Mission inspired mantel completed

This is a design I came up with to fit into the den of my home. I made it with mortise and tenon joinery for the frame using white oak and purpleheart. The drawers are hand cut dovetails and the drawer sides and backs are red cedar. The drawers slide on white oak runners and the bottom of the mantel has a dust cover to conceal the bottom of the drawers. I decided to build this project using traditional joinery as much as possible so there's no drawer slides or screws except for two screws to attach the posts to the top in the back of the mantel. The finish is stain followed by wipe on waterlox. I made the doors on either side of the mantel as well.


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Very nice, Paul. It looks good, the drawers make it more functional than most mantels, and fits in well with the other furniture. Well done.

- Vaughn

Are the white doors a bit stark?

Very nice Paul, did you make the Morris chair by any chance? Would love to make one myself.
Jim

Really nice Paul. I've had a similar idea on the back burner for our mantle for about a year now. More of a shaker design, but your mission version is just beautiful.

Pete

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Originally Posted by Brian Jarnell

Are the white doors a bit stark?

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They replaced existing painted doors.

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Originally Posted by Jim Knauss

Very nice Paul, did you make the Morris chair by any chance? Would love to make one myself.
Jim

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No, that was store bought. Seeing the mission style furniture in the den day after day probably contributed to me taking an interest in woodworking.

Paul, a great looking mantle and overall look. Very nice! Looks like it fit right in with the rest of the room as well. Thanks for sharing.