American Country Furniture: Projects From the Workshops of David T. Smith (American Woodworker)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1565234324 ISBN 13: 9781565234321

Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing, 2009

Fifty step-by-step projects for popular furniture projects from master craftsmen, including a dry sink, harvest table, Shaker candlestand, pie safe, ladder-back chair, and more. Build David T. Smith's most popular furniture reproductions. Includes common woodworking techniques.

From the Back Cover:

American Country Furniture Create a Beautiful Country Home with More than 40 Early American Projects Everyone loves American country furniture for its simple design. attention to detail, and faithfulness to tradition. At The Workshops of David T. Smith, the talented crafts people not only build furniture that's similar to what their great-great- grandfathers might have built in the workshops of yesteryear, but they also build it in the same manner: one craftsman building each piece from start to finish. With American Country Furniture, you too can build 50 of David T. Smith's most popular furniture reproductions. Each project includes clearly illustrated diagrams and step-by-step instructions detailing how to cut and assemble each part. You will learn common woodworking techniques, and even discover how the furniture was used during those times gone by. With American Country Furniture and the guidance of the master craftsmen at The Workshops of David T. Smith, you will be inspired to continue this proud furniture-making tradition. American Country Furniture projects included: Dry Sink - Shaker Candlestand - Pencil-Post Bed Pie Safe - Ladder- Back Chair - Trestle Table Spice Cupboard, and more!

About the Author:

Nick Engler is the founder of Hands On! magazine and writes articles for Fine Woodworking and American Woodworker. He has published 48 books on woodworking, including the Workshop Companion series. He lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Mary Jane Favorite is a folk artist, a woodworking designer, and an illustrator. She has contributed hundreds of her furniture designs to various woodworking books and magazines and is the coauthor of 50 Storage Projects for the Home and Country Woodworking. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio.