It’s a little scratch and dent given it’s made out of offcuts, scraps and extras from other projects but I think it came out okay. Three coats of fake “tung oil” finish and it came up to a nice warm semi-gloss, and ambered up the pine enough to take the edge off the grain.
Detail shot of the side hung, center guided drawer and its rabbeted dovetail front and shop made handle.
Yeah I’m going on a bit of a victory lap here, I’m pretty happy with how this one turned out.
You should - this looks amazing! Nice work! I really like how the grain pops on the front of the drawer and the parallel grain on the sides is beautiful.
Yellow pine does have something of a dramatic grain; the springwood is a pale cream but the summerwood is reddish brown. The varnish I used actually toned it down, believe it or not.
The drawer front is made form the same plain sawn 1x6 as the top, hence the cathedral grain. The face frame is made from what was left of a really unfortunate 2x8 I bought to make legs out of for another table, it was full of defects and cracks, but happened to be rift sawn so it presented that very straight grain.
The only thing I know about that plywood is it isn’t clad in pine, it’s what’s left over from a pantry cabinet. But I think it finished up nicely. The grain doesn’t match but at least on the A (outer) side I think it came out about the same tone.