Woodworking Projects and Plans

Build a Contemporary Sideboard

Chris Gochnour's sideboard combines usefulness, strength, and beauty in a contemporary case piece

Convertible workbench cabinet

A white oak cabinet fit for the living room opens to reveal a miniature workshop

Mobile Table Saw Outfeed Table Packs In Storage

Easy-to-build cabinet has a multifunction top and versatile spaces below

Designer's Notebook: Artistry, technology, and craft

Former industrial designer Gerard Furbershaw now creates art furniture, which he describes as "art you can sit on." He fashions most of his pieces out of 13-ply maple plywood, using positive/negative space to make forms that are about half plywood and half empty space.

Turning a Southwestern Bowl

Matt Monaco creats a bowl with a clean, classical simplicity of shape that he sees as wooden pottery.