Cherry Mission Dresser

[Bill Sanson]

well folks as promised here is my third project, a mission dresser I built for my new 6 week old son It is now finally complete only a few weeks late and is intended to match the crib I made early in the summer. I made it from rough air dried cherry and finished it with a maloof inspired finish that I put together and modified for a little more toughness. As always any thoughts or comments are welcome as this hobby of ours is always a work in progress.

[bruce buren]

VERY NICE! Like the finish, I'm in the process of a cherry island, hope it turns out as well as that dresser

[Paul Saffold]

Nice work, Bill. It'll look even better in a year or two as the cherry darkens with age and the colors even out.

[Will Boulware]

Gorgeous work! Love it!

[Norman Pyles]

I really like that, great job!!!

[Trever Williams]

Wow it looks great. Congrats on the new born. Just think, about 30 years from now you'll be digging that furniture out of the attic for Rowan's new born.

[Eric Schniewind]

I wouldn't let my kid have such a beautiful piece of furniture. I would put that in my bedroom and you might consider putting it somewhere else a little later during the "destruction period" of a child's lifetime. For boys that can vary and have a wide range of ages.

[Von Bickley]

Bill,

That's a beautiful piece of furniture.

Mission style furniture is one of my favorites.....

[Carl Babel]

+1. Even the toughest finish is no match for a curious child with an active imagination.
But then again, cherry is a tough wood and some of those future marks will become character over time.

Bill, that is a beautiful piece!!!

[gary Zimmel]

Got to love the mission style...
Great job Bill.

[Mark Ball]

super nice job. is that your design? I am looking for somthing similar to build for my daughter.

[Neil Brooks]

Be-au-ti-ful

Write down the story of this piece -- your thoughts, the meaning, the story of the build. Maybe shellac it, on paper, to the underside of a drawer, or something.

Because ... this one's going to be in the family for a long while !

Really nice.

[Jeff Hamilton Jr.]

That is very nicely done. It looks to be your interpretation of "Mission" which I actually like much better than true mission. Your's seems to have a gentler line that the stark squareness of Mission. I really like what you did with it.

[Pete Terbovich]

Beautiful work!!

[Lee Schierer]

Very elegant. Nice looking dresser, it will only get better with time. Be sure not to leave anything in one location on that top for a year or so until the light from that window gets a chance to darken the cherry. Otherwise any fixed object may leave a permanent shadow behind.