For the kitchen, I am using two Arjen Spinhoven Arts & Crafts chair kits. I like that Monique put the back on upside down and ended up with a better design than the original. So, I am doing the same. I’ve sanded the laser cut edges to remove the brown residue and to round off the edges.
The table is an attempt at a reproduction of a Heywood-Wakefield Cliff House table. Mine is a bit skinnier than the original near the bottom. Also, in real life woodworking, you would make each of the legs from two pieces since the grain goes only one direction and the feet would be too breakable on the cross grain. I cut the curved fronts on the scroll saw, taping the wood layers together. I then cut the backs manually.
I used 1/16″ thick wood for the legs since my purchased wood circle top was also thin, but 3/32″ thick wood might have been better for stability. They are very delicate, and perhaps when I have more time, I will redo it the right way though I do love it as is.
I glued the chairs and table base together before final finishing. I figured it would be easier, go faster and keep warping to a minimum. I did leave the table top separate, though, because the feet have to be held so gently.
I started by layering on stains in the yellow and brown spectrum using Staining Medium by Americana. This darkened the basswood table.
I then painted the chairs a light Fawn by Americana. This brought up the base hue of the chairs to match the lighter color of the table. I’m not especially worried about the square detailing on the chairs; that can be painted back in later.
I then layered on some darker stains until they met in the middle. It was a challenge to get the wood table and mdf chairs the same color and approximate grain, but I love the way it turned out. The lovely irises are from Patricia Hopkins Studio, the vase is from Vitreus Ignis and the salt and pepper shakers are from Hartland Miniatures.
