Tables & Chairs

Every woodworker worth his salt should be able to knock together a decent table and set of chairs. As with all woodworking projects, design needs to match function. That’s why we have assembled table plans of all sorts, from picnic tables, to dining tables, to coffee tables and the wood chairs you need to use them. No matter what your current need is, you’ll find inspiration here in designing your projects, and adding that all-important touch of beauty.

I Can Do That: Mud Room Bench

How to build a four-board bench that can be used almost anywhere. Read more »

I Can Do That: Step Stool

This handy little step stool converts into a seat so that it serves your little ones two ways. Read more »

I Can Do That: A Picnic of a Build

This simple table is at home in the dining room – or outdoors. Read more »

Another Blog, Another Bench

Now that Editor Christopher Schwarz is done with his latest bench build (you can read about it on his blog , and in the August issue of Popular Woodworking Magazine, which mails in a couple weeks), it’s time to get started on another one. Now it’s my turn. Sure, it’s been less than a year … Read more »

A Table for Every Occasion

The invention of the table is a great idea. The first person to realize that stuff could be put at their fingertips, rather than having to bend over to retrieve it, probably had a sore back and knew there had to be a better way. Also, sitting on the ground to eat was getting old, … Read more »

Wright Coffee Table

Arts & Crafts furniture builders offered a decent variety of pieces at the beginning of the 1900′s, but coffee tables weren’t on the list. But if Frank Lloyd Wright had given it a try, we think it might look like this.
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I Can Do That Patio Chair

With only pre-cut lumber from the home center store and basic joinery, you can be sitting pretty in no time at all.
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