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Rustic Furniture Basics

Rustic Furniture Basics
Rustic furniture has an earthy charm that evokes cabins in the woods and country hideaways. Easy to make, rustic furniture is also green through incorporating reclaimed and found materials. In this step-by-step project book, an award-winning woodworker and teacher shows how to use materials collected from the outdoors or recycled from old buildings to make one-of-a-kind pieces of furniture. Every technique is detailed, from cutting round mortises and tenons to making a webbed seat, weaving twigs, traditional joinery, and more. Heirloom-quality projects include a storage chest, chairs, tables, and other attractive and useful pieces. Design alternatives show how to apply the basic techniques to other projects.

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Item number	9-388
ISBN	978-1-60085-076-9
Author	Doug Stowe
Format	Paperback
Pages	144 pages, with 282 color photographs and 19 drawings
Publication Year	2009
Sales Note	New Title!
Your Price:	$22.95

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Introduction

Western Cedar Tables
Cut the stock to length
Assemble the base
Add the top
Variation: Coffee table and details
Additional Variations

Five-Board Bench
Prepare the stock
Taper and fit the legs
Make the stretchers
Assembly
Apply the finish
Variation: Natural-edged hall table

Stick, Twig, and Branch Tables
Cut and attach the legs
Create the top mosaic
Add stretchers to strengthen the legs
Variation: Round table

Slab Bench
Cut the slab to size
Surface the top
Shape the edges
Make and shape the legs
Drill the mortises
Cut the tenons on the legs
Assemble the legs and slab
Trim the legs
Finishing touches
Variation: Stump table
Variation: Slab chair

Rustic Tree Branch Footstool
Prepare the stock
Drill the mortises
Cut and fit the stretchers
Assemble the frame
Trim the legs
Weave the seagrass seat
Variation: Weave a shaker tape seat
Slab-Top Coffee Table
Make the top
Make the trestle table base
Mortise the trestle legs
Make the trestle
Make wedges
Attach the base to the top
Variation: Tree branch base

Rustic Chair
Start with the seat
Make the chair frame
Fit and attach the seat
Make a seat back
Shape and attach the seat back
Variation: Armchair

Rustic White Oak Chest
Prepare the stock
Assemble and sand the sides
Fit the bottom panel
Assemble the chest
Make the rustic feet
Make a tray
Texture, stain, and sand the chest
Finish the chest
Variation: Rustic wall cabinet
Variation: Freestanding rustic cabinet

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