Description

Category:Home & InteriorHome MaintenanceHome Maintenance-Hma
Publisher: Running Press Usa | ISBN: 9780762455072 | Pages: 216

30 Attractive Projects You ll Actually Want to Make Everyone is capable of making useful things, and beautifully made modern furniture shouldn t cost thousands of dollars. In HomeMade Modern you ll learn to make the furniture you want at a fraction of the price of store-bought furniture. Not only will you save tons of money, but you ll also make environmentally sustainable pieces that are solidly built, using real materials like metal, wood, concrete, and other recycled ready-mades. The projects in this book don t require special skills, prior experience, or even a garage full of tools. This book will walk you step-by-step through the process of making furniture, from where to buy the materials (or where to scavenge!) to how to make the most of the tools you own. All you need is a sense of adventure to make furniture that looks amazing and that you can actually afford.

About the Author

Ben Uyeda is a designer, lecturer, and co-founder of HomeMade-Modern.com, FreeGreen.com, and ZeroEnergy Design. In 2010, he won the U.S. Green Building Council s Natural Talent Design Competition by creating affordable green home designs for the New Orleans Broadmoor neighbourhood as part of the rebuilding effort following Hurricane Katrina. He lives in Boston.