Mission Style Bookcase
(65h x 36s x 14d) Similar to the night stands, the back of the Bookcases are made from 3/8" thick, tongue and grooved, solid oak… not plywood. There is an added design element on the bookcase. Both sides of the bookcase are accented with a simple, yet bold arrow cut-out that is centered along the traditional split design of the side panels. For the strength and beauty required of Mission Furniture, we use many square dowels in round holes. This aesthetically pleasing feature adds strength because a square dowel crushes down to fit into a round hole and the natural expansion of the wood, as it tries to restore its shape, creates a tighter fit. However, for face to face applications, round dowels are used. All of the Mortises in our Mission Furniture line are cross-doweled to create a mechanical lock that is nearly impossible to break.
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The Barefoot Woodworker
Our furniture maker is the Barefoot Woodworker, a professional woodworker with a minor aversion to shoes. He was fortunate enough to have studied under a Master Artisan who was trained in an apprenticeship in the famous Black Forest in Germany. (Black Forest woodworkers and clock makers were renowned for their precision clocks. Cuckoo clocks have been made in the region since the early eighteenth century and much of their development occurred there. Excessive logging and two World Wars have reduced the population of the Black Forest and its renowned woodworkers to a mere fraction of what once was, making their distinguished skills both scarce and valuable.) Barefoot's education by this truly gifted Artisan has lead to a passion for the superior, and almost forgotten, construction methods of the past. He possesses an affinity for hand tools and traditional joinery that most others in this field no longer know about, let alone use. He has also developed a love and comprehensive knowledge of hidden catches and secret compartments. In an industry bombarded with new machinery designed for shortcuts, he is pursuing the Master Woodworker level via traditional methods.
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