How to Build and Repair Your Own Furniture: Complete Home Craftsman's Guide to Furniture Construction, Repairs, Modernizing, Painting, Finishing, Veneering, Sanding, Upholstery, Etc : Chairs, Tables, Desks, Bookcases, Cabinets, Lamps, Traditional and modern, with over 750 illustrations. [Sewing stand; Chandelier; Glass bricks top off modern coffee table; For solid comfort build this magazine & smoking stand; Update that old upright; How to build a modern desk; Chinese shelf; Labor-saving kitchen designed by doctors; Deep carving effect; Overhauling old clocks; Glass-top coffee table with magazine bins; Bookcase w/desk shelf; Chippendale tilt-top table; Rush for your seats; Hammer & saw furniture; Radio-phono combination; Family theater]

255 p. illus. 25 cm ; OCLC: 1748238 ; LC: TT197; TT195; Dewey: 684 ; tan textured boards in pictorial dustjacket ; remains of label on dustjacket ; rather scare title ; the "modern" element features lots of populux items, with illustrations ; Partial Contents : Home accessories you can build on your kitchen table -- Dressing table has curtain pole for legs -- Wall table -- Sewing stand -- Chandelier -- Glass bricks top off modern coffee table -- For solid comfort build this magazine and smoking stand -- Update that old upright -- $3 chair fits growing child -- How to build a modern desk -- These lamps are never in your way -- Cozy corner only costs $17 -- Hand tools make Chinese shelf -- Wall desk built in half a day -- Sliding bottom empties this wastebasket fast -- Labor-saving kitchen designed by doctors -- Built-up lamp and box show -- Deep carving effect -- Overhauling old clocks -- Glass-top coffee table with magazine bins -- Hand tools build modern table -- Bookcase includes a desk shelf -- Chippendale tilt-top table -- Veneered table uses little wood -- Rush for your seats -- Hammer and saw furniture -- Radio-phono combination doubles as bedside table -- Make-up mirror shows good craftsmanship -- Double-deck table has removable tray -- Junior desk chair has folding leaf -- Plastic pulls give the modern touch -- How to seal a finish into wood -- Wire-grille doors frame small cabinet -- Glass-topped desk conceals typewriter -- Checking up on radiator valves -- Spice cabinet -- Child's wardrobe is a hammer and saw job -- Whatnot shelf lighted from below -- Turning radiators into furniture -- Pilgrim trestle table and benches -- Storage units you can move -- You can make a lamp out of simple things -- Furniture from the forest -- King-size curtain pole for two bits -- Treasure hunting in your attic -- Coffee table in the modern trend -- Ketchup bottle and tin can supply materials for candle holder -- Give your child a towel rack -- Two-way lamp displays marine carving -- This stool goes modern -- Tilt-top table fits small space -- Chest faced in matched veneer -- Jigsaw stand -- Novel corner cupboard holds belts -- Modern radio-phono cabinet build around old set -- Caring for plastics -- Roll front closes cutlery cabinet -- Wrought-iron tables have glass tops -- Sweetening the sour notes -- Old and new tuckaway tables fold flat -- Over-sink cabinet adds extra shelves -- Typing table has built-in wastebasket -- Thumb indexing phone book with engraving tool -- Early American Grandfather Clock -- Bunny cradle for the nursery -- Pine washstand holds phono-radio -- Between-windows cabinet holds fine china -- Do it up brown or blond -- Radio combination in a wall bookcase -- Handy shelves fit odd corners -- Guests will admire these dragon candlesticks -- Colonial plant stand scaled to table size -- It's easy to use our mixer now -- Tobacco box holds pipes -- Three antique benches -- Modern desk chair is economy job -- You can make brass handles for furniture -- Eighteenth century pedestal stand -- Brass-railed clock shelf -- Hanging shelves put up in one evening -- Kitchen chopping block of maple -- Base raises portable typewriter -- Every child needs a desk -- Breadbox stove cooks with infrared rays -- Cabinets are hand-tool job -- Bedside table has picture-frame door -- Initials form massive book ends -- Tray chest keeps toys together -- Need a clothes hamper? -- How to put plastic tops on tables -- Graceful ladder-back chairs -- Early American Windsor Table -- Bamboo + boxes = bookcases -- Bookcase-desk -- Occasional cabinet with reeded doors -- Novel wall cabinet has swinging drawers -- Bed workbench -- It's fun to fix a sewing machine -- Dual-purpose music stand -- We built a family theater in our living room -- Need furniture? Try shiplap -- Globe Standard in the Duncan Phyfe style -- How to repair your own rugs -- Old wicker chairs with upholstery -- Repair that broken blind yourself ; great ideas ; VG/G.…