The Portly Chest of Drawers is an original contemporary piece of high-end, luxury deco furniture, a bit removed from the glamorized interpretive old world sculptured furniture, being my first love.  However I enjoyed crafting this piece of furniture, as much as any piece I have ever done.

The design of this piece came to me in an instant, as my wife and I entered a grocery store, a very portly, I say a very portly woman, walked in front of us – IMMEDIATELY I had an image of a chest of drawers.  I said to my wife, she's going to be my next piece of furniture.  My wife doesn't really appreciate me telling the story of how this piece was inspired, but it's good to laugh, even if it isn't politically correct. 

The Portly Chest of Drawers is 5 feet tall, 5 feet 1½ inches wide and 24 inches deep, (Get the picture?) made with four different types of hardwood.  The beveled mirror is adjustable.