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English Stairs, take two
My second attempt to build the stairs for a hall. I didn’t really like my first version – the central post was a bit off, didn’t like wood color, etc. That’s why I decided to give it another try.
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Decorating Dining Room
It’s been a long time since my last post. I guess this is because we have quite long holidays in Russia (from 1st till 10th of January). But I did a lot these days – reorganized my workshop ( I’ll post about it soon), started working on drawings for the next commission, decorated part of the room in my dollhouse, and started exploring metalwork (basically, lathe).
So here’s what I made for my dollhouse – made wallpapers for the room, started gluing wall panels:
Finished!
Here it is! The project is finished.
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Drawers
The desk is not done yet!:)
My hubby developed a habit joking around if I have made my desk yet. Last few days I’ve been working on the drawers. First I’ve made strips then cut mortises for the bottom of the drawer. It would be easier if the drawers had the same height, but the lower half drawers have different one.
Dickens’ Desk – almost there
I never thought it would be so much work with this desk. When I just started I was amazed by all those little details, compartments and shelves. To be honest, I was never a fan of Dickens’ novels, though I liked one about him (well, almost), it was called Drood. As in his novels it’s all about quantity.
I spent a couple of days making a baluster gallery. I made two types of balusters with different design, and then decided which one to use. For the gallery I needed eleven balusters.
Two top pedestals were quite easy to make. I’m pretty happy with the result so far, especially considering the type of veneer I’m using. Now I can move to writing surface and drawers.
Compartments
On Wednesday I finished this central piece. The height of it is 17 mm and the width is 48 mm. I used my own mahogany veneer 0,8 mm. I was almost done with the drawers on the left and on the right of this letters compartment but decided no to use it and try to make another one.
Dickens’ Desk – The Process
Just a couple posts earlier I was writing about Dickens’ Desk, this time I’ll show more photos of the process. I began with the lower part of the desk.
Something New
[nocrosspost][/nocrosspost]I decided to take a break from house building. Yesterday I found this wonderful Dickens’ Desk. The desk where Charles Dickens wrote Great Expectations. It was made of mahogany. This desk fetched almost 900 000$ at auction in 2008. I also found different variations of it on several antiques’ sites.