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Furniture & Cabinetmaking

Modern wooden desk with storage drawers.
Furniture & Cabinetmaking

A Modern Desk

Vasco Araldi’s contemporary desk combines function with style and economy with luxury Photographs by Vasco Araldi/Legno Sooner or later we

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Handcrafted wooden box with dovetail joints.
Furniture & Cabinetmaking

The Butterfly Joint

Colin Sullivan takes us through butterfly joints using Trend router cutters Photographs by GMC/Anthony Bailey, unless stated otherwise Do you

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Wooden seed box filled with various seed packets.
Furniture & Cabinetmaking

How to Make a Seed Box

Kevin Alviti makes a simple storage box with carved detail Being organised in the workshop is one thing, I’m really

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Measuring antique wooden furniture restoration project.
Furniture & Cabinetmaking

Wall Clock Restoration

Louise Biggs fixes and restores a wall clock case. I was originally called in to assess and repair a broken door

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Minimalist wooden desk with a raised shelf.
Furniture & Cabinetmaking

How to Make a Writing Table

Jim Bennett follows traditional shaker design principles to make a special desk for a poet Some years ago, having retrained

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Traditional Japanese paper lantern with wooden frame.
Furniture & Cabinetmaking

Unplugged Japanese Lantern

Mitch Peacock recreates a set prop from Akira Kurosawa’s film Sanjuro Do you ever hit pause for a woodworking moment?

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