About a year ago, I bought a plank of walnut that had the most wild and interesting grain. I didn’t know what I wanted to do with it, but I knew it would become something special. Flipping through back issues of Fine Woodworking, I found this plan.  It called for the cabinet to be built in cherry, but I immediately thought that I wanted it in walnut instead. I added another drawer, and built the drawer fronts from a piece of curly maple I’d been sitting on for about 20 years.

I know I’m violating all sorts of design rules about building frame and panel doors – that the grain in the stiles and rails should be straight. Hey, I don’t care, I love how this turned out. I also skipped the turned door know in favor of something a bit more stylish.

This cabinet let me practice my hand cut dovetail technique, courtesy of Rob Cosman’s hints.