You don't need loads of experience and expensive lumber to make attractive furniture for your home--just a few 2x4 boards will do to make furniture as good as anything on the market. Here's your no-nonsense guide to creating cabinets, shelves, desks, tables, chests, and more. Learn how to select lumber, how to work with it once you get it home, and how to make the cuts and simple joints required. Then choose from more than twenty projects--from an elegant armoire to a practical kitchen cabinet. There are complete materials lists, numbered illustrations, full-color photos of each finished project, and easy directions that even a beginner can follow. This is your one-stop starting-from-scratch sourcebook! 128 pages (50 in color), 120 b/w illus., 8 1/2 x 10.
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All that's required are modest skills...and you can create your own sturdy, good-looking furniture, custom made for your home. - Country Decorating Ideas
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Certainly not her best . . . try "2 x 4 Furniture" instead,
By beckybwill@aol.com (McAllen, Texas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Great-Looking 2X4 Furniture (Paperback)
I was disappointed with many of the designs in this book. I think the pasted on fabric was tacky and extra-homemade looking. The colors she chose for the painted pieces are hard to look beyond. There is a great buffet and an interesting kitchen cabinet piece in here, though. I would recommend her previous book entitled "2 x 4 Furniture - Simple, Inexpensive & Great-Looking Projects You Can Make" over this selection.
21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Mostly craft projects, not furniture,
By A Customer
This review is from: Great-Looking 2 X 4 Furniture (Hardcover)
Unfortunately, this is not a book of plans for building solid, simple 2x4 furniture. A more accurate title would be: "21 Home Woodcraft Projects for Women". The first half is an overview of woodworking tools, and the second half describes 21 projects. Only two of the projects use actual "2x4" lumber, many are not "furniture", and "great-looking" depends on your taste.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good looking furniture that's fun to make!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Great-Looking 2 X 4 Furniture (Hardcover)
This is a fine book for people (women and men!) on a budget who want nice furniture and are willing to put some sweat equity into their decorating. I am a beginner at woodworking and I learned a lot about the basics. Plus, I have some good looking furniture that was inexpensive and fun to make.
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