This book is a photo montage of the heritage of tinkering and building without restrictions from codes, rules, and with a freedom that is classically american at it's roots. This is a great look into the vernacular architecture which is cultivated by builders using what they have available. Both Academically intriguing and heartwarming.
The Toolbox Book: A Craftsman's Guide to Tool Chests, Cabinets, and Storage Systems In this guided tour of some of the world's best tool-storage solutions, you'll learn how the toolbox evolved as an essential tool and how the site boxes of today have their roots in long-ago journeyman's tool chests. But this book also provides practical advice on how to develop a tool-storage strategy of your own. Jim Tolpin guides you through creating an individual tool storage system best suited to your needs - from planning, through selection of materials, construction and finishing.
In the Craftsman Style - Building Furniture Inspired by the Arts & Crafts TraditionThe Arts and Crafts style is simple enough to look good in almost any home and works with many types of furniture. Encompassing the Craftsman, Mission, Greene and Greene, and Stickley styles, this book gives readers detailed instructions for creating Arts and Crafts pieces at all levels. Step-by-step photographs and illustrations walk them through the process of building a classic Arts and Crafts chair, bookcase, sideboard, blanket chest, clock, and mantel, among other pieces.
Making Authentic Craftsman Furniture: Instructions and Plans for 62 Projects
Make authentic reproductions of handsome, functional, durable furniture: tables, chairs, wall cabinets, desks, hall tree, more. Construction plans with drawings, schematics, dimensions, lumber specs reprinted from 1900s The Craftsman magazine
