Rustic Furniture Basics

Rustic Furniture Basics

<p>Here's an opportunity to create something truly unique by using woodworking techniques that are as "green" as it gets.</p> <p>By collecting branches and logs, recycled lumber, or scavenged wood from old buildings, you can build rustic furniture with a distinctive look -- and a primitive, earthy charm.</p> <p>But before you get started, you'll need the guidance of a seasoned furniture maker. And it's all here for you in <strong><em>Rustic Furniture Basics</em></strong> -- from professional woodworker, teacher and author Doug Stowe.</p> <p>An ideal guide for beginners, this valuable reference includes 10 diverse projects designed to teach you all the basic techniques you'll need to make a wide range of rustic furniture.</p> <p>Here are a few of the projects you'll find.</p> <ul> <li>Rustic white oak chest</li> <li>Western cedar tables</li> <li>Rustic chair</li> <li>Slab-top coffee table</li> </ul> <p>By following step-by-step instructions with detailed graphics, you'll learn every procedure -- traditional joinery, cutting round mortises and tenons, weaving twigs, making a webbed seat, and much more.</p> <p>In searching for the natural materials to complete each project, you'll discover a process that challenges your imagination in a new and satisfying way -- as you tap into your own powers of ingenuity.</p> <p>And by using basic hand tools and low-tech procedures, you'll revisit some of the simple pleasures that earlier generations of craftsmen enjoyed.</p> <p>If you've got a cabin in the woods or a country hideaway in need of just the right pieces to suit its rustic character, here's the book you need to make it happen.</p>