SketchUp may be all the rage, but don’t get rid of those pencils just yet!

Designing the Wall-Hanging Tool Chest

A limited-time opportunity to beef up your design library!

From a drawing to a full size template, our trestle legs come to life!

Coming up with new and unique designs can be quite a challenge. Train your mind by practicing emulation.

My thoughts on being an open-minded woodworker.

A review of “Unlocking the Secrets of Traditional Design” featuring George Walker.

Designing is as much about creativity as it is about restraint. Just because you can do something, doesn’t mean you should. And not every piece needs to drop jaws. Sometimes its enough that the piece just works, and looks good doing it.

A couple of folks decided to take a seed of inspiration, and let it blossom into their own beautiful creations. I thought it might be interesting and fun to examine how from one perspective, these five designs are very similar. But upon closer inspection, you can see that they are quite different (especially from the point of view of their makers).

This episode is focused on the design of the legs. I present several options and show how I create a basic template.

My strategy for building a functional and elegant charging station for electronics.

A look at the design phase, inspiration, options, and template construction.

A quick tour of the student furniture on display at AWFS 2007.

Using SketchUp to reverse engineer an Arts & Crafts Table from a photo.