Same great designs, but small
I like furniture design, and I've enjoyed a couple small furniture builds thus far, but my shop is pretty small to be building full-sized console stands. They're probably my favorite piece of furniture in terms of design though, so I designed to build miniature versions!
Since I decided to combine all of these into one post, there's quite a bit to work through, but I'll try to keep it brief. Some of these designs were inspired by furniture I found and liked, while others are original. In any case, they're adorable little pieces.
If my memory serves, these are in order of how I made them. The first one, with the little cactus, is made of Butternut wood, and is obviously designed to hold a tiny little plant of your choosing. The front panels don't slide, so storage access is limited, but the plant cup fills the left end anyway.
You might recognize the next one from another post. This is a replication of the wall-mounted media console I made for some friends, but I added legs for obvious reasons. I also changed the drawer pull cutout, because it needed to be big enough to get a finger in there. It is absolutely fun to open and close a drawer that small.
The next was entirely designed around the piece of wood I found and used for the front panel, which slides to either side for storage access. This piece was also made of Butternut wood, and my goal was for the simplicity of the design to draw attention to the knot and grain in the front panel.
The scalloped front panel, brass, legs, and black cabinet of the next one was inspired by a piece I saw online, though I've long lost track of where it was. The cabinet is Butternut with a black stain (quite tricky since I didn't also do the inside of the pencil compartment), and the front panel is a lovely piece of figured Maple. It's a piece that simultaneously seems to float in air while being solidly anchored with brass cylinders.
Finally, the Black Walnut mid-century inspired Angle, as I call it. I would love to make a full-size version of this some day. I think it's a fantastic composition of lines and space, and it's ready for a potted plant on the open right end. I originally planned to use splines on the left miter joints, but decided it would be too busy and distracting from the overall design.
I have a few more of these designed with plans, so maybe I'll get back to them some day. In the meantime, I enjoy seeing these on my shelf every day.
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