Instructions for thirty professionally-designed cabinet and shelving projects are accompanied by detailed diagrams, complete materials lists, and tips on special techniques

Cabinetry: The Woodworkers Guide to Building Professional-Looking Cabinets and Shelves (Fox Chapel Publishing) Reader's Digest Books

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Yoder, Robert

Home Improvement & Design

Fox Chapel Publishing

From improving designs and repairing joints to flattening warped parts and fixing finishes, this guide to successful woodworking is filled with hundreds of detailed tricks and techniques for dealing with problems that arise during a project. With 512 creative solutions gathered from more than 75 woodworkers—including plans for building more than 25 jigs and fixtures and a special chapter on repairing defects and correcting mistakes—the easy-to-use question-and-answer format provides solutions to any woodworking predicament.

Woodworker's Problem Solver

O'Malley, Tony

Crafts & Hobbies

The One-Stop Manual for the Best Do-It-Yourself Storage Projects for Every Room in Your HomeImagine opening your kitchen cabinets and finding your spices, pan lids, and cleaning supplies stored neatly and efficiently. Picture your bedroom closet and actually finding your left and right shoe without searching. And wouldn't it be nice to have a workshop so organized you could actually work in it?Welcome to STORAGE &amp; SHELVING SOLUTIONS-the book that will help you turn those wishes into realities. Inside you'll find:-Complete information to build over 70 budget-friendly, hardworking storage projects including freestanding and wall mounted shelves, office and entertainment centers, built-in bookcases, and more-"Afternoon Projects" designed for simplicity and economy-Step-by-step photos, detailed illustrations, and complete how-to instructions for every project-Handy hints and tips for working faster and smarter-Gallery of Ideas" sections to help spark your imagination-A "Tools, Techniques, and Materials" chapter to give you the hands-on knowledge you need to successfully tackle projects.So roll up your sleeves and get organized!

Storage and Shelving Solutions

Family Handyman

This book explores the meaning of hand skill in a thoroughly mechanized age.

The Nature and Art of Workmanship

Arts & Photography

David Pye

Graphic Design

In this brilliant exposition of the many facets of good design, David Pye investigates the scientific nature of function and its tenuous relationship to form. He explores the priority of economy, physical components, and manufacturing technique; and he clarifies the relative utilitarian and aesthetic roles of design. It establishes a basic theory of design where none existed before. Written in a lucid style and in jargon-free language, it is a healthy correction to critiques of the past century. This is a penetrating, provocative and utterly stimulating book that everyone should read—for design is everywhere.

The Nature & Aesthetics of Design

Pye, David

Tool making is the traditional province of the blacksmith, and until now it has been shrouded in mystery. This useful volume brings tool-making within the reach of anyone who starts with modest hand skills. Readers will learn about suitable steels, and how to identify them and buy them at reasonable cost. Through sharp photos and drawings, readers will see how to set up a small, basic forge and anvil suitable for making their own tools. They will learn how to forge, heat-treat, and finish common woodworking tools through detailed, highly illustrated exercises. Larsen leads readers step-by-step through the creation of a heavy mortising chisel, a delicate skew chisel, and a curved carving gouge. Along the way, readers will learn dozens of little secrets and time-saving shortcuts that make small-scale tool-making both possible and fun.

Tool Making for Woodworkers

Larsen, Ray

Discover real comfort food with these authentic country recipes!
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294 delicious, easy-to-follow recipes gathered from real Amish cooks across the United States and Canada</li>
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100 beautiful color photos of finished recipes and Amish life</li>
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Lies flatter than a standard paperback, for easy countertop use, with a sturdy Smythe sewn paperback binding</li>
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Array of traditional dishes includes appetizers, soups, salads, mains, casseroles, breads, and desserts</li>
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Includes a brief history of Amish, Mennonites, and Anabaptism</li>
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This attractive kitchen-friendly cookbook is filled with 294 favorite authentic country recipes gathered from Amish kitchens across the United States and Canada. Bound in a sturdy Smythe sewn paperback binding that lies flatter than a traditional paperback book—for easy countertop use—Amish Community Cookbook will have you preparing delicious, down-to-earth dishes your family will request again and again!
The Amish people are renowned for their rich agricultural heritage, strong community spirit, and good old-fashioned, stick-to-your-ribs comfort food. This treasury of beloved recipes expresses their close connection to the land and reliance on fresh, natural ingredients.
Amish Community Cookbook offers an endless array of traditional appetizers, soups, salads, main dishes, casseroles, breads, and desserts. Beyond the delicious, hearty taste, this is food that offers something to nourish the soul. One taste and you'll see why these recipes have been bringing families and communities together at the table for generations.
Here is a sampling of the Amish favorites you'll find in Amish Community Cookbook:
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<li>Apple Dumplings</li>
<li>Baked Corn</li>
<li>Barn Raising Dinner</li>
<li>Bread and Butter Pickles</li>
<li>Brown Butter Noodles</li>
<li>Chicken Pot Pie</li>
<li>Corn Soup With Rivels</li>
<li>Ham and Bean Soup</li>
<li>Pork and Sauerkraut</li>
<li>Red Beet Eggs</li>
<li>Red Velvet Cake</li>
<li>Wet Bottom ShooFly Pie</li>
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Amish Community Cookbook is the updated and improved edition of Treasured Amish &amp; Mennonite Recipes (ISBN 9781565235991), with a bright new layout and beautiful new photography, and the smaller paperback version of Amish Community Cookbook (ISBN 9781565238787).

Amish Community Cookbook: Simply Delicious Recipes from Amish and Mennonite Homes (Fox Chapel Publishing) 294 Easy, Authentic, Old-Fashioned Recipes for Hearty Comfort Food to Bring Families Together

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Carole Roth Giagnocavo

Mennonite Central Committee

Main Courses & Side Dishes

Take your jewelry design beyond metal! <ul>
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Comprehensive guide to creating wooden jewelry, with techniques presented by progressive skill learning</li> <li>
14 step-by-step jewelry projects to create, each fresh and modern, including rings, necklaces, pendants, and pins</li> <li>
Learn woodworking skills and practice jointing, turning, steaming, polishing, staining, painting, beveling, inlaying, and more</li> <li>
Learn how to shape, connect, and treat wood, as well as the necessary tools and materials for each technique</li> <li>
Combine wood with other media, from silver to silicon, and learn how to ebonize and electroform wood</li> <li>
Four special profiles feature talented guests Inni Parnanen, Terhi Tolvanen, Beppe Kessler, and Lina Peterson</li> </ul>
This first-ever comprehensive guide to creating wooden jewelry teaches woodworking skills through a series of 24 techniques and beautiful, accessible projects. Creating Wooden Jewelry will help you discover new perspectives for your art! Today there are fresh, modern ways to create stand-out pieces using one of the most popular alternatives to pricier metal: wood! Wood is an accessible and affordable medium that welcomes creative experimentation and produces highly unique and beautiful finished pieces. Inside Creating Wooden Jewelry, renowned artist jeweler Sarah King shows any jewelry maker how to expand your range of techniques and combine wood with other media, from silver to silicon. Staring with basic techniques and moving on to advanced, you'll learn skills that include jointing, turning, steaming, polishing, staining, painting, beveling, inlaying, and working with different woods. You'll complete 14 projects with step-by-step instructions and photography while learning how to shape, connect, and treat wood, as well as other processes like electroforming and ebonizing. Author Sarah King works with materials, form, and structure to make sculptural, contemporary, and feminine jewelry. Her work has been sold in department stores, design stores, boutiques, and galleries, including Barney's, Liberty of London, The Conran Shop, and more. She has won many awards, such as the Association of Contemporary Jewelry Prize, and is one of only 50 international contemporary jewelers invited to show at the LOOT exhibition at the New York Museum of Arts and Design. With Creating Wooden Jewelry, you'll learn from one of the best to understand everything you need to know to create stunning wooden jewelry, practice creating your own beautiful pieces, and learn about the work of talented guests Inni Parnanen, Terhi Tolvanen, Beppe Kessler, and Lina Peterson. You'll also come to understand the tools and materials you will need to build your skills. Creating Wooden Jewelry is for woodworkers who want to extend their practice to jewelry, as well as those who want to learn woodworking skills, but find furniture too intimidating or too large, and want an alternative to smaller projects like bowls and boxes. Take jewelry beyond metal with the step-by-step projects and skill-building techniques inside Creating Wooden Jewelry!

Creating Wooden Jewelry: 24 Skill-Building Projects and Techniques (Fox Chapel Publishing) Comprehensive Guide to Create Stand-Out Pieces from Wood; Learn Jointing, Steaming, Beveling, Inlaying & More

Sarah King

Make jewelry that will wow!
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25 stunning projects include full-page beauty shots, supply lists, step-by-step photos, tips and tricks, and creative variations</li>
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Step-by-step instructions, gorgeous color photography, and expert tips make the projects beginner-friendly</li>
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Learn techniques like how to embed in clay, create reusable molds, connect beads, and more</li>
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Eye-catching statement jewelry that can be made in just one sitting, with easy, intermediate, and advanced options</li>
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Fresh approach to unique and bold DIY fashion jewelry-making for hobbyists and fashion lovers</li>
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Author Gay Isber (aka "Sugar") is an award-winning jewelry designer and cable television personality</li>
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Show off your skills and your fashion boldness at the same time!
Whether you're already an experienced jewelry maker or just familiar with the basics, take your skills to the next level! This book will show you how to make spell-binding statement jewelry with a unique look and individual style. Making Wow Jewelry is packed with pretty, attention-grabbing wearable works of art that you can make yourself in one sitting.
Author 'Sugar' Gay Isber, an award-winning jewelry designer and cable TV personality, shows you how to create head-turning DIY fashion jewelry to wear to special events, lively parties, and dress-up evenings. Learn how to colorize crystals, cast with resin, sew with wire, create reusable molds, and much more. You'll explore materials like beads, gems, beetle wings, shark teeth, crystals, pearls, clay, feathers, and nail polish to make these strikingly beautiful pendants, rings, crowns, necklaces, earrings, bracelets, and more. Once you accomplish Gay's wow-worthy designs, you'll be equipped with inspiration and all the necessary skills to create your own custom jewelry and accessories!
Using easy beading and jewelry-making techniques, each project includes detailed instructions, high-quality beauty shots, step-by-step photos, allotted time frame, safety notes, skill level, expert tips and tricks, a list of needed supplies, and creative variations.
These are conversation-starting pieces that let you connect with someone. Whether you're in an elevator, on the street, or out on the town, it will inspire the opening question, "Wow, where did you get that?"
Go ahead, say you made it yourself!
"'Sugar' Gay Isber is the 'Willy Wonka' of jewelry designs! Her happiness and extreme creativity make her a jewel of Texas but with a global reach. She is not on trend, she makes the trend. I love her work!" —Linda Asaf Design

Making Wow Jewelry: Techniques and Projects for Making a Statement (Fox Chapel Publishing) 25 Unique Attention-Grabbing DIY Fashion Pieces with Step-by-Step Photos, Beauty Shots, & Creative Variations

Isber, Gay

Transform found wood into artfully designed crafts! <ul>
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15 step-by-step projects for a slingshot, whistle, skipping rope, cup and ball game, key hook, table brush, and more</li> <li>
Advice on how to forage responsibly and sources for the best wood to use</li> <li>
Basic woodworking techniques are covered, plus how to prepare materials, including checking for disease and drying and stripping bark</li> <li>
Detailed guide for your essential tool kit—what you need, safety, and tool maintenance</li> </ul>
With information on how to forage responsibly and suggestions on sources for the best wood to use, Geoffrey Fisher shows how the natural bounty of woodland can be used to stunning effect. Whether building a bee hotel or an insect house to help your garden's ecosystem thrive, crafting a slingshot, whistle, jump rope or cup and ball game to give away, or making a key hook or table brush to organize your home, the result of each will be entirely unique while also effortlessly stylish. Inside Slingshots &amp; Key Hooks, all basic woodworking techniques are covered, plus Geoffrey also shows how best to prepare materials, including checking for disease, drying and stripping bark. Also provided is a detailed guide on your essential tool kit—what to have, how to handle your tools safely, and how to maintain everything to the highest standard—meaning anyone can pick up Slingshots &amp; Key Hooks and dive straight into the world of Geoffrey's designs!

Slingshots & Key Hooks: 15 Everyday Objects Made from Foraged and Gathered Wood (Fox Chapel Publishing) Step-by-Step Projects from Found Wood, plus Basic Woodworking Techniques & Wood Foraging Advice

Geoffrey Fisher

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