Furniture Making

There are several ways you can make a fashion doll dining chair. It all comes down to how much time and money you want to spend on the project. If you're making the chair for a child to use, it's...

Hole-to-hole traditional hand caning, sometimes called strand or lace chair caning, is a very valuable skill to learn, especially during these economically difficult times. Think of how much...

Bean bag chairs are fun, versatile pieces of furniture that add creative appeal to your room. They are moved easily from room to room for extra seating and easily stored when they are not needed....

Lawn chair webbing is sometimes referred to as "narrow fabric" and is also called furniture webbing. Aluminum lawn chairs prior to 1990 were designed to use 2 ¼-inch wide webbing and more...

Change out those nasty kitchen chair seats that are covered with food stains! In a matter of minutes, your chairs will be reupholstered and look new again!

If you've ever seen the perfect leather chair in a second-hand shop, one that was in good shape, no rips or scars on the leather, but it was a terrible color you may have thought about buying it...

If you have a chair with a broken seat, you may find great satisfaction in putting on a new seat on and making the chair usable once again. There are several different kinds of cane and methods of...

Every once in awhile we run across a wonderful yard sale find... and it even had an acceptable material on it... until it started to peel away! Someone didn't know how to use a hot glue gun to...

Recovering a chair back is a project that you can complete in under an hour. You can find old chairs at yard sales or thrift stores and give them new life with a bit of fabric, a staple gun and a...

A simple chair consists of legs and a back. Though commonly made of finished wood, a chair can be made of almost any similarly sturdy material. Even sticks can be secured together in the basic...

Whether you are reupholstering a fabric chair out of necessity or just because you want to, you will achieve great satisfaction from the finished product. Reupholster a fabric chair from your home...

Use a vintage chair from the 1950s, hopefully it wont have a whole family of dust bunnies living underneath its upholstery.

If you've ever called to have a cane chair rewoven one of the first things the repair person will ask is, "What kind of cane is it?" Most people haven't a clue as to what type of cane...

Have you ever sat in a beanbag chair? They may be ugly, but they are very comfortable. You have two options in acquiring one. There are kits that you can purchase that have everything you need to...

It is very helpful to keep your old rocking chair in the corner of the bedroom. It can be quite handy on a sleepless night, when you can rock yourself until you fall asleep. Make sure that you...

Gardens are a fairy's favorite resting spot. Make your garden attractive to passing fairies by planting plenty of beautiful flowers and making a chair for them to rest in while they visit. Have...

The Windsor chair was probably developed near Windsor, England, and was widely available by 1720. But it is the American version of the Windsor chair created in the 1760's that became known...

But building a chair can be more complicated to make than some other woodworking projects. If you want to build a straight back chair of your own, it will help to have some carpentry experience,...

A plank chair is a unique conversation piece and woodworking project. You can make it from driftwood, or you can purchase the lumber to make it. You can leave the wood in its natural state, or you...

The term "rustic furniture" describes furniture that has a hand-made appearance. The classic Adirondack garden chair is a prime example of rustic furniture that you can make yourself. Adirondack...

Despite cardboard's apparent flimsiness, you can make cardboard furniture that can support the weight of a person just as easily as wood or plastic if you use an ingenious design and a little DIY...