His and Hers Bureaus

Note that the grain runs across the two bureaus

Detail showing dovetails

This pair of bureaus was designed to promote spacial equity between the sexes.  Each drawer rests on its own web frame joined at the corners with an open mortise, the bottommost with a dust panel.  The boards of the carcase sides are elongated trapezoids, not cut on a table saw but edged with a jointer plane in order to minimize waste.  All corners of the drawers are dovetailed, and each drawer individually planed to fit its designated space (numbering included!).  The drawers slowly graduate in height and the pulls are custom made.

Detail showing web frames