Design your own furniture

Most woodworkers are satisfied with designs or plans created by others, but some things lack desirable plans or plans altogether. Stack, a professional cabinetmaker and contributor to Popular Woodworking magazine, shows how to take a piece of furniture from initial idea to finished object. Starting with design elements, including selecting materials and determining the piece's style, the book goes on to illustrate how to create a drawing and a materials list. Stack demonstrates how to calculate the dimensions of a piece pictured in a photograph and offers tips for completing larger projects for those who work in a small shop. The latter half of the book is devoted to sections on beds and dressers, bookcases and media centers, tables, chairs and rockers, cabinets, and desks. Many woodworkers could benefit from using Stack's instructions, making this a welcome addition to most collections. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.