Magazine Rack

That is a very good looking piece. I really like the design. Well done.

I think it could be better sited, however, moved out of the corner and away from the molding around the doorjamb - the contrast in styles and the cramped location does not allow that piece to really shine as it should.

Thanks for your comments. I guess the reason it is placed there is so the "King's" magazine rack can be easily reached from the "throne" without having to stand up. It was built to that space and is now filled with woodworking magazines though I must admit that with tablets (ipads and smart phone) magazine racks are becoming obsolete so perhaps this rack will seem foreign to future woodworkers.

very nice...but very odd!

Can you send a plan?

@ hamid. Thank you for asking but I didn't have a plan just kind of made it up as I went. The pediment is mainly from articles in FWW magazine and carvings done with hand and electric carving tools. I needed a magazine rack and wanted to practice pediment for future projects. It is about 28 inches wide and about 48 inches long and about 11 inches deep. Most is mortise tenon joinery using festool domino for smaller mortises and some routed then chiseled to fine tune the through mortises. Used templates from particle board for routing side pieces. I used a table saw sled with stopblock to cut all the horizontal pieces to same length. The rosette carvings and routed gooseneck molding articles were from FWW magazine articles.Flame finial was from Charles McNeil youtube video. Mahogany is a pain to carve so some pieces took a long time. Sanding grit progression 150-180-ended with 220. Danish oil then general finishes 4 coats of "oil and urethane". Mortised one half of french cleat behind the pediment for wall attachment.