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• THE FURNITURE OF SAM MALOOF - PB

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

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• AMERICAN COUNTRY FURNITURE: Projects from the Workshops of David T. Smith

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  Exploring the history behind country furnishings, this authoritative handbook offers 50 of the most popular projects from the workshops of David T. Smith—a unique collection of craft shops that create reproductions of antique artifacts. Offering a short narrative explaining how each piece of furniture evolved and was used in the past, each project includes detailed drawings, a materials list, and comprehensive instructions for assembly. Informative and well-researched, this remarkable reference shares guidelines for constructing historic fixtures such as a trestle table, a pencil-post bed, a ladder-back chair, or a whale shelf. Helpful photographs are included to demonstrate specialized techniques and skills, such as routing dovetails and raising panels.

• Simply-Built Furniture (Popular Woodworking)

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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.

• DESKS, BOOKCASES, AND ENTERTAINMENT CENTERS (Best of WWJ)

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