Name: Glendale Nightstand
Instructor: Meredith Hart
Skill Level: Beginner
Prerequisites: None

Format: 6 Day in-person course

Material: Cherry

October 21st to October 26th, 2025

Class Description:

Build a gorgeous Mid-Century inspired nightstand designed by Meredith Hart in a 6 day in-person woodworking class at the Austin School of Furniture. This is a great beginner class and is perfect for anyone wanting to expand their knowledge of cabinet making and casework while building upon fundamental power tool skills. Students in this class will learn through lectures, demonstrations, and hands-on practice while crafting their very own beautiful Glendale Nightstand.

This table packs a lot of skills into a small form. From dovetails to cove cuts to a rabbeted and pinned drawers, there is tons of variety in this project for students of all skill levels to learn something new.

Topics and skills covered will include:

• Basic Design
• Safety and Machine Usage
• Furniture Construction Techniques
• Wood & Joinery Selection
• Dovetails
• Mortise & Tenons
• Pinned Rabbets
• Cove Cutting
• Drawer Fabrication & Installation

What you’ll need:

Some of these tools are required and some are optional. Optional tools are tools that will be used in class but you will have to borrow one from the school if you do not bring your own. We have limited supply of these tools so you will have to share.

Required

• PPE
• Measuring Tape
• Combination Square
• Mallet
• Bench Chisels

Recommended

• Dovetail Saw
• Coping Saw
• Shoulder Plane
• Router Plane
• Marking Gauge
• Marking Knife
• Rasps and Files
• Card Scraper
• Handplanes (Block Plane & Smoothing Plane)

Austin School of Furniture has the right to cancel this class at anytime if the minimum amount of students is not reached.

See our Refund Policy here