to get the finished pictures! I could have used a different grade maple, even MDF for that matter!

Curly maple really isn't the best wood to paint anyway, I wonder what it looks like now, 4 years later.

Fred I agree!

Nickao

 

[steverunner]

It looks great, you did a great job,
I have few questions
- for the "countertop" what thickness did you use 3/4 ?? is it enough? what can you use (plywood is ok, mdf?)
- for the face frame where the shelves are what width did you use 3 1/2 inches or less 1 1/2
thank for the info I am doing shelves as well "mediacenter" 16 feet  wide in 3 pieces 5feet 6feet 5 feet and I am not sure what I am doing !!!
I biuld the box but now I have to decide for the face frame what thickness/width to use,....
- last question, "if" you werer to paint it in white, what would use to do it "roll", paint brush" or Fuji spray?

I am going to post a pic to ask your opinion
Thanks

 

[Michael Kellough]

"if" you werer to paint it in white, what would use to do it "roll", paint brush" or Fuji spray?

Depends on the paint, which also depends on the surface texture, sheen, and durability you want. You have to narrow those parameters down first.

 

[dltflt]

Nice work.

 

[steverunner]

"if" you werer to paint it in white, what would use to do it "roll", paint brush" or Fuji spray?

Depends on the paint, which also depends on the surface texture, sheen, and durability you want. You have to narrow those parameters down first.

well let say I paint it eggshell white with Interior Behr from Home depot,
just as a reminder I am building white bookshelves with closets (2 doors ) at the bottom,

what is your advice , thanks

 

[poto]

I have only ever done one of these with a lifting top for storage. The face had 3 raised panels. Everything was made with 5AAA Curly Maple and the woman painted it white! I freaked!

Nickao

I recall you mentioning that in other posts. I gives me the heebie-jeebies just to think about it. What a waste of wood.

I think I know the people, though. Weren't they the ones who put the monster truck tires on their Ferrari? 

 

[poto]

And by the way, very nice job on the desk/bookcase/window seat unit, honeydokreg. Hope there's no curly maple hidden under that white paint!

 

[nickao]

I have only ever done one of these with a lifting top for storage. The face had 3 raised panels. Everything was made with 5AAA Curly Maple and the woman painted it white! I freaked!

Nickao

I recall you mentioning that in other posts. I gives me the heebie-jeebies just to think about it. What a waste of wood.

I think I know the people, though. Weren't they the ones who put the monster truck tires on their Ferrari? 

Yes these people also had me make them a room full of cabinets and when I came by one day the painters were painting them white with the same paint for the wall. I just about died. They actually had pretty good taste and the husband wanted the wood look, the wife won. I have no problem with white cabinets, but I could have used mdf and saved the Curly Maple  lumber and them a bunch of money. Someone 30 years from now is going to strip away the paint and get quite a nice surprise!

Nickao

 

[dltflt]

When I see anyone paint wood it makes me sick.  If you watch those design shows on TLC they do it all the time.  They should have their designers card revoked.

 

[Bill Wyko]

Very, very impressive. What a great use of the space.