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Building Garden& Patio Furniture

A master woodworker presents eighteen simple projects for building professional and stylish outdoor furniture that use such outdoor-resilient wood as teak, pine, mahogany, and recycled plastic lumber. Original.

Tradition in Contemporary Furniture

This beautiful survey seeks to build a vocabulary of modern studio furniture's meanings and ideals that is similar to the lexicon of traditional furniture that has existed for centuries. Striking photographs and incisive essays analyze contemporary pieces and provide a forum for debate on content and meaning in furniture that bridges the gaps between scholars, design professionals, furniture makers, and consumers. A 44-page gallery juried by Furniture Society members highlights today's very best contemporary furniture works.
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The Children's Hour (DVD)

Karen Wright (Audrey Hepburn) and Martha Dobie (Shirley MacLaine) are just beginning to succeed in their struggle to make the Wright-Dobie School for Girls a going concern. Karen believes she will soon be able to marry Joe Cardin (James Garner). However, Karen has to discipline Mary Tilford (Karen Balkin). Mary always wants her own way and, worse, is a congenital liar. Mary complains to her grandmother Mrs. Tilford (Fay Bainter). To lend strength to her complaint, Mary repeats part of a conversation that she overheard, but barely understood--a conversation in which Martha's aunt Lily (Miriam Hopkins) accused Martha of having an unnatural attachment to Karen. Mrs. Tilford is horrified and spreads the word to the parents of the other girls--with disastrous results.
THE CHILDREN'S HOUR is William Wyler's second version of Lillian Hellman's controversial 1934 Broadway play. In Wyler's first version, THESE THREE, made in 1936, the lesbian theme was entirely suppressed. In contrast,... The Children's Hour (DVD)
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Arts and Crafts Furniture

The Craftsman-style furniture of Gustav Stickley has enjoyed an astonishing resurgence in popularity. Here Blair Howard presents fifteen projects, which represent not only the work of the most famous members of the movement, but also of such notable designers as Oscar Onken and Charles Limbert. Howard gives solid, concise information on how to choose lumber and obtain hardware, what tools to use, how to make the joints, and how to apply a finish. Each project contains step-by-step instructions, together with measured drawings and a bill of materials.
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Garden Furniture & Outdoor Projects

Features step-by-step photographs and detailed instructions for twenty practical projects for a range of furniture and accessories for one`s outdoor living space, including a handcrafted birdfeeder, swing, mosaic table, and arbor, accompanied by helpful tips on decorating existing garden furniture, tools, construction techniques, materials, and more.
Garden Furniture & Outdoor Projects
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