Woodworking is fun, especially if the result works out close to what you intended! This is a new tiny… I suppose chest of drawers or bureau (in german I'd say Kommode) that my father and I built over the winter break. It's very low, because it needs to fit under that angled roof in my flat, and it was designed specifically for that corner. Yes, it could have been wider, but that would have caused other issues.
This is not the very first piece of furniture I've built, there have been a number of custom shelves, but it is by far the biggest and most complex, with stuff like framing and drawers. Part of me always wants to point out all the things that are imperfect in anything I do, but I'm trying to get rid of this habit. The truth is that I am really happy with the result.
I didn't take a lot of construction pictures, but here's the basic frame:
The table top is just laid on top of it; I only assembled it all together back home, because that made transporting easier. Good thing, too, because as you can see this board has a very notable chunk broken out on the left, something I only noticed I think a day after I took this picture. I bought a new one and we ended up using the old one for the face plates for the drawers instead.
This is with the drawers in place, and the new plate on top, again, just to test how it looks. The extra boards around the edge in the final version aren't really structural, I just think it looks better with them.
Tools used include a table saw, a miter saw, a jigsaw for exactly eight corners, a number of drills, and my favourite new useless toy, a ratcheting screwdriver. Not something anybody actually needs, but damn if it isn't fun. Also there are a lot of screws and angle brackets (remember, my father and I are still very beginning woodworkers, and that solution is definitely simple; but all joints are also glued) in there.
I'd really love to do more things like that, but I don't really have the room in my apartment…
