Step-by-step plans and instructions for new pieces designed in the Arts & Crafts tradition. Includes a coatrack, mirror, valet stand, coffee table, sofa table, and Morris chair and footstool.
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46 of 48 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
GOOD INSTRUCTIONS FOR UGLY NEO-MISSION DESIGNS,
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This review is from: Arts & Crafts Woodworking Projects: 11 New Designs in the Stickley Tradition (Paperback)
We each have our own tastes, and I find most of the projects in this book ugly and/or ill-proportioned. The best piece, a "Sofa Table" (I'd call it a sideboard), isn't bad, but if you look at it, and then look at pictures of authentic Stickley pieces, the Belke piece is just... a little "off." The morris chair is positively hideous, and there are some odd little pieces included to fill out the book (a CD holder? a box?) that don't look much like anything except high school shop work. You know, the sort of stuff that you'd be proud of if your 14-year-old son made it.The plans seem well-drawn, and there are plenty of drawings of the separate pieces of the projects to make it clear where all of the joinery is located. So often we find that the books with good furniture have rotten plans, and the books with poor furniture have great plans. Here are the projects: Desk Box CD Holder Coatrack Valet Stand Cheval Mirror (with *TURNED* posts) Room Divider (frame & panel screen) Revolving Bookrack Coffee Table (spindle ends) Sofa Table Morris Chair and Footstool Bunk Beds
27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Very Weak Book,
This review is from: Arts & Crafts Woodworking Projects: 11 New Designs in the Stickley Tradition (Paperback)
This is a weak Arts & Crafts furniture book. Many of the plans are simple and pseudo "Arts & Crafts" pieces (a CD holder?). There are a couple of nice plans, but that's it.The drawings look like they are from a budget CAD program, but that aside are quite detailed and informative. I would recommend looking at another book, such as "Classic Arts & Crafts Furniture You Can Build" by Andy Schultz or "The Furniture of Gustav Stickley : History, Techniques, Projects". Those are two really nice books, with excellent plans.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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Good, but not for the beginner,
By Smaug "Jeremy" (Round Lake Beach, IL United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Arts & Crafts Woodworking Projects: 11 New Designs in the Stickley Tradition (Paperback)
The furniture in here is absolutely beautiful, but don't bother unless you have some serious equipment like a table saw w/dado set, and a drill press. (Or a lot of patience and accuracy with hand tools.)
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The Arts and Crafts Movement originated in England during the second half of the nineteenth century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
revolving bookrack, roundover router bit, golden oak stain, tabletop fasteners, roundover bit, oak plywood, dovetail jig, satin polyurethane, gloss polyurethane, end aprons, rear apron, side aprons, straightedge guide, woodworking projects, bronze bushings, bearing base, post assembly, kick plates, wood screws Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The Arts and Crafts Movement originated in England during the second half of the nineteenth century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
revolving bookrack, roundover router bit, golden oak stain, tabletop fasteners, roundover bit, oak plywood, dovetail jig, satin polyurethane, gloss polyurethane, end aprons, rear apron, side aprons, straightedge guide, woodworking projects, bronze bushings, bearing base, post assembly, kick plates, wood screws Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Crafts Woodworking Projects, New York, Gustav Stickley, Cheval Mirror, Harvey Ellis New!
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- William Morris by Elbert Hubbard on page 1
- John Ruskin by Elbert Hubbard on page 1
- Classic Country Furniture by Robert E. Belke in Back Cover
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