Finally got a fairly major project done in the new shop. The wife and I bought an Antique Serving Cabinet at one of the local Antique shops in the area. It was obviously missing a piece that went on the back of it, so I got some Quarter Sawn White Oak to match the piece and built a BackSplash for it. The wife picked out some 8" square tiles on Amazon and I had an 8x16" mirror made for it. It is 42" long to match the Antique and 12" tall which makes for about a 3" frame of wood all around.
This is what it looks like after finish was applied.
I ended up fuming it to darken the wood - this is what the original wood looked like in comparison.
The piece on the right is straight out of the fuming box. On the left is after applying a Varnish Oil finish - darkened quite a bit with the finish, but also brought out the grain fleck.
And finally, what it looks like installed on the Serving Cabinet. It turned out a little darker than the cabinet, but is a close enough match for our tastes. Probably could have taken it out of the fuming box a couple days earlier.
The cabinet itself has some chips in the veneer, but they are not too severe and I think they give it character.
Glad to be working in the shop again. Still more to do getting it completely ready, but it is usable now.
This is what it looks like after finish was applied.
I ended up fuming it to darken the wood - this is what the original wood looked like in comparison.
The piece on the right is straight out of the fuming box. On the left is after applying a Varnish Oil finish - darkened quite a bit with the finish, but also brought out the grain fleck.
And finally, what it looks like installed on the Serving Cabinet. It turned out a little darker than the cabinet, but is a close enough match for our tastes. Probably could have taken it out of the fuming box a couple days earlier.
The cabinet itself has some chips in the veneer, but they are not too severe and I think they give it character.
Glad to be working in the shop again. Still more to do getting it completely ready, but it is usable now.