The Woodshop Shed

Buffet/ China Closet in Oak

Furnished content.
(from Lumberjocks.com)


After attending a neighbor's open house, I was awestruck by the starkness of the interior. We've been in our house for a very long time, and no longer see the encrusted accumulations of cookie jars, teapots, miscellaneous papers and collection of creams and ointments that populate every square inch of horizontal surface. The wife and I came to the conclusion that we could either de-clutter (difficult), or just create a cabinet to house it all, (easy).So this project will further our goals, 1.) to rake off all the crap and hide it in a new piece of furniture, and 2.) to strive to avoid buying any of the materials going into this project. From my pile of roadside salvage came the doors, upper and lower, and sheet goods and cutoffs primarily from H4H Re-Store. I resisted the urge to just go out and buy new hardware, when I have 2 rollaways top and bottoms full of perfectly good hardware and fasteners. Even the stains and finishes are as much as 20 years old, but they performed like fresh, new material. Even the amber shellac was 8 years old!! I avoided the use of this stuff for fear of it not drying right, or whatever.All to say that I'm trying to observe the mantra of reduce, reuse, and recycle. Yup, I put a dent in my lumber pile, and made something worthy of houseroom. In fact, I was able to free up some space for 47 half-sheets of Arborite and Formica!! So I'll be doing some laminating projects next, which should chew up a bunch of old crates and make even more room.Oh, and this cabinet is 40” X 14” X 86” high, with adjustable shelves. It will get used well, I'm reassured.Hope you like!

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