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   jharveyb | Mar 28, 2022 03:23pm | #1

   I looked for it, Lataxe, but the submission isn't posted yet.
   Harvey

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   roy.unit8c | Mar 28, 2022 08:22pm | #2

   I would be interested. You make great description, and you have many other interesting gallery posts.

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   lat_axe | Mar 29, 2022 12:07pm | #3

   Whilst FWW slowly churn the processing of Gallery items ....

   Some additional pics of the seat-chest in situ, with the stuff it's supposed to match.

   As you will notice, the lobby floorboards need either refinishing, replacing or perhaps covering with a nice bit o' William Morris style lino. That blue door is also going in a couple of months - a cheap plastic thing that came with the house and the only remaining air-leaker, to be replaced with a fine white & green composite door soon. I'll save the brassware and those leaded glass panels.

   Lataxe

   
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   roy.unit8c | Mar 30, 2022 08:12pm | #4

   I asked how you framed the decorative tile in the gallery comments. Somehow, I wish there was an easier linkage from forum to gallery.

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   lat_axe | Mar 31, 2022 04:24am | #5

   'Morning Ecyor,

   The poppy tiles were acquired some time ago, as was the cherry. The cherry was scavenged from old buildings being "refurbished" (aka "filled with MDF tat"). The cherry is fine dense stuff with some interesting grain. The tiles are modern, with a slightly embossed surface to emphasis the flower and leaf edges. They do look a bit English A&C, though.

   The tiles are around 10mm thick but came glued to a backing square of 5mm thick MDF. Rather than obscure their edges by putting them into a rabbeted frame, as with a picture, I backed the framework into which the tiles go with some 5mm thick plywood, rabbeted and glued into the back of the framework.

   The tiles are then stuck into the 'oles, on to the plywood, with a strong-grip 3M spray glue; and made "belt & braces" with four teeny bronze screws per tile, of 10mm length, going through the back of the plywood and into the MDF backing-square of the tiles. I was careful not to let the screws push the tile off it's backing board when installing them.

   Will the glue of the backing MF squares on the tiles eventually fail and let the tiles drop out? Perhaps I need a nice William Morris seat cushion for them to land on? I can't think of a way to retain the tiles from the front without it spoiling the look.

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   At present the inside of the chest part is unfinished, as I may install a till in there for items such as gloves and leg gaiters. The main volume of the chest is to hold dog towels, to clean the wet muckers before letting them into the house after a walk.

   The floor of the chest is a housing-joint lattice of spruce left-overs interspersed with a few pieces of cedar, to keep the moths out, not to mention the pong of wet dog. :-)

   A close examination would reveal a less than ideal grain-pattern arrangement, due to having only disparate parts of reclaimed cherry this & that. However, I've tried not to have any serious grain clashes ........ What do you think? Have I succeeded or must it be burnt on the alter to The God of Design Perfection? :-)

   Lataxe

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   roy.unit8c | Mar 31, 2022 09:14am | #6

   I like the arts and crafts look. The cherry looks great. I don't focus so much on the inside of the chest, but the cedar pieces make sense. I don't know how well it will keep out the dog pong, though. There's nothing like airing them out first outside. It sounds to me that the tiles will hold, and I can't think of anything worth adding without making it too bulky.