Woodworking Projects and Plans: Chairs, Benches And Stools

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.

Scott McGlasson's chair combines mid-century style and hardwood scraps into a cool, comfortable chair.

The chair back gets the last of the chamfers and Dan perfectly carves a return on a round over with his trusty chisel.

Dan continues with the task of shaping every surface of the chair back.

Dan wields his trusty chisel to sculpt and chamfer the back splat of the Queen Anne side chair.

With a long and storied history going back to the early 1800s in Iowa's Amana colonies, this bench is built to survive being broken down and transported, and used every week by church members.

Build a handsome chair with an inexpensive kit of tools

Part 1: Seat and undercarriage. Curtis Buchanan gets to the basics of chairmaking with this Windsor made exclusively with a few basic hand tools.

This modular project works as a table or a set of storage shelves.

This simple project can transform any outdoor living space.