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  1. 24th April 2011, 05:14 PM #1
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    I have to make a hall table for my other DIL and I thought that maybe she might like a variation on my previous one ,but she wants one like this table


    which is from FWW . Her table has to be from Tas Myrtle though and the second request was for the drawers to be tight under the top rail .


    Now I think this would look -- well -- yuck
    I think the spacing between the drawer and the top rail should be - say 1/3rd of the table height. Roughly according to the golden rule .
    I would appreciate comments about this point before I go wasting timber

    Another point to think about is the stretcher- as the legs are quite slim this should be not too high either.
    I've just become an optimist . Iv'e made a 25 year plan -oopps I've had a few birthdays - better make that a 20 year plan
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  3. 24th April 2011, 07:09 PM #2
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    Have to agree with you peter. Don't put the drawers up under the top rail!
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    I would move the drawers up to immediately under the top. OK, that may be conventional thinking, but those low drawers would be magnets to crawling and toddling youngsters. Even an empty drawer could hurt a toddler if pulled out.

    I would also ask yourself: "How good is the daughter's back and will she hate me for putting the car keys drawer so low down when she's old and possibly suffering from osteoporosis?"

    It's so 1990s and already dated. I'm sure you can do a lot better than that Peter.
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  5. 25th April 2011, 07:37 AM #4
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    Practicality over design Mr. Wood. Good thinking !
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    To my eye the whole drawer assembly looks wrong. If I visualize the table without the drawer unit I see an elegant design, nicely proportioned, with the smooth curves of the legs.

    The drawer unit looks boxy and incompatible with the table.

    As for the drawer height, I agree with Woodwould and the DIL.
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  7. 25th April 2011, 10:34 AM #6
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    Thanks for the comments guys. Looks like I'm back to the drawing board.
    I think that what this DIL was telling me was that she did'nt want something similar to the table made for her SIL.
    I don't want to have a table with a glass top as the top will cost approx $250 and I already have the Tas myrtle.
    I am now thinking that something similar to the one below



    would be better.
    I've just become an optimist . Iv'e made a 25 year plan -oopps I've had a few birthdays - better make that a 20 year plan
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    I'd vote for the one at the back!
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    That's what I thought too Nick . The one at the front was described as a sofa table on the site where I got the pics from. I'm going to change things a little bit though .I have run all this past the DIL to tell her that what she will be getting will be a surprise but she will luv it .
    If she does'nt I will cope with that later
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    Back one but with less pronounced curve on the legs.
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  12. 26th April 2011, 11:12 AM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sawdust Maker View Post
    It's gotta have an oyster somewhere - it's like a trade mark now
    I'm still thinking about that one . If I do it will just be smallish in the center of the top -probably a square set at 45 deg
    I've just become an optimist . Iv'e made a 25 year plan -oopps I've had a few birthdays - better make that a 20 year plan
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter36 View Post
    I'm still thinking about that one . If I do it will just be smallish in the center of the top [...]
    DIL will feel very second rate.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Woodwould View Post
    DIL will feel very second rate.
    Ah well . Back to thinking.

    I've just become an optimist . Iv'e made a 25 year plan -oopps I've had a few birthdays - better make that a 20 year plan
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    Oyster the drawer and or maybe the skirt

    or forget I even brought it up
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    Quote Originally Posted by artme View Post
    Back one but with less pronounced curve on the legs.
    I agree, and maybe tapered from top to bottom as per the table in post #1. Much better look.

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