The ubiquity of a stack of drawers has been celebrated across time, cultures, and vocations. There’s a visceral appeal to taking such a small footprint and loading it with so much organizing potential. As the main photo reveals, this tower of drawers is a handsome fellow that could take up residence in a bedroom, a kitchen, hallway, studio, or I daresay a shop?
DESIGN DETAILS. As far as the style of this project goes it pays homage to several sources. There’s a wink towards Asian architecture along with the aroma of some Arts & Crafts energy. While lacking the complexity of Greene and Greene furniture elements there’s clearly a nod in that direction in the waterfall-like drawer front and its organic handle.
The wood of choice for this project is cherry. The wood is always a delight to work with and pays visual dividends with the drawer fronts. When it comes to making the handles, we’ve provided you a couple of options to choose from. As for the two-tone look — a simple stain applied to the top, corbels, legs, and handles provides subtle contrast to the tower (that has a clear top coat).
The bottom photo to the left shows off delicate yet sturdy legs that lift the tower and provide an airy touch. The photo above it reveals the no nonsense maple drawer box and the sliding dovetails that join it to the face. That photo also shows that the drawers ride on shop-made
