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Description of  Kevin Ley's Furniture Projects: Practical Designs for Modern Living

These fine projects have been featured individually in Furniture and Cabinetmaking magazine--and here they are together, in one handsome, informative collection bound to whet any cabinetmaker's appetite to start work. Over 200 photographs and 80 diagrams, drawn from a wide range of design styles, will quickly have you making these eminently useful and attractive pieces: an elm and burr elm coffer chest two chests of drawers (one in the Arts and Crafts manner, the other Shaker) an oak display dresser a simple nest of tables a corner cupboard and executives' desks. Ley dispenses wisdom on how to accommodate movement in wood on choosing, conditioning, and using native woods and on creating the ideal furniture-making workshop. Even beginners can do these!