Demonstrates how to build inexpensive, quality home furnishings from beginner-friendly home accessories and sturdy tables to kids' items and storage solutions, featuring projects that can be made mostly with off-the-shelf materials and basic equipment.

Written in a friendly, encouraging tone, this handbook features a wealth of practical information as well as humorous tales of woodworking misadventures aimed at relieving beginners' worries about making mistakes. 300 photos & illustrations.

Expert authors Sjors van der Meer and Job Suijker introduce you to the traditional skills of green woodworking. Learn about the qualities of wood; how to cut and shape it; how to craft your own tools such as a shaving horse, wooden club, chopping block and saw horse, and then how to use them to make spoons, spatulas, stools and chairs. As well as teaching you new skills, this inspiring book will show you how working in natural surroundings, with natural...

"Nestled among the glitz and glitter of Tinseltown is a testament to American elbow grease and an honest-to-god hard day{u2019}s work: Offerman Woodshop. Captained by hirsute woodworker, actor, comedian, and writer Nick Offerman, the shop produces not only fine handcrafted furniture, but also fun stuff{u2014}kazoos, baseball bats, ukuleles, mustache combs, even cedar-strip canoes. Now Nick and his ragtag crew of champions want to share their experience...