Design Your Own Furniture by Jim Stack takes a categorized approach to design. The first five chapters cover the basics of design and drawing, including another approach to sizing a plan from a photograph, all the way to small shop considerations.

The final six chapters covers specifics of beds, dressers and hutches, to bookcases and media centers, moving to tables, then to chairs, stools and rockers, rounding up with wall and base cabinets and finishing with desks. These chapters present the basics of the piece including critical dimension considerations and historical evolution of the design. The excellent photography and drawing make this an excellent “idea” book.

If you are a book nut like me, you will probably want all three of these, but practically speaking, either of them will get you well on the road to contemplating your own designs.

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