No comments about Folk & Figure Wood Carving.

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No comments about The Pocket Guide to Wood Finishes: Instant, Practical, Visual Guidance on Mixing and Matching Stains and Other Wood Finishes.

No comments about Super Simple Birdhouses You Can Make.

1 comments about The Victorian Cabinet-Maker's Assistant: 417 Original Designs With Descriptions and Details of Construction.

1. My hobby is building furniture, and I prefer the more classic designs. To me, furniture should not consist of flat surfaces or stainless steel. It should be built of sensuous, attractive hardwood, and it should draw the eye with motion and detail. This book gives some excellent scale drawings of Victorian furniture, from tables and chairs to desks and mantles. The drawings contain superb clarity and provide a wealth of ideas for building furniture far better, and more interesting to the eye, and the "modern" variety built today. The first 3/4s of the book is primarily text, explaining to the 19th century woodworker how to draw, design, and select wood for their projects. If you work primarily with hand tools, you might find this useful, otherwise it's rather dated.
   
   My copy is hopelessly dog-eared, it's the book I pull down most often when working on my own furniture designs. If you build furniture and like the Victorian, Edwardian, or Empire styles, this is a must-have. Find a copy and buy it!

1 comments about Perfect Wood Finishing Made Easy.

1. This is a refreshing book on wood finishing. Rather than go through a reference of chemicals, materials and abstract applications, Sue runs step-by-step thru about a dozen different projects. Each project is a little different in material, construction, application and approach. Each step is illustrated, explained, and given a time estimate.

   Sue introduces dyes and glazes and takes you beyond the types of finishes that you will find on the shelf... Through the trip, she covers nearly the whole arsenal of a professional finisher.

   It really helped me break out of my routine two finishes and open up to experimentation.

   Definitely the right book for someone who wants to both learn and then move beyond the basics. This is different than references by Flexner and Jewitt, but a welcomed complement.

No comments about Wood Magazine: Finishing Handbook (Wood Magazine).

No comments about Period Furniture Designs (Home Craftsman Series).

No comments about Modern Wood Finishing Techniques.

No comments about When Blacks Were Green.