This is my first "furniture" project out of hardwood and using traditional joinery (everything else was just little boxes). I started tinkering around with woodworking a little over a year ago and after a very intense first 6 months of learning from this and the woodnet forums and and a few podcasts I managed to burn myself out.
Well fall is coming to an end and it was time to bring most of our herbs inside for the winter. (It's impossible to beat fresh Basel, Sage, Oregano, & Rosemary). I decided at least one of the plants this winter would have a proper home and the best way to get back into woodworking was just get into the shop and start something.
This took me about 16-18 hrs total over the course of 2 1/2 weeks. (mostly an hour or so every other night plus a few hours on each day on the weekends). Overall I'm pretty happy with it... There are a few mistake but I learned from all of them and only had to remake one piece.
The design turned out fairly good, in my opinion. The only part I'm critical of is the through tenon on the bottom stretcher extends way further than the top, so it can never be put into a corner, and the balance seems a bit off.
I like the look of the contrasting wood but I'll have to not go too crazy with this contrasting wood thing or our house will end up looking very busy... 1-2 species of wood per room max.
More pictures of building this and a full write up I posted on my blog if you are interested. http://nikbrown.me/content/modern-plant-stand
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