Display Cabinet
Displaying our family treasures has never been more of a joy since the addition of this cabinet to our living room. Its size and profile are easy on the eyes and could occupy any space in your house with quiet confidence.
The cabinet is made of a trio of hardwoods that work perfectly with each other. Four long, slender, but strong tapered cherry legs anchor the maple case. As you see here, front and center is spalted maple for the drawer fronts and doors to add another layer of interest.
UNSEEN GEMS. Starting with the drawer case, a large drawer provides some generous storage. There’s also a felt-lined tray that offers a place to review and examine the items you wish to display. Inside the main case, there’s a quartet of drawers that give you a pleasant range of options for hiding away family treasures. The dessert for this well-rounded woodworking meal is some custom-made pulls that fit into a socket routed into the drawer front. With all this in mind, let’s roll up our sleeves and jump to it!
Start with the SIDE ASSEMBLIES
As tall and thin as the legs look, they’re plenty strong enough to support the rest of the cabinet. The light look of the legs comes from two techniques, tapering the outer faces and softening the look even further by rounding the outer faces.
As shown in the main drawing, the side assemblies of this project are made up from a pair of legs joined with aprons, stretchers, and rails. The stretchers and aprons will ultimately form the sides of the drawer case. But for now, I started by focusing on making the legs.
The mortises for the aprons run parallel to the
