Arts & Crafts Entry Bench & Mirror Project (Complete!)

Finally!

After 1 month of planning and 9 months of construction (with 3 months of interruptions), here are the results.  This project involved several firsts for me, so here's the rap sheet.

• First grain selection & planning from the beginning
• First resawing and experience with case hardening problems
• First bookmatched panels
• First handcut inlays
• First quadrilinear legs
• First corbels
• First handcut tongue & groove joints
• First handcut bevels
• First clocked screwheads
• Best handcut dovetails so far
• Flattest handplaned panel so far
• First DIY Scratch Beader
• First scratch beads
• First removal of breadboard ends
• First mistake with lid supports
• First screw hole repairs
• First use of aniline dye finishing approach

As it has required so much planning, effort, thought, and problem-solving to pull these two objects from my mind and force them into reality, I consider this to be my finest work to date.  Here are the long-awaited pictures of the finishes pieces.

I'm going to take a good rest before starting my next project. This one took a lot out of me, but I'm very happy with the end result.  Thanks for following along.  :-)