I began noodling on this media room project in early 2020 and bought the walnut and curly maple on March 14, 2020 - 3 days before our world changed (got in before the price of lumber skyrocketed!) And, it’s kept me busy for the past 18 months.
I learned a ton. First time trying handcut mitered dovetails, and did it on all four carcasses. First time doing any kind of dovetails on something this big. First time working with veneer. Built a veneer vacuum press to do it. 20 mitered doors with claro veneer panels, 16 of them with fiddly knife hinges. Eight dovetailed drawers. 18 double-bridle jointed legs.
Walnut, maple and cedar from @fine_lumber_austin. Claro walnut veneer from @gobywalnut. Hardware from @blum_usa, @brussohardware and @whitechapel.ltd. Inspiration from everyone on Ig and long playlists featuring Tweedy, Wayne Coyne and John Prine.
The Covid project is done, and so should be Covid. I think that’s fair.