With the completion of the drawers, I was almost done. Case Back The case back is very simple:  a piece of 1/4-inch cherry plywood cut to fit.  My case was 47-3/4 inches wide inside the rabbets at the back, but I knew I was a tiny bit off...

The only components left to make for this dresser were the drawers and the back panel.  I tackled the drawers next. Drawers This piece is going in Julie’s and my bedroom, so I wanted to do something more aesthetically pleasing than...

With my main dresser case assembled, I was ready to make and fit the walnut base and top. Base The base for this piece is pretty simple:  four legs, 1-3/4 x 1-3/4 x 7, and four stretchers connecting them.  I bought a 2 x 2 x 30-inch...

My dresser build started with a trip to Woodcraft in Rockville.  They had some beautiful cherry and walnut pieces in 4/4, which I snapped up.  I had intended to use soft maple for the frames and drawer boxes, but they didn’t have...

As I mentioned in my recent planer-related post, Julie and I need a new dresser.  Truthfully, we need a bedroom set — what we have now is a hodgepodge of mismatched, craptastic pieces from Ikea, Target, and Mattress Discounters...

This is another fast and easy scrap wood project that I designed and built in a couple of hours. It started when I bought a new Google Pixel C tablet.  The Pixel C is a beautiful tablet, but since I didn’t buy the optional accessory...