Figure 42.—Plan for making a combination chest and buffet.
No log residence is complete without furniture for storing clothes. A combination chest and buffet suitable for log cabins can be made from well-seasoned lodgepole or eastern pine, tamarack, or birch ([fig. 42]). The ends, doors, shelves, and drawer fronts should be cut from No. 2 tongue-and-groove commercial pine lumber.
A settee can be made from well-seasoned pine or birch ([fig. 43]). Join the corner poles to the slab frame and rail with mortise-and-tenon joints; then anchor the joints by means of ⅜- by 6 -inch lag screws. Fasten the arms to the corner poles with ⅜- by 5-inch carriage bolts and to the slab support with ⅜- by 4-inch lag screws. Use ⅜- by 3-inch carriage bolts to fasten the slab support to the frame. The 1- by 2-inch hardwood crosspieces should be securely fastened at the top ends and notched into the legs at the bottom ends, held by 2-inch wood screws, driven into place at an angle. Back slats should be mortised and tenoned to the rail and frame. The cushions should be the filler type, without springs if so desired, and covered with homespun fabric.
Figure 43.—Plan for making a living-room settee.