I've always been drawn to Arts and Crafts and Mission style furniture and have been dying to build a real classic piece for awhile now. I particularly like Stickley so that's what I decided to do. I've been wanting to build the Stickley nine drawer chest for my daughter, but that's a heck of a project and I haven't found the time or motivation to get after it quite yet. When my wife's best friend got engaged I knew it was the perfect opportunity to do a more modest chest. After a visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC and an opportunity to see the "real deal" the deal was sealed and I knew my next project.
I"m afraid I won't be doing the snazzy corner brackets and hasps or those nice pyramid head nails.
Getting started
Turns out it takes a lot of lumber to build a chest like this. After an exorbitant amount of time spent color and grain matching thus is what I ended up with out of three 1x8x12ft quarterswan white oak boards.
