Furniture Books

These patterns are really great... I'm a beginner at scroll sawing, but with those patterns in hand, my work looks good... If your a Christmas fan, if you like all those Santa with flying reindeers and different ornaments, this is the book you need.

Looking for a good selection of Christmas Patterns ? Look no further, the Spielman's present another excellent scroll saw selection of patterns and different techniques to allow the user to create unique and quite attractive projects.

Not much instuction in this book, about 4 pages of different techniques of stack sawing, segmentation and various ways to utilize patterns. There are four pages of color photos giving the user an exellent idea of the different projects available. Also, laced throughout the book, are black and white photos and brief helpful hints on how to make the project something everyone would be happy to receive as a Christmas present. The tips on segmentation are excellent with just enough photos to not allow the user to feel they were left out in the cold.

This is an excellent pattern book for both the beginner and the more experienced sawyer, with enough selection of various types of projects to allow the user to make something to be very proud to give as a gift, or sell at a craft show.

This is a copy of a catalog full of wicker furniture. If that is what your looking for then by all means get a copy and enjoy all the B/W illustrations of some very finely crafted wicker.

I was given a copy of this book many years ago my by Mother-in-Law, who was the one that started me on my career of wicker restoration and seat weaving.

Over the years, I have restored many chairs that were listed in this book. I used the Heywood Brothers manufacturer's catalog as a guide for repairing chairs and could visualize what the weave was to be, if some of it was missing from the chair I was working on, because of the excellent line drawings. It was also fun to see what names they assigned to each particular piece of furniture.

Through the use of this book, I was also able to date the wicker pieces that I repaired and in so doing, was able to give my customer a bit of historical information, which they truely loved.

My original copy is very dog-eared and worn, so I will probably buy a new copy soon! Kudos to Richard Saunders for compiling all this information and doing so much research to enable the book to be on the market.

Fantastic book on the life and work of a great artist of modern furniture. Well written, lush with photos and perfectly laid out. If you are a serious student of mid-century modern you need to own this book.

Highly recommended book for coffee table or reference! Kagan's New York Collection is stunning, but the Classic pieces are simply awe inspiring. Vladimir Kagan should be respected not only for his legendary furniture designs, but for his extremely kind and grounded personality. To know such a person is a rare occurance. Buy his book, buy his furniture.

This is an excellent book for those who want to take their woodworking to a very high level of craftsmanship.

Mr. Stevens attended the College of the Redwoods Fine Woodworking program. That program was created by Jim Krenov and consequently they still recommend that every student read A Cabinet Maker's Notebook. This book should be what you read after you are done with Mr. Krenov's books. It fills in many of the gaps with detailed, color, high-quality photos and well written text.

I've had the pleasure of attending the three week Tools and Techniques class at the College of the Redwoods. This book almost could be a syllabus for the class because it follows their class so closely. (There are several topics missing however, notably creating a frame and panel door and making drawers.)

There are several things that are done by Mr. Stevens (and the College) that seem to be more drawn out than needed. For example, Mr. Stevens uses dowels/bamboo skewers in place whilst veneering panels. Seems to be a bit overkill; I've never had a problem with veneer sliding around when just good ol'blue painters tape is used. Also, a Festool circular saw along with a Festool saw guide makes quick work of straightening the edge of a veneered panel. (A Festool circular saw and guide will leave a pristene edge.)

This is a book about how to make beautiful furniture from one of the most meticulous craftsmen working today. I've taken a 2 week class with Craig, and his careful, considered approach to every step of furnituremaking shows through wonderfully in this book. He uses coffee tables as a teaching tool to show you how wood should be treated - like a precious resource deserving of your best efforts to turn it into something astonishingly beautiful.

If you are serious about making cushions and pillows, this is the first book to buy. Readers Digest is famous for their excellent sewing books.

Just received this book...couldn't be happier! I recently bought a new sewing machine to replace my old one. I really needed help getting back into the swing of things. After not sewing for many many years. I am kinda rusty and was interested in some help with sewing techniques and ideas for decorating. This book definitely fit the bill and then some. I am not a beginner but not a seamtress either. This book shows exactly how to make the projects with step-by-step instructions. Anybody with even a High School sewing class background should be able to use this book!

I highly recommend this book to the novice or experienced decoupager. Rhonda Rainey has very thoughtfully compiled a very user-friendly guide. What impressed me most, in comparison to many other decoupage how-to books, was how clearly everything is explained and layed out in order to complete the featured techniques. Not only that, there is an easy to understand, not too technical overview of decoupaging at the start of the book. The print is very readable. All the materials, tools, and supplies needed are pictured and listed which is very helpful. Last but not least, her creative ideas with combining decoupage with faux finishes are the most appealing designs that I have seen compiled in one book. I have many other decoupage books but I regard Decorating with Paper and Paint as my decoupage bible.

Twenty-six completely different, gorgeous and remarkably easy techniques are shown in glorious, large photos, and with very complete step-by-step instructions.

If you have (or want to have) anything to do with either working with paper or paint, stamping, embossing, decoupaging, gilding, scrapbooking, or pressing flowers or leaves, you will use these techniques for the rest of your life in millions of ways, and never tire of the creative possibilities uniquely yours with professional, stunning results possible every time.

I've only begun to get into paper crafting in the last few months, and I had no problem re-creating the techniques into projects of my own, and into three of the eighteen projects she gives to kick-start creativity with the demonstrated techniques. This book will be a favorite for years to come! It's for the person who is only thinking about trying this type of craft (by the time you're done perusing this book, you'll jump in and start doing!) all the way to the person who has done this stuff for years, as the inspiration is powerful...

Lots of gorgeous color photos showing ways to spice up your garden with objects such as steel wire garden furniture, mirrors, and other unique items. What fun. -Linda Fry Kenzle, author of Gathering

I've got 5 pages bookmarked for inclusion in our gardens! That should say it all, but just in case, here goes.

There are a lot of books with garden decorating ideas out there, but it's rare that you find a book of this caliber. The ideas, the photography and the writing are all exceptional.

I strongly recommend this book for anyone who loves spending time in their garden.

Great book for anyone who thinks they can't paint freehand! Donna Dewberry is the master of instructional simplicity when it comes to showing just how easy it is for anyone to do decorative painting. A+

Donna Dewberry is an amazing artist who shows you step by step how to create beautiful decorations on furniture in your home. Decorative Furniture was written with the beginner painter in mind. Everything is made simple, and it starts from square one.

Decorative Furniture starts out by showing you what materials you will need to complete every project in the book. Amazingly, it isn't a huge list of materials. Donna Dewberry strives for simple, yet extraordinary projects. She also shows you what brushes are needed and how to load them with paint.

This book also covers basic one-stroke painting techniques, such as how to make a vine, leaf, or flower. Even if you already know the one-stroke painting techniques, this serves as a very useful reminder of how things should look.

My favorite part of this book is how it teaches you how to do special effects such as giving a piece a textured look, such as the project on page 32. I plan to start this one soon!

As with all Donna Dewberry's books, don't feel that the projects are only for furniture. You really can use the same techniques, and patterns on nearly anything you wish to paint!

im not an industrial designer, but i bought this book because of the price, and it has a lot of examples, ill use it as a interior background, you should buy it

Interior design libraries and public lending collections catering to home designers will welcome DesignDesign: Furniture & Lights, a collection of innovative works by a range of designers intended to provide a sourcebook of inspiration and redecorating options. Color photos of chairs, breeze units, light-up acrylic wall lamps in squares or rectangles, and more offer the trendiest of design options suitable for both home and business spaces and accompany design options with notes on construction and effect. A wonderful resource any design library will be happy to display.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

I enjoyed the pictures in this book, they're like looking at physical replicas of a dream world.. the use of color and depth in the room, and the variety of houses shown were awesome. From open naturally lit and colored spaces to lofts adorned with bright Mexican artwork each is different and inspiring. The lighting in some of them is really unusual. I recommend this book. I felt it was a spiritual experience looking at the pictures!

In Designing With Spirituality: The Creative Touch, Carol King surveys more than thirty residences, showing how each reflects the individual designer's spiritual viewpoint through design and how each one has reinforced and elevated its owner's spiritual perspective. King also reevaluates good interior design in terms of its profound connection to the human spirit. Designing With Spirituality is a welcome and greatly appreciated contribution to personal, professional, and community library interior design reference collections.