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The Seven Easy Pieces of Furniture – Episode 3: Blanket Chest Lid [Video]

The Seven Easy Pieces of Furniture – Episode 3: Blanket Chest Lid [Video]

by gwffoundation | Jun 22, 2020 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies, The Rooms at Ferry Farm

In this final video of this series, Fredericksburg, Virginia-based furniture maker Steve Dietrich demonstrates the methods he used to make the lid for a blanket chest in the reconstructed Washington house at Ferry Farm. Watch other videos and read more about...
The Seven Easy Pieces of Furniture – Episode 3: Blanket Chest Lid [Video]

The Seven Easy Pieces of Furniture – Episode 2: Blanket Chest [Video]

by gwffoundation | Nov 18, 2019 | Building George's House, George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies, The Rooms at Ferry Farm

In this video, Fredericksburg, Virginia-based furniture maker Steve Dietrich discusses two of the techniques he used to create a blanket chest for the reconstructed Washington house at Ferry Farm. Watch other videos and read more about rebuilding the Washington house...
The Seven Easy Pieces of Furniture – Episode 3: Blanket Chest Lid [Video]

All About Sugar Cones

by gwffoundation | Dec 13, 2018 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies, The Rooms at Ferry Farm

In a post several months ago, we discussed a piece of furniture listed in Augustine Washington’s 1743 probate inventory that gave us some interesting insight into the daily life of the Washington family – the sugar box.  Recently, our reproduction sugar box arrived...
The Seven Easy Pieces of Furniture – Episode 3: Blanket Chest Lid [Video]

Video: The Seven Easy Pieces of Furniture – Episode 1: Low Post Beds

by gwffoundation | Apr 30, 2018 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies, The Rooms at Ferry Farm

In this video, Fredericksburg, Virginia-based furniture maker Steve Dietrich discusses some of the techniques he used to create four low post beds for the reconstructed Washington house at George Washington’s Ferry Farm....

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