With its clean, minimalist lines and functional approach to design, modern-style furniture has experienced a resurgence in popularity. Like the other books in Taunton's In the Style series, this book covers the style's background and hallmark design elements, shows how to build a variety of pieces, and shares woodworking techniques.
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This review is from: In the Modern Style: Building Furniture Inspired by the 20th Century Tradition (Paperback)
Great ideas but probably not what I had hoped -- I needed more instruction less grandiose.
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"Modern furniture is not so much a specific style as it is a mind-set, whereby the woodworker calls upon the best principles of other furniture styles to influence a design without imposing the restrictions that would otherwise be mandated." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
quartersawn maple, biscuit jointer, yellow satinwood, tenon stock, bending plywood, crosscut sled, vacuum press, exposed joinery, butterfly keys, loose tenons, veneer press, shelf pins, pivot posts, curved work, core stock, gate legs, threaded inserts, dado blade, plunge router, short feet, rip fence, face veneer, wood movement, tapered side, milk paint New!
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"Modern furniture is not so much a specific style as it is a mind-set, whereby the woodworker calls upon the best principles of other furniture styles to influence a design without imposing the restrictions that would otherwise be mandated." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
quartersawn maple, biscuit jointer, yellow satinwood, tenon stock, bending plywood, crosscut sled, vacuum press, exposed joinery, butterfly keys, loose tenons, veneer press, shelf pins, pivot posts, curved work, core stock, gate legs, threaded inserts, dado blade, plunge router, short feet, rip fence, face veneer, wood movement, tapered side, milk paint New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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