The first major project I did after getting my table saw up and running was a Gun Cabinet.  It's made entirely of Red Oak from plans I got from the Woodcraft Store in Altamonte Springs, Fl.  The glass I had measured and fitted from an auto glass company that also does 1/4" plate.  The corners are etched with a pattern I found in Michael's Craft Store.  It also has three lights in the top, and green felt under the rifle pad shelf for protection.  The bottom doors and sides are raised panels made on my router table with a raised panel bit.  The finish is brush-on Gloss Poly by Minwax.  Click on the picture for detail pictures.

Recently, I finished this Cherry Display Cabinet for Michelle to put her Department 56 Christmas Village in.  The three back panels are 1/4" Oak Plywood, while the remainder is Cherry.  The finish is several coats of Tung Oil.  and that's all.  The shelves are MDF with an edge treatment borrowed from the dollhouse hobbie.  It's a brick pattern.  The shelves are removable, but have a unique dowel locking system to help stiffen the front and back of the cabinet to minimize flexing.  And then, of course, the glass on three sides.  It's 1/4" plate also.

To the left here is one of two Walnut Jewelry Boxes I made for Michelle's cousins up north.  I made this from plans I got from the New Yankee Workshop: a project of Norm Abram.  The drawers are made with dovetail joints, the finish is Danish Oil, rubbed in with very fine sandpaper to fill in the tiny pores that Walnut has.  Finally, I followed up with three coats of good furniture wax.  The two bottom drawer fronts are made from the same piece so the grain matches.  If you look closely you can see some of the figure in the Walnut.  Click on the picture to see how I made this, and the secret this Jewelry Box holds!