- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Chronicle Books (Mar 1 1997)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0811815897
- ISBN-13: 978-0811815895
- Product Dimensions: 29.3 x 24.5 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 839 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,632,316 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Now you can create your own handcrafted, heirloom-quality items with Country Woodworker - and at a considerably lower cost than the price of original period pieces. Author and woodworker Jack Hill brings you eighteen step-by-step projects for making a unique selection of country-style furniture and other decorative items, all using authentic designs that originated in rural Europe and America during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This handsome book also contains a wealth of inspirational ideas, together with stunning photographs by the renowned interior photographer James Merrell, showing rustically styled pieces in a variety of lovely country settings. The projects themselves range from a small, decorative box or a traditional spoon rack and hand-carved spoons to a simply beautiful Shaker-style peg rail and shelves. Larger projects include a bed, complete with a headboard featuring a decorative heart motif, a folksy rocking chair, and a family chest, or blanket box. Each project contains clear, step-by-step instructions and dimensional illustrations, detailing how the work can be carried out using simple tools and following mainly traditional methods. Projects are graded by level of difficulty for both beginners and experienced woodworkers. A valuable Tools & Techniques section - which also includes advice on distressing and how to achieve that authentic timeworn antique finish - completes this comprehensive volume for craftspeople and lovers of fine woodworking.
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There is a clear line of descent from the original rural cottage, where families once lived, ate, and sometimes slept crowded together in a single room, to today's modern country living room. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Great source of antique country furniture ideas,
By Darren W Wilson (Kannapolis, North Carolina United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Country Woodworker: How to Make Rustic Furniture, Utensils, and Decorations (Paperback)
This book has an excellent assortment of photographs of antique country furniture. The pictures are very colorful and clear. They are great resource for those interested in recreating antiques. The projects were not that detail oriented. I would recommend this book for the ideas it presents through pictures.
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4.5 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews) 24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great source of antique country furniture ideas,
By Darren W Wilson - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Country Woodworker: How to Make Rustic Furniture, Utensils, and Decorations (Paperback)
This book has an excellent assortment of photographs of antique country furniture. The pictures are very colorful and clear. They are great resource for those interested in recreating antiques. The projects were not that detail oriented. I would recommend this book for the ideas it presents through pictures.
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By Rhode Island Ray - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Country Woodworker: How to Make Rustic Furniture, Utensils, and Decorations (Hardcover)
Another excellent book if you like to make different kinds of traditional objects out of wood. As a amature woodworker, bowl and spoon carver I will be making my own examples of wooden items showen in this book. It is well ilustrated with pleanty of photographs...!
Just an outstanding book!!! |
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