Making a Luxurious Walnut Lounge Chair
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- In this video, I take some discarded Walnut and turn it into a super comfortable lounge chair. I learned a lot making a prototype of this chair, and learned even more making this one. If you have any questions about how I did anything or my processes, leave a comment and I'll be sure to get back to you.
Thanks for watching!
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So refreshing to watch a yt woodworker not talking with cadence/unneccessary lame jokes and uncomfpratable life/psych insights of a yt woodworker intersperesed with a million product placements/affiliate links while needlessly attempting to over-explain/justify why they are included. Just a guy being himself and making cool stuff well. Thats enough and plenty. Beautiful work brother
Thanks, I appreciate that. I'm just trying to make stuff I like! I do get people trying to sell stuff though, it's a huge amount of effort to film and edit, so any extra income through this process is a big help. But yeah I get what you mean, it's a bit much sometimes.
so glad you where honest about the mistakes you made with the cut lenght, makes us feel a bit more normal! great chair.
Really nice. You're right about a chair being probably the hardest woodworking project. - Chris
Thank you. Yep, it's pleasure and pain making chairs
The little outlines of each piece are a game-changer, thanks.
That walnut is definitely the star of the show. Nice work, that.
@@scottcates thanks
To be 100% honest, the most beautiful projects involve defects in the wood! Whether enhanced or left as is it is character. It reminds the observer or user that you created something out of a perfectly, imperfect and formerly living thing. That it was made from a tree that grew with all its history and defects as it’s meant be… and that’s what makes woodworking so damn cool!
@@jewdd1989 I totally agree. It's also much less wasteful!
Beautiful chair. I appreciate you sharing the adjustments from the previous model to this one and why you made those changes.
Thanks Keaton!
Incredible. It's one of those chairs that you just want to sit in as soon as you see it. Splendid work!
If you can make a chair that you are happy with in two iterations call that a win! Great job. I also like that you share your mistakes. I also make mistakes so it makes me feel less stupid.
Thanks. I could definitely do another one with some more improvements but it's also not cheap! As long as we learn from our mistakes right?
@@dylanbarfieldfurnitureExactly!
This turned out amazing! Super well done I love the little brass dowels as a detail. Thanks for sharing!
Turned out beautifully. Well done. Appreciate the detailed explanation too.
Nice looking chair. Looks a bit like a Nordic design style. Thinning wood piece behind brass dowels looks great but not necessarily a good idea considering the longevity of the furniture, seems very delicate design.
what a beaut!! Pretty satisfying to iterate, and see how you get things just right by small improvements each time. Both to your process/tools, and the final result. Very nice work!
@@jakesincase thank you!
ugh, that's a luscious chair, walnut is so beautiful! great work!
@@Alexandra-ks7cb thank you, yes the walnut is definitely the star of the show
Beautiful chair. It reminds me of the mid century modern sofa and armchair my parents had when I was growing up. Nice clean lines, simple and quite elegant. Bravo.
Beautiful danish modern very well made. Walnut is my favorite wood to work with.
Beautiful is a drastic understatement. Keep going. You’re doing amazing work.
@@slymike21 thank you!
Really beautiful piece! Love the video too! Happy I found your channel. ❤
Top quality content in all areas! Another great video thanks Dylan!
Thanks!
Wow! Stunning!
Very nice chair - mid century modern with a touch of mission - interesting design, well executed.
@@angeloc700 thanks!
Classic classy chair, nice work. Lots of great tips too
@@BigRedNZ1 thanks!
Classy af! Beautiful work
@@manwithnoname1899 thanks!
Absolutely beautiful!
@@joemartin4751 thanks Joe!
Awesome work! I love when makers take on the tall task of building a chair.
@@OffsidesDesigns fun and excruciating in equal measures
Nice work! You're definitely making the most of the tools you have. I have production chairs of the same design as yours but your joinery and hand profiling came out quite well. I'm also a big fan of the bridle joint since making some Greene & Greene inspired tables where the joint ends are a bit proud of the surface.
Really beautiful work Dylan!
@@ryandury thanks Ryan!
Good job mate! The chair angle looks perfect for reading . Going to save this for when and if I get to chair level
@@benandamandagordon thanks! Yep it's quite comfy! Give it a go, it's not all that tricky😏
the most elite woodworking tools are here in this guy's workshop..
Exceptional build!
@@jonathanbolding4164 thanks!
Stellar piece and wonderful presentation! I, too, have made a chair I'm not thrilled with. I haven't the courage yet to have another go. Yours looks so great!
@@deziomakes thanks! Yeah it's hard to get back on the horse. As long as you learnt something it's all worth it.
beautiful work! I really like your shop, kinda simple, not too cluttered and the tools you have are quality :) just subscribed
@@sparrowhawk3422 thanks! It's small but functional
Outstanding chair brother. Well done
@@vedicapproach8105 thanks!
Hey man this was a beautiful piece of work in the end. The design and execution seemed like you nailed it. Hopefully you will give it a little review and tape it, and give us all a real breakdown of the overall comfortability, how the angle ended up after changing, how the webbing is holding up, etc. Anyway, I love yer simple observation on how chairs are the one piece that gets judged for its actual comfort and feel. But I love your demeanor and your whole approach to building pieces. Thx for vid! And think about the review lol. review
@@TuanBui-yp7oz I probably won't make a video, but I can confirm, it's very comfy, everything is great, the only slight regret is the cushions are a bit firm, but I'm sure they will soften up with time. The webbing is also fine, time will tell how long they last but they're very easy to install and it's not very expensive so if they fail down the track (which I doubt they will for a long while) they're not hard to replace. In terms of the angle of the seat, it is more or less the same as the first seat, but just tilted back a bit, if that makes sense. They're both 10 degrees from seat to back, but the new version is just rocked back which makes it feel less upright.
Hi Dylan.
That was a great chair build video.
The design looks fantastic and the Wallnut sets it off nicely.
The metal ends on the webbing sre something new to me.
Thanks for sharing.
One Handed Maker James
@@onehandedmaker thanks James!
Congrats on the views Dylan. Just watching your video for the 2nd time and paying more attention..@dylanbarfieldfurniture
@@onehandedmaker Thanks James
Came out great. Well done. 👍
Beautiful!
Beautiful ❤
Beautiful chair. Upholstery was standard. Should of had me do a custom cushion to match the style of the chair!
Very nice, hope I'll be able to do something like this one day!
That’s an amazing chair and very tactile ❤️
@@lorettacrabtree7816 thanks!
Gorgeous
@@MatthewMcMillan-lx2he thanks!
Unreal mate
Thanks!
Awesome work dude !
@paulmichel2770 thanks!
The domino for the slats was a good idea
Beautiful!!! Simply beautiful!!!
Do you have plans for sale for this chair?
@@jakecorrado9070 thanks! No plans as of yet
Great looking chair! Loved the video!
Thanks a lot
Nice work and a stunning chair. Try using polyurethane glue for complex multi dominoe glue ups. Joints slide together and you have a longer open time. Alternatively titebond 2 or titebond 3 give you longer open times. Titebond 3 also has a dark wood option.
Thanks! I've got some techniglue which I'll be using moving forward, I thought I could get away with it, was a bit of a close one.
I enjoyed watching this video. The chair really looks great. I’ve found most manufactures have much too long a seat which is really designed for the purchaser to buy more cushions. This long seat makes for an extremely uncomfortable chair as you tend to slide forward, they also don’t match the rake on the seat to the rake on the back. I’m 1.89cm tall and this still happens to me. Hopefully, just changing the rake on the back fixed your problem.
@@HansKrause-k6r thanks! Yep the angle of the seat and back are pretty good, it's a nice comfortable chair
Great chair! You might try expersprings for the seat. We have a set of Finn Juhl lounge chairs and that's what they use.
@@mhchewy thanks. I did look into springs but found the elastic option a bit easier and more accessible.
Hey I just found your channel. I love it. I'm age 22 and did gymnastics for 14 years. I started working at age 13 to make pay for gymnastics academy fees and transport. It was at a property management company and I did a lot of house remodeling. It started off just make money but then I liked the work. When I was age 15 I got severely beat up by 3 older athletes from school who thought it would be fun to see how long I could take hard punches. I lasted a long time trying only to survive. That got me churning about gymnastics and life. I turned toward bodybuilding out of fear. I'm adopted from Ukraine and raised in rural USA. I asked the farmer who owned the farm my adoptive mom rented her house from if I could remodel an abandoned tiny house that was not habitable. He loved the idea. With the help of his grandson I tore out the ceiling to make the living room open to the roof rafters to hang my still rings. I built some workout equipment from wood and tore out the kitchen to make room. I then started to make some cabinets from scraps and old cabinet parts. Over the next few years that house gym became my refuge. I graduated high school and left gymnastics behind. But I liked construction a lot and my first year of community college the pandemic closed everything down. When things started to open up I got a job at Menards (big box store) in their building materials dept and from there got noticed by guys working for a construction company who asked me to work for them full time. I have only 1 year of college and haven't gone back. I've been helping some guys in construction make furniture and lots of cabinets. I'm learning a lot and hope to lean more into furniture. I'm a fan of learning from UA-cam. I hope to learn from you too. Pax.
Beautiful piece
@@petercorney3125 thanks!
Your skills are master
Beautifully done mate 👍🏼
Thanks!
amazing...
I've never made a chair myself - you nailed this one so well! Someday, I'll try one like this in the Danish modern (which is what you did, right?) No critiques, no trolls, just saying this is beautiful - you ought to be proud.
Question: why do non-American, British-derived people not embrace the beauty of the word "f**k"? You said, "Faffing around..." I know what I'd have said. More robust. 10/10 recommend.
@@mattelias721 thanks Matt. It's definitely heavily inspired by MCM Danish designs, but hopefully with a slightly original take. And in terms of swearing, I'm from Australia, it's part of our daily vernacular. I just don't know who might be watching and don't want to turn anyone off!
Wow, beautiful - how long did this take you? Great job!
@@KITTYONFYRE thanks! I've made a couple of others since this and I've got it down to about 3 days, sanding and shaping the arms is the main time consuming part.
Any chance you sell plans? This is a beautiful chair I would like to try replicating for my house!
@@redmerta thanks! I'm considering it, I've had a number of people ask. It might not be for a while, but maybe at some point down the track
@@dylanbarfieldfurniture +1!
Looks great! The brass and walnut go together nicely.
Any idea how much one of these would sell for? The walnut can be pricey to start with....
@@JeffreyGenda thanks! Id say it would be about $3000 give or take
It looks great. Is there e a plan?
@@garyfestarini9608 thank you, unfortunately not at the stage, maybe down the track
@@dylanbarfieldfurnitureI’d be interested in purchasing a lay out plan for this. I would love to make two for my office.
@marshallcarr maybe one day I'll make plans, but won't be for a while. Just copy the shape! It's not overly tricky.
Other advice is to do the wax buff with an abrasive pad rather than steel wool. Steel wool sometimes leaves small shards in the grain that creates tannin marks.
Interesting. I've not experienced this but I'll keep it in mind
Fantastic look, contrast in the joinery is definitely lovely.
But aren't those elastic bands forcing to split the fibers of the rail where they're connected to wood?
Anyway, probably a very heavy person needed to cause a failure :)
@@e139439 thanks. And yes I think it will take a very heavy person to break it.
Very very nice.
Beautiful piece and excellent craftsmanship
Which company did you use to make the custom cushions?
Thanks a lot. I used a brisbane company called stitch and staple. They did an excellent job.
Love the chair. Do you mind sharing what finish you used?
@@maxsellars9777 thank you. The finish is a BLO and beeswax mix, although I've just finished another one and am using a Danish oil blend which I also think looks great.
Very nice chair, well done man! If anything you should try to joint the back rest to the arms instead of just using a "cheap " wood screw...
The overall design is great i think but not qualified to judge you yet, just about to start up my furniture making business....😊
@@tamashorvath4883 thanks! Sam Maloof used screws in his chairs, if it's good enough for him, I'm happy to use them!
The hatred for any Festool product is all about jealousy , if people don’t have the money to buy these great tools they generally will hate them . The Festool system is the best wood working system of tools money can buy and when you use them you understand why , so don’t worry about haters just have fun doing the builds you love and let the haters do what they do .
Yeah I always laugh at the festool hate. It never comes from a professional furniture maker. Just some clown who wants to convince them selves they don’t need it
I have 3 sanders, 2 domino’s , kapex and two track saws
Love every one of them and they have paid for themselves many times over
nice chair
@@TheFriskyBoy thank you
Smuk stol og godt at se Wegner kan inspirere 😉🙏🙂
Nice looking chair. Understand that if you even look at some Aus hardwoods funny, they just splinter!
@@martinsmith251 cheers. Definitely a love hate relationship with Aussie stuff!
If it helps, maybe keep your woodglue in the fridge. Learnt that the hard way after a stressfull glue-up on a hot Brisbane day. I find it increases the working time
Interesting, I might have to give that a crack! I think for super complex glue ups moving forward I'll probably use epoxy though, the heat was a factor for sure but it probably would have been a bit hairy in good conditions as well
Amazing! What kind of oil did you use?
@@coppulor6500 thanks! Just a simple beeswax and boiled linseed combo
@@dylanbarfieldfurniture thank you! Also, is that black walnut or english walnut?
@@coppulor6500 American Black
@@dylanbarfieldfurniture thank you good sir 👍
Beautiful chair! Ever think about selling them?
@@subieworx thanks! Yes I plan on selling them at some point.
Hi Dylan, great chair, beautiful design! Do you by any chance have plans for the chair or files for the templates available?
@@groenbelly1 sorry I don't, the templates were hand drawn based on rough designs from my first chair. It's not too difficult to draw the profile though, you just need the rough dimensions which id happily send you if you're interested
@@dylanbarfieldfurniture Yes please!
How can we arrange this?
@@groenbelly1 hiya, sorry about the slow reply. Flick me an email contact@dylanbarfieldfurniture.com, a bit easier than doing it in comments
Instasub! + 1 Really good looking build and nice video. I like how to the point and matter of fact your video is. All about the project. Where did you purchase that webbing and those clips by the way? Cheers and thanks for sharing.
@@NomadMakes thanks! I got the weebing from a local upholstery place in Brisbane, but they're pretty common. Elastic chair webbing and clips are the key words, they're also on Amazon and eBay.
Forgive my lack of knowledge, but from other projects I've seen the wood is laminated in layers to avoid warping. Is there a reason for not laminating this piece? Thanks for any help.
@@nathanzalepa721 there's plenty of situations to use lamination but this isn't one. Most solid furniture is made with solid wood, except where cost is a factor, wood isn't allowed to expand and contract (cabinet cases etc) or in kerf bending where super tight curves are needed and steam bending won't work. There are most cases but generally solid timber is fine
Do you use a foam pad on your orbital sander?
@@MrBlueSky011 not on this one, but I've just bought a foam interface for future jobs like this
Chairs are a difficult build to make comfortable. When possible, making a template is very helpful. At least a paper one if you can. It shows whether your angles and other dimensions work. Very well done Danish MCM vibe.
很美
Gluing the dominoes only I think is a mistake. The strongest part of a joint is the glue gluing side grain to side grain together along a long length. I would say the glue that’s not on the dominoes is the more important glue
@@jayelwin yeah it's definitely stronger to glue everything but the forces aren't really pulling it apart, and for the sake of not getting squeeze out I reckon it would be worth it. I might use epoxy as well down the track for a stronger joint
How did you make the templates for pattern routing?
@@jayelwin I essentially drew the shape on MDF and cut it out with the bandsaw and sander. If you check out my hall table vid I go through the process
Carving files are "Iwasaki" files for anyone searching for them 🙂
Xin chào tôi yêu công việc của bạn ❤❤🎉🎉
Any chance of having patterns available?
@@brock2306 I don't think so, it would need a lot of interest to justify the time it would take
vendez vous les gabarits pour réaliser ce fauteuil ? merci
@@charlesmanuel1878 non désolé, pas pour le moment
Are you Northside or Southside of Brisbane?
@@petercorney3125 south✊🏻
do you have plans for sale ?
@@sindrisnaesson5442 no sorry
This is the strangest order of operations I’ve ever seen for making a chair.
Hello Mr. Dylan, I'm from Brazil and I'm a hobbyist and I tied your project, could you send me this project?
1:45 I never comment on safety, but damn you made me soooooooo uncomfortable with how far your fingers are when you're using your jointer. Sorry to be that guy but you're gonna lose fingers if you keep on like that. Safeguard is there for e reason and there was no apparent reason not to use it there. You have only 10 fingers my woodworking brother. Please be safe.
@@stratocactus cheers. I appreciate the concern and I can always improve my safety. The reality is, my fingers get close to spinning blades all the time and I've just got to be careful and conscious whenever I'm cutting/milling to be alert and not zone out. I get your point though.
@@dylanbarfieldfurniture True. People are uncomfortable that my 12" jointer does not have a guard. I imported it new from China and it arrived sans guard. I'm used to it since my previous 12" jointer (ca. 1910 J.A. Vance "Pattern Maker" cast iron beast) also lacked a guard.
Yes, woodworking in general is inherently dangerous, doubly so with certain tools if guards are not in place. However, we can work safely with such machines when we pay attention to what we're doing. I understand this may sound like "Normalized Deviance" to some folks. It's not my intention, nor am I being cavalier. Some feel running a traditional table saw is dangerous, and everyone should buy a SawStop. I feel a regular table saw is perfectly safe when we respect it and pay attention.
Point being there is room in this trade for each of us to operate as we feel comfortable in our own shops...live and let live 🙂
Why a Philips Head on a Clearly Pozidriv screw?
You are setting yourself to have a bad day.
They look great, but no wooden armed chair is ever comfortable to sit in for any length of time. Why not pad them like on antique chairs.
@@f.kieranfinney457 it's pretty comfortable, perfect for a couple of hours sitting around chatting. Padded arms wouldn't suit the style at all.
No it wouldn’t. Somehow, No one values comfort any more.
I think Impractical Chair ... This chair can't hold Heavyweight... It's my opinion
@@SatrughanaBrahma comfortably holds 100kg which is pretty practical
As a furniture design/maker the beautiful attention to the walnut frame is sadly let down by the blocks of the seat pads which are almost an after thought. In fact your video got to 20.34 of 21mins before you mentioned that you got a couple of cushions and the chair was done.
Good design requires the whole chair to be one. In this case, the frame is completely separate from the seat and back. Where was the original thinking in the design to make the whole design more than just the sum of its parts? Your video screams - I’ve got two cushions and some walnut - I know, I’ll make a chair. In that sense the finished product sadly lacks synergy.
@@iscadean6038 rude
@@dylanbarfieldfurniture maybe - but I meant to teach not to preach. Interesting you didn’t deny what I wrote. You just didn’t like the lesson. If you can’t take constructive criticism then don’t do the vlog in the first place. I have over fifty years of experience as a designer and the first thing you don’t start with is a couple of discarded blocks of foam as the basis for the design of a chair. You might have been honest at the beginning to lay your card out on the table and stated the frame was designed around these square looking block. The whole design needs to be greater than the sum of its parts. You could have designed the cushions to be more rounded or at least softer in shape to reflect the beautiful detailing of the chair frame. Sadly, you didn’t even reflect on the cushions. Am I wrong?
@@iscadean6038 I'll take the engagement with the video, but your opinion, not lesson, and definitely not constructive, is in stark contrast with all other feedback I've received. For what it's worth, I had the cushions made but an upholstery company after I made the chair as that's not my area of expertise. Pretty standard for a MCM lounge chair, I'd assume you might be familiar in your "50 years experience".
@ in line with your one word response - deaf.
For a better look at what a furniture maker needs, watch James Krenov discussing his life’s journey. I met him in 2004 (sadly he died a few years back) and discussed design proportion and scale in furniture making. His life’s work is renowned for its sense of design and proportion. ua-cam.com/video/g95kqXqTVtU/v-deo.htmlsi=yB6_Z5BY5q0k8Hug
Gorgeous piece
How did you make the templates for pattern routing?