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Vintage 1974 Furniture You Can Make Sunset Book DIY Woodworking Plans Projects
Description
Vintage Sunset Book – Furniture You Can Make, published by Lane Books, Menlo Park, California, and edited by Donald W. Vandervort.
This is the Sixth Printing, March 1974 and is a great old-school woodworking reference packed with practical furniture projects, diagrams, measurements and construction instructions.
The book covers a broad selection of indoor and outdoor furniture projects, with photographs and detailed plans showing how each piece is constructed.
Projects and subjects include:
- Chairs and seating
- Coffee and end tables
- Full-size tables
- Book and magazine shelves
- Desks
- Stereo cabinets
- Ping-pong table
- Lamps and shades
- Bedroom furniture
- Wine racks
- Kitchen cart with swing-up leaves
- Home bar
- Children\'s furniture
- Outdoor chairs, benches, lounges and tables
- Wall organisers and shelving
- Lumber selection and dimensions
- Plywood and hardboard
- Joinery
- Table tops
- Drawers and doors
- Furniture dimensions
- Building and finishing techniques
Includes some wonderfully 1970s furniture designs, making it useful not only as a woodworking project book but also as a reference for vintage and mid-century inspired furniture design.
Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs, drawings, measurements and construction diagrams.
A nice practical vintage reference for woodworkers, DIY enthusiasts, furniture makers, restorers or anyone interested in 1970s furniture design.
Condition
Used vintage condition with noticeable age and storage wear. The covers have creasing, rubbing, scratches, edge and corner wear and general cosmetic marks. There is foxing, age toning and scattered marks to the pages and page edges, with some heavier marks visible in places. The book remains intact and usable, with the photographs, plans, diagrams and text clearly accessible. Please view the photos carefully as they form part of the condition description.
