Shaker Style Furniture
Plans:
Free Plans for Classic
American Designs from Popular Woodworking Magazine
Popular
Woodworking Magazine offers some of the best quality
free woodworking plans you'll ever find. Step-by-step
articles from their back issues and books, prepared by
experts, are accompanied by clear photos. Downloadable
PDF plans are available at the bottom of each article.
They have a great
selection of Shaker style furniture building projects for every
room of your home: a blanket chest, cabinets, a step stool, a
bench, a desk, food service trays, a cupboard and more. They are
beautiful furniture projects in a classic American style.
I've admired
Shaker design since I happened upon some abandoned buildings in
Tyringham Valley in western Massachusetts. They were hauntingly
beautiful, even in decay. I learned later that they were
vestiges of an old Shaker community.
At restored
Shaker villages and in museums, you can see the same stark
beauty in perfectly proportioned pieces of furniture. Shaker
designers and wood workers didn't care for decorations or fancy
finishes. The beauty of the wood, the lines of their work and
the quality of their craftsmanship was enough for them. And,
it's been enough for generations of collectors and woodworkers
who reproduce the designs.
The Popular
Woodworking pieces are all beautiful and all true to the spirit
of the originals. They'll look great in almost any style of home
- country, colonial, contemporary and even Modern. But, my
favorites are the pieces by Kerry Pierce. Pierce is the author of
“Authentic Shaker Furniture,” “Making Shaker Woodenware” and
many other books. He visited restored Shaker communities to
examine and measure furniture to help you create authentic of
reproductions.
Shaker Small Chest
A Shapely Shaker
Shelf
Shaker Hanging
Cabinet
Shaker-inspired Step
Stool
Dining Room Tray
Silverware Tray
Pleasant Hill Shaker
Cupboard
Shaker Storage
Cabinet
Shaker Trestle Desk
Shaker Blanket Chest
Shaker Stepstool
Shaker Bench
Shaker Tailor's
Cabinet
Popular Woodworking's Online Resource
Directory serves woodworkers of all skill levels and
woodworking interests. From tools and materials, to project
plans and classes to build your skills, you'll find the
information you need.
Don Berg,
Todays Plans