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• PRACTICAL FURNITURE DESIGN: From Drawing Board to Smart Construction

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• BENCHES, CHAIRS, & BEDS, Best of Woodworkers Journal

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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

• SHOPPING FOR FURNITURE: 2ND EDITION, A CONSUMER'S GUIDE

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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 you’re getting your furniture at a fair price. You’ll 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 “can’t 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, you’ll know exactly what you need to know in order to buy good, stylish furniture at a fair price, and you’ll never again be unprepared when you enter your local furniture store. Become a smart furniture shopped, and protect yourself from being taken advantage of!

• COUNTRY PINE FURNITURE PROJECTS

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  Affordable, attractive, and timeless furniture for the home is made possible with this project guide that includes 32 easy-to-build classic country pieces, from small candle boxes and footstools, to a large Amish wardrobe and corner cupboard. With basic woodworking skills, a modest workshop, and a trip to the local lumberyard, builders are ready to use the detailed plans, exploded diagrams, and complete cut and dimension lists to reproduce beautiful designs that have endured for hundreds of years and are still wildly popular.

• TABLES

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  This is part of Taunton's Furniture Project series. Guidice begins with a general discussion of table-making basics, including design issues. Step-by-step plans cover 10 well designed table. Two Shaker pieces, a Danish trestle table, a glass top display table, and 6 others. Each project has a cut list, exploded drawing and studio shot of the finished piece.