Complete illustrated guide to building furniture that will bring to your home a hint of the wealth and elegance of the classic country cottage and give you a taste of your own capacity for can-do creativity.

Making Furniture.

Discusses the tradition of country-style wooden furniture, and describes the materials and techniques used in nailed stick, split wood mosaic, and mortise and tenon projects.

Rustic woodworking is a technique that continues to attract both novice and experienced craftspeople. Through 30 attractive projects of varying difficulty, two experts in this traditional art teach the pleasures of working with sticks, twigs, and other found wood. No experience is required to construct many of the pieces, and illustrations and color photos provide help throughout. A woven twig birdhouse, beautiful diamond rose trellis, and the perennial favorite Adirondack chair: all the projects add decorative flair to a porch or deck. Also included are tips for working with bark, and advice on painting and other finishing methods. The various combinations of natural wood textures and curves will add spark--and comfort--to any garden.

• Guide to building rustic furniture from cut timber. • Instructions for beds, tables, benches, picture frames, lamps, etc. • Author is an award-winning outdoor writer and photographer. • “One of the most popular furniture styles today is rustic furniture, rich with history – eco-friendly charm.” —RefinedElements.com

Every avid bargain hunter knows there is no greater satisfaction than turning forgotten treasures into gems once again. In Making Rustic Originals Abby Ruoff, author of the Making Twig Furniture series, shows how to make over 62 unique pieces out of flea market finds. The emphasis is on using classic rustic elements, such as bark and twigs, to give quirky character and charm to everything from old lamps to beds. This book covers a comprehensive set of folk art and faux finishing techniques to complement your rustic revisions. Making Rustic Originals is an indispensable source book for the serious (and not so serious) craftsperson and yard sale aficionado.