Rustic Furniture Basics

by Doug Stowe

Here's an opportunity to create something truly unique by using woodworking techniques that are as "green" as it gets. 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. But before you get started, you'll need the guidance of a seasoned furniture maker. And it's all here for you in Rustic Furniture Basics -- from professional woodworker, teacher and author Doug Stowe. 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. Here are a few of the projects you'll find. 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. 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. And by using basic hand tools and low-tech procedures, you'll revisit some of the simple pleasures that earlier generations of craftsmen enjoyed. 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.

144 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2009

Reviews

[Don Alesi · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book had some good ideas on the basics of furnitiure building. I think the book was a bit short for the cost of the paperback.

[Ligaya · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book jumps right in to the eight projects with no introduction to tools or materials, so the author really assumes that the reader has some prior knowledge of woodworking. The projects (somewhat) move from easy to more difficult and the step-by-steps are fairly clear, so you can "build" your knowledge as you work through the book. The little sidebars and tips are very useful. The projects themselves are simple pieces but are well crafted.