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Hardwood Classics -Custom woodworking All lumber used is from local trees and air dried in my buildings.

I just completed building a frame for a king size bed plus some smaller projects My current project: Oak pantry cabinet...
04/04/2026

I just completed building a frame for a king size bed plus some smaller projects
My current project: Oak pantry cabinets see the photos and comments below:

Two more projects getting close to complete. First is a 77” long walnut fireplace mantle. Lost of clamps required on th...
02/24/2026

Two more projects getting close to complete.
First is a 77” long walnut fireplace mantle. Lost of clamps required on these mantles. I have built a lot of these over the years.
Next is a Noodle board.
It is 29”x20” and 1 3/4” thick.
I used Walnut, Cherry, and Maple in this board. I build these with Titebond III which is a waterproof glue.

Here is a completed project. This is a coffee table made using ELM. Other woodworkers! If you have not tried building...
02/23/2026

Here is a completed project. This is a coffee table made using ELM.
Other woodworkers! If you have not tried building a project from elm you are missing a very unique and interesting wood species.
The wood starts out very plain white, but put some walnut stain on it and WOW! Check out these photos! The last one is a close up of the grain.
I have about 500 bf in my lumber inventory if anyone is interested.

One more started this afternoon. This will be a 77” long fireplace mantel. Again walnut is the wood being used.The man...
02/23/2026

One more started this afternoon. This will be a 77” long fireplace mantel. Again walnut is the wood being used.
The mantle is now assembled into the familiar mantle shape and has the first coat of poly. It will be ready for pick up this weekend.

Two more projects to share.First is a noodle board getting glued up. I glue these up in two steps. I will run the two ha...
02/23/2026

Two more projects to share.
First is a noodle board getting glued up. I glue these up in two steps. I will run the two halves through the planner, then glue these two halves together.
I have now completed the noodle board it is ready for the customerto pick it up

Second is a three step stool. This one is ready for the customer pick up. Made with walnut lumber.

Displaying the exploded parts of the coffee table. There are 16 individual parts I have built that now get assembled to...
02/13/2026

Displaying the exploded parts of the coffee table. There are 16 individual parts I have built that now get assembled to create the final table. Each part consists of several individual boards and pieces. So far I have close to 10 hours in the build. It will be time for stain and poly next week.

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A new project underway. This is a 48” x 18” coffee table. Elm is the wood of choice here. Elm is a good solid wood that...
02/09/2026

A new project underway. This is a 48” x 18” coffee table. Elm is the wood of choice here.
Elm is a good solid wood that works a lot like red oak. While it is quite plain befroe staining, a nice walnut stain brings out a very unique grain interesting grain.
See the three new photos

Here is the headboard for the oak bed in construction. Now that it all fits, time to disassemble, route the edges, and ...
01/27/2026

Here is the headboard for the oak bed in construction. Now that it all fits, time to disassemble, route the edges, and sand for a couple hours.
The last photo are the four routers used in the making the headboard.
Then wrap up the foot board and this project is close to being stained and sent home!

Today I worked on the headboard arch. See the last photo. My new project is to build the frame for a king size bed. Th...
01/16/2026

Today I worked on the headboard arch. See the last photo.

My new project is to build the frame for a king size bed. This is red oak.
Details with the photos

Follow-up photos of the elm wood hall tree: The feet are now attached and the tree is stained with dark walnut stain. ...
12/31/2025

Follow-up photos of the elm wood hall tree: The feet are now attached and the tree is stained with dark walnut stain. Once this wood gets some color applied the grain and beauty really shows.

I am building a hall tree, also known as a coat rack. This one is elm.See below the photos for details.
12/29/2025

I am building a hall tree, also known as a coat rack. This one is elm.
See below the photos for details.

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