I've been wanting to add some interest to the doors of my antique secretary.
I've seen a number of secretaries and cabinets that have wooden fretwork on the doors. There is this one that Eddie Ross made over:
Or this one belonging to Jenny at Little Green Notebook:
Or this, from downstairs in my mother in law's living room.
Looking at the fretwork closely, these examples are actually a single piece of wood cut into a design and laid over the glass. Look at the lower left corner of the Eddie Ross painting picture, you can see the fretwork grid laying on the ground:
I've been googling this on the internet, and have yet to find anyplace where I could simply buy an already made fretwork to add to my secretary. I could attempt this with some cheap balsa wood and a jigsaw, but I'm all about lazy DIY if its available.
Apparently the way to make one of these out of a single piece of wood is to use a scroll saw, but since I don't own one of those, it looks like I'll have to improvise.
Anyone have any ideas on where you could buy ready-made fretwork?
I've seen a number of secretaries and cabinets that have wooden fretwork on the doors. There is this one that Eddie Ross made over:
Or this one belonging to Jenny at Little Green Notebook:
Or this, from downstairs in my mother in law's living room.
Looking at the fretwork closely, these examples are actually a single piece of wood cut into a design and laid over the glass. Look at the lower left corner of the Eddie Ross painting picture, you can see the fretwork grid laying on the ground:
I've been googling this on the internet, and have yet to find anyplace where I could simply buy an already made fretwork to add to my secretary. I could attempt this with some cheap balsa wood and a jigsaw, but I'm all about lazy DIY if its available.
Apparently the way to make one of these out of a single piece of wood is to use a scroll saw, but since I don't own one of those, it looks like I'll have to improvise.
Anyone have any ideas on where you could buy ready-made fretwork?
No clue how to get it, but I hope you figure it out and let the rest of us in on the secret!
ReplyDeleteNot too sure where you could find it. What about just painting on the glass in the design you want?
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