At the end of March I took another Goggleworks class. This one, taught by Denise Palko, was called Traditional Upholstery Techniques for Furniture Makers. After my recent experiences where I farmed out the upholstery work, I wanted to...

All the major parts of the desk were done, so I just had a few little things to do. I started by doing the wiring in the pedestals. Pedestal wiring I bought these off Amazon because they looked simple to install and way less time and...

I got tripped up for a little bit on these drawers, I’ll confess right now. And here is where it bit me. First up, let’s look at the drawing again: The SketchUp model of Amy’s desk On the right side are supposed to be...

With the pedestals made, I turned my attention to the desktop. This will be a fairly standard-issue desktop for me, except it is solid maple instead of plywood so I had to take some care with joinery to allow for wood movement. Hard maple...

With the inlay panels finished, the next logical step was to build the pedestals. These are fairly simple, but they have some complex curves and cutouts that had to be sized appropriately. It started with the frames to go around the...