Woodworker: Steve Butler

Butler has always liked the simplicity and minimalism of postmodern design. In his chest of drawers (18 in. deep by 30 in. wide by 72 in. tall), he added a dash of period style. The broken arched pediment was inspired by Queen Anne furniture and was formed with bending plywood. One arch is covered with aluminum laminate and the other with beech veneer. The case is made of solid European beech on a poplar frame. The drawers have a cock bead made of solid aluminum bar stock, profiled with a roundover router bit that he threw away afterward. Butler finished the chest with catalyzed lacquer.