Having been so taken with the coffee table I created the year before, I made an end table to match it. It incorporates the same leg style, cloud lift spreaders, and square walnut plugs, as well as the seamed top with the butterfly splices.
On this piece I included a small pen and pencil drawer under the top and got a little carried away with a bloodwood and lacewood detail on the drawer front. I think it really sets the piece off.
At this point I think I've hit on a standard finish for my projects: Two coats of Watco Natural Danish Oil, and on high-use surfaces, three or four coats of Minway Rub-On Polyurethane on the high-use surfaces, and finally, paste wax buffed to whatever level of shine I desire. There are certainly many other ways to finish fine furniture (if that's what I can call my work), but this seems to me to represent the best combination of natural beauty, ease of application, and long life.
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