Corner Cabinet

This is a corner cabinet I recently finished for my wife. We used rough cut pine to achieve the look we were going for. We simply sanded the boards rather than planned them. (A lot of sanding.) This gave us a smooth finish yet you can see the saw marks in places, that gives it a tiger stripping effect. Once it was stained it really pulled the saw marks out.

We also decided to do a two part staining process called antiquing. Antiquing is when you apply one coat of a darker stain, then sand it back off in some places where natural ware would occur, then stain again with a lighter stain. This makes it look as if the stain is wearing in some places. It really complimented this piece.

We used some boards with wane in them. Wane is the result of a board being cut too close to the outside of a tree causing the contour of the tree to show. (I like the look it adds.) We also cut a log into quarters to use for the top and bottom trim boards.

Wane

Close up of saw marks and wane with knot.