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This fully updated 2nd edition is a must-have book for anyone shopping for residential furniture. Packed with facts, insider tips, and shopping strategies, author Len Lewin explains exactly what to look for to recognize the quality of a piece of furniture, what manufacturers are considered top flight and which are middle class, and how to know if youre getting your furniture at a fair price. Youll learn about: - distinguishing a real sales price from an everyday price - knowing which manufacturers are truly top-drawer - deciphering the Sunday newspaper furniture ads - finding the cant miss furniture stores near you - making the right choices when selecting wood, upholstery, or leather furniture - how to work with a designer or decorator After reading this book, youll know exactly what you need to know in order to buy good, stylish furniture at a fair price, and youll never again be unprepared when you enter your local furniture store. Become a smart furniture shopped, and protect yourself from being taken advantage of!
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Simply-Built Furniture offers woodworkers a step-by-step, illustrated collection of the renowned Danny Proulx?s best projects for the home. This collection brings together special projects from Proulx?s 16 books?most of which are now out of print?with pieces such as a rustic pine chest of drawers, a bed with built-in storage, a window seat, a contemporary display cabinet, a tall bookcase, an armoire work center, a writing desk, a memorabilia sideboard, and more. Both beginning and experienced woodworkers will appreciate Proulx?s no-nonsense approach to woodworking and his easy style of teaching, as well as the minimal time and materials needed to create these beautiful projects that are more than a just another piece of furniture for their homes.
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A comprehensive survey of the best designs that have appeared in the pages of Fine Woodworking magazine. The furniture is presented with full exploded drawings, which you can use to build or amend to your own tastes. For designers and decorators this book will be a welcome resource when working with clients. For others, it will be like walking through a gallery.
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The book includes essential drafting tools for doing practical design. The book is about learning the process of designing a piece of furniture that can be original, establishing a clear approach so mistakes are minimized, fulfills the needs and desires of the client, and fits the budget. For those who are just starting out or have experience in designing furniture, it will give valuable and fresh insight on the process of practical furniture design. The 58-page design manual includes original scale drawings, lofting curves, metric conversion tables, client contracts, standard furniture dimensions and bibliography of design resources. Accompanying the book are: a 6" combined inch/metric ruler, an erasing shield and a 0.7mm mechanical pencil with refills.
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Selected from the pages of Woodworker's Journal, the most trusted name in woodworking, these popular projecs represent every furniture style from Shaker to contemporary, from classic American Adirondack to English garden. Each project includes detailed plans, expert instructions, and helpful tips to ensure that, when the dust clears, your finished piece is a well-built, beautiful addition to your home. What's Inside: * 18 beautiful and versatile furniture projects for the home * Comprehensive material lists * Easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions * Detailed technical and exploded drawings * Helpful quick tips from the experts
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As a woodworker, you've no doubt admired examples of classic furniture. You know, he stuff that makes you go, "Wow! I wish I could build that." Now you can. Glen Huey, senior editor at Popular Woodworking magazine, takes you through each and every stop of how to build 18th-Century furniture. And when you're done, the projects ill last for generations. Complete plans, cutting lists and step-by-step photos with captions are included with each project. Here are some of the furniture pieces you will learn how to build: Massachusetts Block-Front Chest Pennsylvania Chest-on-Chest Chippendale Entertainment Center New England Chest & Bookcase Townsend Newport High Chest Federal Inlaid Table Shaker Small Chest of Drawers Massachusetts High Chest (highboy)