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Furniture
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Blood and Sawdust 
 Articles, essays, and resources on medieval and Renaissance woodworking. Features illustrated project notes for a wheelbarrow, flywheel lathe, chair, stool, and other furniture. Provides a FAQ, notes on paints and finishes, recommended reading, and related material. From a woodworker. http://www.his.com/~tom/ Topics: Crafts, Home & Housing Last updated Apr 20, 2005 Building With Books
This site offers an alternative for disposing of undesirable books: build them into furniture. The site documents the exhibition of lamps, umbrella stands, picture frames, and related objects, along with "photographs of the process, [and] publicity posters." The project was the result of a classroom and library collaboration at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). http://courses.csail.mit.edu/iap/bookbuild/art.html Topics: Crafts, Environment, Home & Housing, Librarianship, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts, Technology Last updated Jul 11, 2007 A Century of Chairs
This site "shows how the design of the chair has evolved from Michael Thonet's invention of mass-manufactured furniture in the late 1800s and the early Modern Movement chairs of the early 1900s to the technologically advanced chairs of today." Browse annotated images by decades starting with the late 1800s to see chairs designed by Josef Hoffmann, Marcel Breuer, Gerrit Thomas Rietveld, Charles and Ray Eames, Philippe Starck, and others. From the Design Museum, London. http://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/online/a-century-of-chairs Topics: Crafts, Home & Housing Last updated Oct 26, 2009 Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture
A directory of "electronic resources of the decorative arts, with a particular focus on Early America. Included are electronic texts and journals, image databases, and information on organizations, museums and research facilities." Created and maintained by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries. http://decorativearts.library.wisc.edu/ Topics: Crafts, Home & Housing Last updated Sep 30, 2009 GreenHomeGuide
This website features a "combination of tips, case studies, expert Q&A articles and regional directories of products and services." Browse by area or feature of the home, such as bathrooms or flooring. Product directory (covering San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, and New York City) contains a detailed description of the process of selecting and approving products for the directory, noting "only a minority of products are approved." From the U.S. Green Building Council. http://www.greenhomeguide.com/ Topics: Architecture, Home & Housing Last updated Mar 2, 2009 A Heavenly Hammock
Illustrated instructions for weaving your own backyard hammock. Describes how to tie the required knots (square knot, weaver's knot, half hitch, lark's head knot, and a plain overhand knot), cast on, weave the rows (with twine), mount, and hang the hammock. From Mother Earth News magazine. http://www.motherearthnews.com/Nature-Community/1982-05-01/A-Heavenly-Hammock.aspx Topics: Crafts, Home & Housing Last updated Aug 19, 2008 Maloof on Maloof
Images of work and quotes on design, woodworking, craft, and function from "America's most widely admired contemporary furniture craftsman." Includes video of Maloof in Action . From the Smithsonian American Art Museum. http://americanart.si.edu/maloof/ Topics: Crafts, Home & Housing, Home & Housing Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Paul Tuttle Design
An exhibit of 17 images of chairs, tables, and an easel, designed by Paul Tuttle from 1970 through 1997. Includes brief information about the designer. From the University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara. http://www.uam.ucsb.edu/Pages/tuttle_preview Topics: Crafts, Home & Housing, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Rocking Chairs History
Illustrated history of rocking chairs. Covers origins ("We all know that the rocking chair is a distinctly American passion, its origins, however, are less clear."), precursors (such as the Swedish gungstol and British Windsor rocker), and modern and contemporary chairs (such as Thonet bentwood rockers, Eames rocking chairs, and an Italian rocking stool). Also includes images of rocking chairs from a 2002 design competition. From Designboom. http://www.designboom.com/eng/education/rocking/origin.html Topics: Crafts, Home & Housing Last updated May 1, 2008 Upholster! Magazine Online
This online magazine contains a wealth of information about all types of upholstery. Free basic and advanced instructions are available for furniture, automobile, and marine upholstery projects. Links include wholesale and retail suppliers of tools, fabrics, and equipment. There is also a bookstore, a classifieds section for buying or selling upholstery businesses and equipment, and a discussion board for questions about upholstery. http://www.upholster.com/ Topics: Home & Housing, Magazines Last updated Aug 10, 2009 |
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