The original design.

Assembly of the base cabinets.

I pocket holed the face frame. Nothing like a perfect fit!

A test fit to make sure the tolerences were correct.

Pocket hole joinery.....nothing like it.

I've been thinking long and hard about how to create the wave accent for the hutch. Instead of steaming the wood (which would have involved building a steam chamber) I decided to layer 3/8" rips from solid pine. It will require three strips per wave.

My Rockler Dovetail jig. It makes constructing drawer boxes a snap!

The drawer lumber ready to be cut on the jig. It took me 5 trys to get the tails and pins to line up perfectly. My final test pieces are in the foreground.

Installing the base cabinets. I had to make sure the face frames were perfectly aligned.

The base cabinet face trim....the transition joint was perfect!!

Assembling the top units....

The upper units face framed and sanded.

The joints came out perfect!

The second evolution of the wave accent. I re-decided to steam bend oak (1/2" thick). Worked pretty good until I got it in the form and then SNAP!

The third evolution......using an erlenmyer flask to increase the steam pressure. It took 2 days and about $50.00 worth of red oak (bends better than soft woods like pine) before I gave up. Apparently, the radius was too tight for these curves..

After 4 trials with the steam chamber I decided to go with a laminate wave. Basically, I cut 5 strips 1/8" thick and glued 5 strips together for a 5/8" thick wave.

The first upper unit completed. I couldn't be more pleased.

The completed hutch. The homeowners will paint it white then I will come back and replace the moulding.

The cabinet shelves are adjustable.

Finished!