Woodworker: Rodney Diaz
With a sewing desk in Christian Becksvoort’s The Shaker Legacy as inspiration-and with some 20-in.-wide pine boards on hand-Diaz built a pair of chests for his two sons, ages 7 and 4. He left off the side moldings of the original and outfitted the four large drawers with pairs of knobs. The wide boards allowed Diaz to mill the sides and tops of both chests from single boards. The chests (18 in. deep by 27 in. wide by 39 in. tall) are finished with wax. “These chests will be living with two rambunctious boys,” Diaz said. “Imagine the patina in 10 years.”