Furnishing and Joinery

Master key carpentry skills, from simple joinery techniques to fine woodworking, all explained in clear, step-by-step instructions and photographs.

A richly illustrated presentation of Danish Mid-Century furniture classics and the iconic designers who created them. Danish design plays an important part in what has come to be known as the Mid- Century Modern style.

A compelling collection of the world's most innovative, stylish, and influential chairs. Chair: 500 Designs that Matter celebrates the humble chair as never before, from early examples to today's cutting-edge creations.

This generously illustrated volume celebrates the creativity of more than 150 designers. With profiles arranged alphabetically by designer, the book includes practical advice on buying a sofa and styling a living space, and a timeline of sofa design.

Create your own turned furniture elements, including chair and table legs, staircase balusters, bedposts, rails and stiles--even if you've never worked on a lathe before. Essential techniques covered include spindle turning, duplication, reeding, fluting and spiral turning.

The ingenious team at IkeaHackers.net show you how to transform affordable IKEA products into creative new furniture and more! This book shows you how to transform affordable IKEA® products, with clear instructions and easy-to-follow photos.

This book presents 17 contemporary furniture projects hand-picked from the pages of Popular Woodworking Magazine. Each one comes with step-by-step instructions, high-quality diagrams, cutting lists, colour photos and detailed, easy-to-follow assembly techniques.

Chairs by Architects demonstrates how the defining qualities of a building's style can also be evident in that architect's furniture designs, and pieces of furniture become signatures of architectural style. The fifty-five architects featured here include early modern architectural pioneers together with more recent modern masters.