The Furniture Guys Book,9780688137663

The Furniture Guys Book

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780688137663
ISBN10: 0688137660
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-01-06
Publisher(s): HarperCollins Publications
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Summary

"The Furniture Guys" are the zaniest, funniest how-to duo on the air today. Watch them on the "Learning Channel" juggling expert furniture and home repair, pop culture hilarity, throwaway historical asides, and sudden swerves into B-movie lore, and you'll ditch earnest old Bob Vila and never give <I>Home Improvement</I> another look.<P><I>The Furniture Guys Book</I> presents ten projects, complete with step-by-step guidance on stripping, staining, varnishing, upholstering, basic repairs, and troubleshooting touch-ups such as stain and scratch removal. Projects include a pine Hoosier, a Victorian throne chair, a roll-top desk, a pine hat-rack, and more. More than 250 black-and-white photos and drawings illustrate every detail, and a full-color insert displays the finished projects in all their glory. Plus there are handy tips on everything from setting up a work area to sizing up the potential of yard sale bargains.<P>All this, and funny too! A must for the millions who watch them on the "Learning Channel" or who will be tuning into their forthcoming nationally syndicated radio show -- and for any would-be refinisher looking for advice that's as entertaining as it is effective -- this book will find a prominent place on workbenches all over America.</P>

Table of Contents

Joe's Acknowledgments vii(2)
Ed's Acknowledgments ix(6)
Joe's Introduction xv(4)
Ed's Introduction xix
One WHY OLD FURNITURE? Abundance of Styles Availability Individuality Fun Adventure Price Quality Setting Up Your Workplace, or You're Really Serious About Doing This Finishing Supplies and Tools.
1(19)
Project 1: Pine Hoosier Peeling Paint Electrically Professional Strippers Selecting Strippers Preparing to Paint Color Matching Painting Basics Painting Hardware Stenciling That's All, Folks
10(10)
Two INTRODUCTION TO UPHOLSTERY, or Mallets Toward Everyone Remembrance of Springs Past Couch Springs Eternal There's Nothing Like a Frame What Kind of Tool Am I? Now Cut That Out Guns Along the Mohair Mallets Needles and Thread Tack Strips Finding Supplies: A Walk on the Wrong Side of Town Choosing Fabric Estimating Yardage Yipes! Stripes! The Final Touch
20(21)
Project 2: Victorian Renaissance Revival with a Touch of Gothic (and a Bit of Chippendale with Marlborough Legs) Throne Chair, or You Sit on Me All the Time A Little Bit of History Of Things Shakespearean Our Throne Chair and How We Acquired It To Burn or Not to Burn? Preparing the Chair for Refinishing Sanding Is a No-no The Plot Begins to Unravel Thank Heaven for Little Coils Playing with Slinkies: Those Damn Coil Tops The Cover-up Victory at Seat Cambric or Dustcover?
26(15)
Three STARTING TO FINISH, or Why Did This Brand-New Brush Dissolve When I Dipped It into That Bucket of Stuff? The Beginning of Finishing (So to Speak) Better Living Through Chemistry Solvents Stains Topcoats
41(19)
Project 3: Unfinished Rolltop Desk Beginning the Job Staining and Shellacking Topcoating with Varnish Rubbing Out Waxing
49(11)
Four HOW TO BUY FURNITURE, or Foraging for Furniture The Sales Pitch The Big Decision Aunt Rose Isn't Dead Tag Sales Furniture Auctions Yard Sales Hitting Rock Bottom How to Buy New Furniture If You Have To Checking It Out Telltale Clues for Determining Construction Materials Inspecting Upholstered Pieces Making Lifestyle Choices
60(21)
Project 4: Pine Hallrack It's a Dirty Job, but Someone's Got to Do It Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hide: Tips for Successful Staining Preparing to Paint Away We Go--Varnishing and Sanding
67(6)
Project 5: Oak Console Table Preliminary Sanding and Wire Brushing Decorative Fill Painting the Legs Lacquering the Top
73(8)
Five ART DECO, or Fred and Ginger and Nick and Nora More Artsy-Fartsy Stuff Art Nouveau Mackintosh--Not the Apple Waiting for Art Deco All Hail Old Glory
81(26)
Project 6: Moderne Chair And Now for the Upholstery
87(11)
Project 7: Art Deco Table Say So Long to Shellac Stripping Down Staining and Filling Put on Your Topcoat Polishing Off
98(9)
Six MARVELING AT MARBLING (OK, Then You Think of Something Funny with Marbling!) No New Tricks Here
107(13)
Project 8: Why Do a Painted Finish? Squishing Stippling and Spattering What Is Real Marble? Finding a Subject Building Your Self-confidence See...It's Really Easy Getting the Supplies Paints Sanding, Graining, and Glazing--Yikes!
108(12)
Seven MID-CENTURY MODERN FURNITURE, or Hey, Look at Those Chairs Darrin and Samantha Have We Declare by Manifesto! The Petty Comfort of the Bourgeoisie Breuer and Mies van der Rohe
120(23)
Project 9: Mid-century Modern Chair Fun, Foam, and Fabric Bring On the Buttons Bleaching and Finishing of Arms and Legs Attaching the Arms and Legs And Now for the Back
125(10)
Project 10: Mid-century Modern Table Stripping Venerable Veneer Bleaching Staining Simplified Waiting for Varnish Varnish Rx
135(8)
Afterword 143(2)
Resources for Supplies 145(2)
Index 147

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