My wife is getting tired of waiting for my shop to be completed, and for me to get around to building a nice bed frame and chest of drawers.
She wants to buy a bedroom suite!
Now, this is actually not as crazy as it sounds- my sister in law has a small business where she buys furniture direct from some High Point NC manufacturers and sells the stuff at a very good price. The entire mission style oak bedroom suite- bed frame, 2 nightstands w/ 3 drawers, tall dresser, short/wide dresser w/ mirror is $1100 + $400 commission for her + shipping.
I don't want junk. And I want the right kind of finish. I have seen a lot of oak furniture that I feel has a really ugly finish. I'm fond of the fumed treatment, then pore fill with dark filler, then shellac. I don't know what this stuff will have for a finish. If it is sprayed poly, I don't want it.
Unfortunately, I don't have the ability to lay hands on the stuff before we buy it. But it is American made, good quality furniture.
Very frustrating for me- my big barn shop is coming together- oak siding is going on as we speak- but the reality is that it won't be until fall before I get all the constrution done, and then there is the long process of actually building out the inside of the shop and getting tools, benches, and storage all set up.
So it will likely be a year before I can really get down to some actual furniture building. And I guess the reality is that building all these pieces would be a huge project.
So, I don't know why I'm writing this really, other than to vent!
Cheers
Lynn