This was a birthday present for my sister Connie. I’ve made her things before, but it had been awhile (they were all made before this blog was a thing, for instance) and I like to think my skills have been upgraded a bit since then....

At the end of March I took another Goggleworks class. This one, taught by Denise Palko, was called Traditional Upholstery Techniques for Furniture Makers. After my recent experiences where I farmed out the upholstery work, I wanted to...

All the major parts of the desk were done, so I just had a few little things to do. I started by doing the wiring in the pedestals. Pedestal wiring I bought these off Amazon because they looked simple to install and way less time and...

I got tripped up for a little bit on these drawers, I’ll confess right now. And here is where it bit me. First up, let’s look at the drawing again: The SketchUp model of Amy’s desk On the right side are supposed to be...

With the pedestals made, I turned my attention to the desktop. This will be a fairly standard-issue desktop for me, except it is solid maple instead of plywood so I had to take some care with joinery to allow for wood movement. Hard maple...