Featuring 30 designs by leading designer-makers from around the world DIY Furniture shows you how to use simple techniques to make stunning designer furniture from scratch. All the projects can be easily assembled using the step-by-step guides from common materials which can be found at the local hardware store. Along with designs for seating and
Featuring 30 designs by leading designer-makers from around the world DIY Furniture shows you how to use simple techniques to make stunning designer furniture from scratch. All the projects can be easily assembled using the step-by-step guides from common materials which can be found at the local hardware store. Along with designs for seating and storage, the book also features projects for making your own bed, wardrobe, lighting and garden furniture. Each project features hand-drawn diagrams with short, easy-to-follow instructions on how to build the piece. Whether building from scratch or customising existing designs, DIY Furniture allows you to create unique designer pieces at a fraction of the normal cost. Brief biographies of all the featured designers are included at the end of the book.
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Awful aesthetic As an avid DIY-er, I’m always looking for innovative ways to modify existing and recycled materials to create a unique and cost effective product for my home. This book fell short of my expectations in many ways. I’m sorry to write such a criticism, but:1. The aesthetic of 95% of these projects is downright terrible. Using basic materials like pipe, concrete and pine wood is fine, as long as the end result is an interesting modification of these materials. In this book, however, all you’re getting is tables and chairs made from copper and PVC pipes that literally just look like you’re sitting on pipes. Not interesting, not attractive – like first year design student projects.2. The design direction of this book somehow implies that projects will be affordable, but it’s plain to see that if they gave you project costs, you wouldn’t pursue most of these projects – the price to result ratio wouldn’t be worth it.3. Although the book is DIY, many of the…
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