Seeing a finished piece in its correct place in your home and knowing that it is 'ail your own work' is a real pleasure. But there is one important proviso. It has to look good. Most of us have seen pieces of furniture, usually designed with the homemaker in mind. which lackall grace and delight and which, howeverwell constructed. have that tell -taie amateur look. We have tried to put together a range of furniture which has that touch of class which lifts it above the commonplace, and which is. nevertheless. within the range of the home furniture maker.
Most of the designs in this book are intended for someone who has done a few DIY jobs already and hascollected some hand toolson theway. The projects also require an electric power drill. some of the attachments for it, and the occasional specialised tool. like a sash cramp, which you can hire over the weekend rather than buying it. But if you are a complete beginner, don't despair. The projects progress from the very simple to the more demanding, and the first few projects, for example Alf Martensson's wall storage range and bunk beds, are well within the capabilitiesof a beginner. If you make something like this to gain experience, there is no reason why you shouldn't move on to something more intricate. like the elm dining table and chairs.
Ail the furniture in this book has been designed by professional furniture designers, who have provided detailed step-by-step making instructions for each of the projects, together with tips and ideas which they have picked up from years of making furniture by hand. In addition, Nick Frewing's section 'Timber, Tools and Techniques' gives you ail the background information you need on skills such as sawing, drilling, joint making and so on, which are common to ail the projects.
From ail this, you can see that we have tried to make the book comprehensive and if there is one message we want to leave with you loud and clear it is: You do not need to have seen the television programmes to make the furniture.
The book is complete in itself, and it is not essential to have watched us putting the furniture together on television.
One of the things the television programmes did emphasise was the large number of variations available from one design. In the colour photographs and in the instructions, we are forced to go for one set of options, but you can vary the type of timber, fabric, paint colour. choice of laminate and so on, to suit your particular requirements. A good example of this is Brian Davey's dining table, originally built in solid elm with a cork top, but easily varied to a solid teak
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