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I need to show a revised process for capturing that ancient Egyptian Stool. My process used last month in this blog was not an accurate reproduction of the Egyptian piece.…

Imagine building a piece of furniture and putting all your attention, experience, knowledge, hopes and dreams into it (OK, that might be a little dramatic, but you know what I’m…

Was Thomas Chippendale the greatest designer of the 18th century, or the greatest marketer of the 18th century?

Creating this continuous curve in the shop is fairly straightforward. Assemble the parts and fair the curve. In SketchUp it's a little different.

SketchUp guru Dave Richards shows you a few ways to leverage layers to show some different things in your models

It’s common to get furniture design inspiration from the furniture of other designers, but if you want to expand your design horizons, try an alternate approach

At first glance, Charles Limbert’s designs might look similar to other Arts and Crafts furniture, but his work has distinct details that make his pieces stand out from other designs of the genre. Jonathan Binzen breaks out what makes Limbert’s designs unique.

In my previous blog post I showed how to use section cuts to create views showing the interior of your project. Another classic way to illustrate the inner details is…

When I'm designing furniture, nothing appears out of whole cloth. Both of these cabinets resulted from the dozens of pieces that came before them.

Mike Pekovich explains how he gets from that blip on a page to a finished piece of furniture