Watershed Fine Furniture

Dining room table, 44"w x 72"l x 30"h. The rugged central stretcher locks into each end of the table by way of a large dovetail joint, with a slightly smaller one working the same way above, up under the tabletop. The lightly-tapered table legs and the stretchers incorporate some nice curly cherry. The seven-plank top has breadboard ends fastened with square pegs and is hand-planed for a rich, rippled feel. Finished with multiple coats of Danish oil and satin polyurethane. The bench is of similar design and allows the kids to be packed in.

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A four-drawer black cherry chest to be used as a bedside table. A bread-boarded shelf just below the tabletop pulls out to provide additional space for a cup of tea and a book. Sides and back are flat-paneled. Mortise and tenon joints are square-pegged for durability and visual interest. Drawers are constructed with handcut half-blind dovetails and are graduated from the top down: 4", 5", 6", and 7". Poplar drawer sides with bookmatched butternut drawer bottoms. Hand-turned drawer pulls.

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Black walnut, elliptical top and apron, straight tapered front legs, curved tapered rear legs, hand-planed finish, mortise-and-tenon construction.

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An open-backed cherry case with adjustable shelving allows attractive organization of media equipment. Raised panel doors, flat panel sides, and a bottom drawer with hand-cut dovetails. Hand-turned cherry knobs and milled brass hardware. Poplar is used as a secondary wood inside.

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Walnut chest with book-matched panels, profiled frame, and lid supports.

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Hard maple with a nice, light sprinkling of birdseye figuring. Four dove-tailed drawers, with poplar used as a secondary wood behind maple drawerfronts. The bottom drawer is set up with integral grooves to accomodate hanging file folders for organizing paperwork. Tough mortise and tenon construction with traditional hardwood drawer slides.

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Another demilune built with the same jigs as the walnut hall table, this one out of solid Vermont cherry. The main variation on this table is the turned, tapered legs. Hand-planed top.

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Hemlock planks salvaged from the customers' old barn. That nice patina only comes with time. The bench sits beside the kitchen door and is a place to put on or take off boots, which can be stored out of sight behind the sliding doors underneath. In the corner, a tall cabinet is filled with cubbies for keeping hats and gloves organized.

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Designed with simplicity and economy in mind, the bed consists of only ten pieces of wood and features turned egg-in-cup posts, curved headboard and footboard, and a hand-planed finish.

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Salvaged hard maple with bug holes and spalt (black lines), lower dovetailed shelf, tapered legs, beaded accents, mortise and tenon construction.

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Arched maple headboard, footboard, and siderail, walnut panels and spindles, drawers underneath. [designed by George White, built by Paul Kristensen and me]

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Local cherry, I made this to enter in the Tunbridge Fair. (It brought home a blue ribbon, too!) Sturdy mortise-and-tenon joinery connects the legs with the simple, elegant post. A cleat connects the top to the post and is perpendicular to the grain of the top to prevent cupping.

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Maple frame-and-panel storage bench built basically as a replica of an existing one. The owners had the original in their mudroom and wanted another just like it. Flip-up seat with a piano hinge for strength.

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Features a well-loved Persian rug that was too worn to be restored but too great to throw away. With short, squat legs turned from recycled hard maple and light padding, this piece is equally-suited for use as a bench or feet-up coffee table.

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