Lamp Table – Alder & Metal Bar This project blog is just a bit late, given that the table we will be looking at today has been in the clients home for 14 months now! The table was a simple end table, made up of a 22″ diameter top, top and bottom wood rings, and [...]
J. Alexander Fine Woodworking did an excellent job of working with us through the design process and we worked together to make the final product even better than either of us had initially imagined. The quality of the materials and craftsmanship was outstanding! And our girls love their new rooms! Greg & Patti Bernhardt Boise, [...]
As mentioned in our previous post, we have invested in some “new” woodworking equipment as our cabinetry sales have increased over the past year. We already have a pretty robust shop of industrial woodworking machinery, but some of the machinery is specifically designed for manufacturing interior shutters, which is our other business, and some of [...]
This is going to be the first post in a series that will detail the ins and outs of merging our custom furniture operation with a custom cabinet operation. Most of the tools and techniques for cabinetry are similar to those we’ve mastered with our furniture business, but the overall construction approach is quite different. [...]
Dresser – Stained African Mahogany With the construction complete, it was time to move on to the finishing stage! The top of the dresser was a little tricky since it was going to be a two-toned finish. The field was going to be clear-finished Mahogany, while the border was going to be stained to match [...]
After spending hours shopping around the local furniture stores, my husband & I were very disappointed with the style and quality of most dining room tables. We were lucky enough to find Jared & we got exactly what we wanted. We designed the table we were looking for in Google SketchUp and handed the drawings [...]
Our firm has worked with J. Alexander Fine Woodworking on several projects and they have been a great resource for us. They bring creativity, quality and passion to each piece of furniture that they produce. It is great to have a local craftsman of their quality to work with! Suzie Hall Cornerstone Interior Design Boise, [...]
Dresser – Stained African Mahogany With the completion of the main body of the dresser, we began the eleven drawer fronts. Each drawer front consisted of a panel of 3/4″ African Mahogany plywood framed by solid African Mahogany. We milled the 44 rails and stiles to a final dimension of 1.25″ wide and 1″ thick. [...]
Dresser – Stained African Mahogany In the early part of this year, 2011, we built a dresser for a friend’s wife as a birthday gift. We began with an inspiration picture, which showed a dresser with four rows of drawers, ornate detailing around the drawer fronts, turned columns, furniture feet, and a dark red stained [...]
Extension Table – Stained Alder A few months ago Suzie Hall, owner of Cornerstone Interior Design, came to us and ask for a 51″ diameter round dining table that could extend to 108″ total! An extension of 57″, which is greater than the diameter of the original table, seemed like a tall order, but we [...]