Doucette and Wolfe Fine Furniture Makers

Saturday, April 4, 2015

Slant Front Desk

Slant Front Desk

Handmade by Doucette and Wolfe Furniture Makers

This desk is made of solid cherry from the same log for consistency throughout. Below is the large cherry log we used for this desk. About 1/3 of this log was needed for all the required parts. The largest planks yielded 24-25” wide planks of solid cherry

wide cherry hardwood custom cut for a desk

Cherry Log sawn and dried

Case parts rough milled. From this point we allow all of the wood to acclimate to the shop conditions for a minimum of 2 weeks which helps to stabilize the material before use on the desk

solid hardwood furniture cherry walnut tiger maple mahogany

desk parts rough milled

This is our wood rack and an example of various projects worth of wood acclimating in our shop. We select and label each piece for the specific project before we rough mill and stack.

fine furniture hardwood lumber cherry walnut mahogany curly cherry tiger maple

hardwoods acclimating

Hand cut dovetail joinery on the Desk Case Top

desk top

Desk case dovetails are fit

Desk case

The Grain matches and flows from the writing surface up the side of the case, this will be the desk interior

Desk in progress with the interior parts fitted

Desk process

The back feet are dovetailed for superior strength

desk back foot

Gluing the feet and molding to the case

Feet install

Handcut dovetailed drawer with dovetails fit and ready to glue

fitting dovetails

Slant Front Desk with all the drawer dovetails cut and fit

Slant Front Desk with hand cut dovetailed drawers

Desk Drawers

Interior drawers on this desk are dovetailed and carved

Carved Drawers

Interior Drawers fit after they are glued up

Interior drawers

Slant Front Desk ready for finish

Desk

Finished Slant Front Desk

Visit our website for more information on the fine custom and reproduction furniture we make to order

Monday, March 9, 2015

Custom Coffee Table

Custom Coffee Table

Handmade by Doucette and Wolfe Furniture Makers

This example of a custom coffee table is made of solid walnut with a spectacular two board book-matched top with both crotch and figured grain patterns. The book-matched Walnut top is natures art and is one of a kind. Nothing will ever be able to match the look of this table because no two trees are the same.

This coffee table is currently available

Custom Coffee Table

This solid walnut coffee table is made with time tested mortise and tenon joinery

legs and aprons

This is the solid walnut top after being rough milled the first time to reveal the look of the grain

Solid Wood Coffee Table Walnut Cherry Mahogany Tiger Maple

Book-matched top

After the top is glued up it is hand planed creating a clean, crisp look with a shimmer from the grain that is unmatched in overall clarity.

solid walnut top

This is the book-matched walnut top before finishing.

Coffee Table top

Finished Walnut Coffee Table

This coffee table has a hand rubbed finish with a beautiful soft sheen that is durable for daily use.

Handmade solid wood Coffee Table Walnut Tiger Maple Cherry Mahogany

Book-matched Top

Coffee Table

This Coffee Table is 36” x 36” x 18” ht

Walnut Cherry Mahogany Tiger Maple Curly Cherry

Walnut Coffee Table

Coffee Table

Custom Walnut Coffee Table

Walnut Coffee Table

At Doucette and Wolfe Furniture Makers we make fine custom and reproduction furniture to order combining our meticulous attention to detail and overall quality with the finest hardwoods available.

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Watch our video showing the making of this Coffee Table

Thursday, December 4, 2014

Antique Furniture and Decorative Arts

In addition to the fine handmade furniture and antique reproduction furniture we make, we are now collaborating efforts with Harvest Doucette, Moriah’s mother to offer for sale Fine Antique Furniture and Decorative Arts. Harvest has been collecting and privately selling Antiques throughout the New Hampshire and Maine areas for over 20 years, we have been measuring, studying and admiring various Antiques for our work for some time. Below you will find examples of some of the Furniture and Decorative arts we have for sale. Contact us if you have any questions regarding a piece you see or if you would like some additional photographs. You can also view our website for more details.

Federal Bowfront Chest

Tiger Maple and Mahogany cross banding on the 4 hand dovetailed drawers,

Massachusetts or New Hampshire c. 1810

currently available $4700 with free shipping