Furniture category: 244 books
How to Buy and Maintain a Carpet
Avoid Losing a Fortune When Buying a Carpet!"
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2010
REVIEWS: Both the present and past president of the California Carpet Cleaning Institute have endorsed this book. Ralph Nader's Cal-Perg organization recommended this book.
Author Comments: Carpeting in the average home is the third most expensive investment that the average homeowner...
DIY Industrial Pipe Furniture and Decor
Creative Projects for Every Room of Your Home
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
STYLISH DESIGNS FOR URBAN CHIC PROJECTS USING THE WORLD'S MOST INDISPENSABLE BUILDING MATERIAL—INDUSTRIAL PIPES
Want to add an urban chic twist to your home decor? Just head down to your local hardware store for some pipe, then do the fun projects in this book. Packed with easy-to-follow tutorials...
by Come-Packt Furniture Co.
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2014
A comprehensive home furnishings catalog from the height of the popularity of Mission design, reprinted from a rare original, illustrating and describing 400 items from beds and highboys to arm chairs and kitchen cabinets, many designed to be shipped knocked-down for reassembly at home. With invaluable information on woods, finishes, upholstery, colors, more.
Color Concrete Garden Projects
Make Your Own Planters, Furniture, and Fire Pits Using Creative Techniques and Vibrant Finishes
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
**A Library Journal Best Crafts & DIY Book of 2015 **
Incorporating concrete design into a home garden can now be easily achieved by any do-it-yourself enthusiast! Concrete furniture and containers add style and personality to outdoor spaces, and the addition of color makes these objects...
by Fred Roe
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
This book contains a detailed treatise on English oak cupboards and sideboards. Including a wealth of information covering topics such as history, design, use, evolution, and much more, this comprehensive text constitutes the definitive resource on the subject. This is a book that will be of considerable...
Design for CNC
Furniture Projects and Fabrication Technique
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Design, DIY, and computer-controlled fabrication are a powerful combination for making high-quality customized things. Written by the founders of the architecture, design, and research firm Filson and Rohrbacher, this book takes you through the basics of CNC fabrication, the design process, production,...
Ridiculously Simple Furniture Projects
Great Looking Furniture Anyone Can Build
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Blending the practicality of IKEA with the creativity of Martha Stewart, this collection of innovative projects is presented with simplicity of construction in mind. The suggested pieces are practical, have broad appeal, and carry a high brag factor upon completion. Requiring minimal assembly time and...
by J. P. Blake, A. E. Reveirs-Hopkins
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2013
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index
CONTENTS
Introduction
Bibliography
I. The Queen Anne Period
II. Sir Christopher Wren And Grinling Gibbon
III. Mirrors, Stools, And Some Notes On A Queen Anne Bedroom
IV. Chairs And Tables
V. Chests Of Drawers, Tallboys,...
by Various Authors
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2016
This interesting collection of outdoor furniture is ideal for the hands-on gardener, with vintage designs and patterns for bird tables, a novel garden barrow, folding chairs and a tea wagon, all made from wood.
by E. Milby Burton
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
The Practical Upholsterer Giving Clear Directions for Skillfully Performing all Kinds of Upholsteres' Work
Leather, Silk, Plush, Reps, Cottons, Velvets, and Carpetings also for Stuffing, Embossing, Welting, and Covering all Kinds of Mattresses
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2017
This vintage book contains a complete guide to upholstery, with information on leather, silk, plush, reps, cottons, velvets, carpetings, stuffing, embossing, welting, and covering all kinds of household furniture. Including interesting historical information and simple, beginner-friendly directions,...
Now I Sit Me Down
From Klismos to Plastic Chair: A Natural History
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
Have you ever wondered where rocking chairs came from, or why cheap plastic chairs are suddenly everywhere?
In Now I Sit Me Down, the distinguished architect and writer Witold Rybczynski chronicles the history of the chair from the folding stools of pharaonic Egypt to the ubiquitous stackable...
by Kenneth Hafertepe
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
Winner, 2019 San Antonio Conservation Society Foundation Book Award, sponsored by the San Antonio Conservation Society Foundation
German immigrants of the nineteenth century left a distinctive mark on the lifestyles and vernacular architecture of Texas. In this first comprehensive survey of...
Neo-Classical Furniture Designs
A Reprint of Thomas King's "Modern Style of Cabinet Work Exemplified," 1829
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2013
Influential guide displays over 300 Grecian designs: fire screens, sofas, couches, chairs, footstools, commodes, sideboards, washstands, bedsteads,and many other items.