Desks, Bookcases, and Entertainment Centers (Best of WWJ): Working Furniture for Your Home

by Paul Lee, Bill Hylton, Woodworker's Journal, Chris Inman, Rick White

Overview

Hand-picked from the pages of Woodworker's Journal, these 15 classic projects were selected for their functionality around the house. With a variety of styles to accommodate your home's decor, projects include a federal-style secretary's desk, and elegant entertainment center, a modular computer desk, Barrister bookcases, walnut library shelves and more. Each project includes detailed exploded drawings, lists of materials, step-by-step color photos and all the tips you need to avoid mistakes. You're sure to find your home's next project in this book!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781565233638
Publisher:	Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	10/01/2008
Series:	Best of Woodworker's Journal Series
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Bill Hylton is the author of Router Magic and Woodworking with the Router, and appears at woodworking seminars and demonstrations around the country. He is an expert on routers, power tools, and furniture building. He lives in Quarryville, Pennsylvania.

One of the most respected magazines in the field, brings the voice of expert woodworkers to its readers. The publishers believe in a "community" approach to woodworking, where good design is not a secret to be guarded, but shared, and woodworkers learn from one another's mistakes and successes.

Editorial Reviews

Best of Woodworker's Journal: Desks, Bookcases & Entertainment Centers is a collection of furniture pieces that provide comfort and organization the minute they leave the shop. As part of a new 10-book series from the pages of Woodworker's Journal, editors have selected 15 functional projects for the home. Projects include a Queen Anne writing desk, a cherry Arts and Crafts stereo cabinet, a modular computer desk, a walnut library bookcase, and elegant entertainment center and more. It features technical and exploded drawings, materials list for each project, step-by-step instructions, and helpful quick tips.

A few pages into this Woodworker's Journal compilation and I was giving it the thumbs down, dismissing it because the first of its 15 projects are reproduction pieces, a concept I have difficulty in reconciling in conjunction with modern technology - not that the images featured anything so vulgar as a PC. But of course you should never judge a book by its opening spreads, and I could happily contemplate a computer on a Sanle Fe-slyle desk, a workmanlike but elegant computer desk with ample storage for files and ledger, and a 4-piece modular computer desk. Where this book really scores, however, is in its presentation. Each project comes wilh pages 01 highly delailed technical drawings and materials lisls along with useful technique tips and clear photos. And if you need a bookcase to store it in, there are several here that should more than fit the bill.

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