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Our first floor powder room has no room for a vanity to store this and
that--especially toilet paper. The restrictions for building this cabinet were:
1)must be deep enough to store jumbo rolls of toilet paper and 2)sized to fit a
pair of used pine shutters my wife bought at the Habitat Restore for $3. The
shutters already had a cherry/red stain and I've been wanting to use some
8/4 cherry I resawed last year and planed to 5/8". I had just enough of this
5/8" cherry for the sides and tops. I also had just enough 1/2" cherry for 2
shelves. The only problem was that the wood for the carcass was only wide
enough to fit the toilet paper and the inset doors--so no back.
I wanted to practice my dovetailing so I hand cut the through DTs and also
hand mitered the corners. It's been a year since I last did it, but I can still
glue and drive the DTs home without doing a dry fit. Of course you can't tell
the case is DTed just hanging there, but I just wanted to do it.
Shelves are adjustable using shelf pins.
All outside surfaces hand planed smooth. Boiled linseed oil rubbed in with
wet/dry sandpaper to fill any small gaps. Let dry for 2 days then a few coats
of dewaxed shellac. Today it was warm enough for me to spray several coats
of spray can lacquer. First time. Love that stuff. Doors are darker that the
rest but hopefully the cherry will catch up over time.
Paul
that--especially toilet paper. The restrictions for building this cabinet were:
1)must be deep enough to store jumbo rolls of toilet paper and 2)sized to fit a
pair of used pine shutters my wife bought at the Habitat Restore for $3. The
shutters already had a cherry/red stain and I've been wanting to use some
8/4 cherry I resawed last year and planed to 5/8". I had just enough of this
5/8" cherry for the sides and tops. I also had just enough 1/2" cherry for 2
shelves. The only problem was that the wood for the carcass was only wide
enough to fit the toilet paper and the inset doors--so no back.
I wanted to practice my dovetailing so I hand cut the through DTs and also
hand mitered the corners. It's been a year since I last did it, but I can still
glue and drive the DTs home without doing a dry fit. Of course you can't tell
the case is DTed just hanging there, but I just wanted to do it.
Shelves are adjustable using shelf pins.
All outside surfaces hand planed smooth. Boiled linseed oil rubbed in with
wet/dry sandpaper to fill any small gaps. Let dry for 2 days then a few coats
of dewaxed shellac. Today it was warm enough for me to spray several coats
of spray can lacquer. First time. Love that stuff. Doors are darker that the
rest but hopefully the cherry will catch up over time.
Paul
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