New Yankee Workshop Raised Panel Doors

This season it is unquestionably the hutch he crafts out of 200 year old pine.

New yankee workshop raised panel doors.

In building the project norm demonstrates many of the joinery techniques he s employed throughout the season including dado dovetail and mortise and tenon joints and shows how to use a shaper to create moldings for the piece. Norm returns to his workshop to build his own model a modified chest of drawers made of knotty pine featuring a base cabinet with raised panel doors and an open shelf section topped with a decorative crown molding detail. It has raised panel doors and is constructed of veneer. Norm also explains the techniques involved in forming the piece s solid surface top.

Norm s version is constructed largely of veneer plywood and features raised panel doors. Norm builds an armoire that is based on classic designs and can double as an entertainment center. It can double as a home entertainment center. In the parsonage at old sturbridge village a living history museum in sturbridge massachusetts norm admires a built in comer cupboard in the house s parlor.

Featuring two glass front doors a drawer for storing linens and a lower cabinet with raised panel doors the beauty of the old wood is accented by norm s use of high end vintage looking brass hardware and wonderful. Norm winds up the new yankee workshop s second season with an armoire based on classic designs but adapted to contemporary use. In each season of the new yankee workshop norm crafts at least one woodworking project whose beautiful design and detailing ensures that it will become a cherished heirloom.