How to Make Your Own Furniture
Insofar as built-in pieces are concerned - and their consideration occupies a considerable portion of this volume - there is always a temptation to skimp in detail on parts that are not seen - perhaps on the theory that the walls of the house will keep it from falling apart.
But this is not good practice, for either the furniture or its maker; sloppy habits once acquired are hard to break. Where cabinet-making and carpentering practices are combined - as in the case of built-ins - the tendency should always be toward the more careful work.
The man who constructs built-in pieces in his home should consider first and last that a job well designed and well done will add to the cash value of his house and make it more salable, as well as give him added pride in his home. Poor workmanship and design can have just the opposite effect.
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By: Henry Lionel Williams
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