This small, one-of-a-kind bench is a playful take on a traditional Shaker bench design.

The two stretcher pieces are joined with half-blind dovetails. While I was working on this piece someone remarked that the reveal in the top of the bench looked like a mail slot. The next morning I came into the shop and found my mail (or more specifically, my bills) tucked gently into the "slot." Hence the name.

Both dovetail and mortise-and-tenon joints are cut by hand.

The stretcher connects to each side of the bench with three small through-tenons.