Furniture Books

I love this book and am always referring to it when I am deciding to do a DIY project in my home. I love color and this book explains all the different ways you can use paint - not only to add color, but patterns and texture as well. Paint has come a long way! It's still of the most inexpensive ways to change the look of your home and now with all the new faux techniques, the possibilities are endless.

This book is a treasure! In The Mackintosh Style: Design and Decor by Elizabeth Wilhide, the reader is introduced to the multifaceted talent and visionary, Charles Rennie Mackintosh. His influence encompasses architectural exteriors and interiors, furniture and home furnishings, stained glass and water colors. The book contains beautiful color pictures exampling each design arena. In the text, the author entwines biograghical information about Mackintosh, his family, his work and his time, thus setting the stage of the Arts and Crafts movement in Scotland and Europe. Since I am of Scotish decent and showcase two Mackintosh watercolor reproductions in my livingroom, for me this book is a keeper!

I will tell you the title will throw you off. But this book shows you how to Tromple L'oeil, Stencil, Faux finish, & Paint effects.There are about 20 projects & with about 3 to 4 pictures showing how to do each step from start to finish.They have motifts(tracings) you can enlarge to use as a stencil.I'm using the darling cat looking out the window in my kitchen.

They also tell you about supplies ,& the paint colors you need. If you want to try your hand in the finishes. I think all you would need, would be your tools,paint and this book. This book has projects from walls, floors & furniture. This is in all-in-one book in Decorative finishes!

I have read and used this book to produce my own chairs. It is excellent in every respect!

A wonderful book with complete instructions for making collector-grade, period furniture. However, it's not for inexperienced woodworkers or those without good power tools. A lathe is essential for his beautiful turnings. The highly skilled author is a retired structural engineer and it shows in his meticulously crafted works.

The collaborative effort of furniture and woodworking experts Edward S. Cooke, Jr., Gerald W. R. Ward, and Kelly H. L'Ecuyer, The Maker's Hand: American Studio Furniture 1940-1990 beautifully displays elegant wooden furniture impressively enhanced with full color photography. Examining the original and distinctive nature of studio furniture in strict contrast to mass-produced furnishings, The Maker's Hand dwells upon function of these creations, as well as their qualities as three-dimensional, ultimately resonant, and enduring examples of the workworker's art. The Maker's Hand is a welcome and highly appreciated addition to personal, professional, and community library Woodworking, Antiques/Collectibles, and American Furniture reference collections.

This is an excellent book. Every page is in color and there are tons of examples and many varieties of screens. I was thrilled that I bought this one. Not in the least bit disappointed.

I needed to access the information contained in the above book. I found the contents satisified my requirments. I am very grateful to Amazon for the way they quickly organised the supply to my adress.

This book is simply wonderful. Many colorful and imaginative projects ranging from grand opulence to laid back and funky. Photos are gorgeous and instructions are easy to follow. This book really puts your creativity in high gear. Who knew you could do all that with paint and fabric? Loved it!

I purchased this book in 1978. I have made several of the pieces described in the book by using the measured drawings. I made the "hutch-table chair out of Butternut and several other pieces out of Cherry. I cannot tell you how valuable the book is to a cabinet maker. It shows a picture of the piece and then the blueprints. It also describes the old fashioned joinery used. I have personally kiln dried 200 million feet of hardwoods by conventional forced hot air and also ran a "Vacu-Therm" dry kiln system. I also supervised a planning mill with planers,rip saws. band rip saws, straight-line rip saws, moulders, table saws, and end-trimmers. In my 30 years of hardwood background I have never seen a more useful book than this one.