Modern Furniture Projects (Best of Fine Woodworking) [Paperback]

Fine Woodworking (Author), John Kelsey (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Best of Fine Woodworking | Publication Date: April 1, 1991

This text helps you to design and make furniture in the modern style. Top-notch contemporary woodworkers describe how to build bookcases, credenzas, coffee tables, futon beds, computer furniture, outdoor loungers, music stands and pool tables.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Taunton Press (April 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0942391918
• ISBN-13: 978-0942391916
• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 9.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,449,560 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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25 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I didn't think this book is what it says it is., June 11, 2002

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Thomas Farrell "irish02144" (Massachusetts, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Modern Furniture Projects (Best of Fine Woodworking) (Paperback)

I had a number of problems with this book, which basically come down to that I wanted a book on "modern" furniture - a style developed in the 20's and 30's - but that's not what the book means by "modern", they mean "of today". Few of the projects in the book are in the "modern" style I was looking for. Many are rustic or distinctly pre-modern in style.

The book is a collection of articles from Fine Woodworking magazine. Some of them are indeed "projects" as the title implies, but many of them read more like "a brief discussion of things you could do" instead. The ones I would call "projects" go on with the assumption that they will present a piece of furniture, show plans, and describe how it is made. The others basically show a few photos of furniture and discuss their features and a few details of their construction, without actually showing anything about what to do. I found this particularly frustrating as most of the few pieces in the book that I really liked were merely shown without much discussion.

If you just want a book of articles about making furniture, it's a well printed book and I suppose the articles could be interesting in that context. However, if you're looking for a book about making furniture in the 20's/30's "modern" style, I don't think this is it.

1 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars good for some!!!, October 8, 2005

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F. Tineo (MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Modern Furniture Projects (Best of Fine Woodworking) (Paperback)

This book has some interesting projects and i like how it is organize. WHat i don't get are some of the projects it has, i mean it is suppose to be about modern furniture and i really don't care about wheels and some oold fashion pieces.