Furniture Making

One of the hallmarks of a Montessori classroom is the predominance of wooden materials and furniture. Unlike many preschools that use plastic toys and tables, Montessori schools use natural...

Look on the Internet and you will find lots of plans for making children's toy benches and toy boxes. The problem with most of those projects is you need to be a carpenter to build them. This...

Trunks: from Grandma's cedar chest to Grandpa's Army footlocker, almost every house has one. According to Treasured Chests, flat-top trunks were manufactured from the 1870s to the 1920s. Paper...

Instead of throwing away your old fence boards, find ways to reuse them. Old fence boards can be functional furniture pieces or works of art that you can use indoors or outdoors. Create furniture...

Breakfast bars are structural amendments to the kitchen counter or island, designed for the use of morning commuters and evening guests. They are also a concession to modern life where simple...

Easels are commonly regarded as a stand an artist uses to support his canvas while he paints. They can also be used as display stands for informational items, pictures and artwork, or as support...

A bookshelf can be a practical and great space saver and can hold more than just books! These instructions will guide you through building your own bookshelf with an adjustable shelf. ...

Like most architectural artifacts, furniture is a direct reflection of a society's economic, social and ethical beliefs. France's King Louis XVI demanded furniture with gold embellishments to...

Getting your child a rocker is not only enjoyable for the child, but also relieving for you. Children have a great deal of energy and love to be in motion. Child rocking chairs are a great way to...

Making your own dressing table bench allows you to design the shape you want, add the embellishments that please you, and it allows you to customize the color of the dressing table bench with the...

If you make a waterbed frame, you can choose the wood you want and determine the stain or paint colors. In addition, you can make the waterbed just the right size to fit your bedroom.

Wooden chests are a wonderful project that can range from simple jewelry boxes to elaborate cedar hope chests. They all have two things in common: patience and attention to accuracy.A basic wooden...

The Shakers are famous for their woodworking skills and the furniture they made. There's nothing quite like the clean, elegant lines of the Shaker furniture. This eHow features plans for a...

English poster beds with canopies are in the the stately homes in England, or in the houses of colonial houses in the United States. They're beautiful as well as practical, as their bed curtains...

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...