Cabinets & Storage Solutions. Bill Hylton

      Compilation Copyright © 2007 by Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Inc.

      Text and Illustration Copyright © 2007 by Woodworker’s Journal. Woodworker’s Journal is a publication of Rockler Press.

      Cabinets & Storage Solutions: Furniture to Organize Your Home is a compilation first published in 2007 by Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Inc. The patterns contained herein are copyrighted by Woodworker’s Journal.

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      Print ISBN 978-1-56523-344-7

      eISBN 978-1-60765-041-6

      Publisher’s Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Cabinets & storage solutions : furniture to organize your home / from the editors of Woodworker's journal. -- East Petersburg, PA : Fox Chapel Publishing, c2007.

      p. ; cm.

      (The best of Woodworker's journal)

      ISBN: 978-1-56523-344-7

      1. Cabinetwork. 2. Storage cabinets. 3. Furniture making.

      4. Storage in the home. 5. Woodwork--Patterns. I. Cabinets and storage solutions. II. Woodworker's journal.

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      Introduction

      Cabinets and storage furniture have been benchmark projects since our forefathers first applied steel to wood. Why? For one, they’re an excellent blend of form and function. The basic box—just six parts, a few hinges, and a handful of nails—effectively moved nearly everything our ancestors had from one continent to another. Cabinets are also versatile: Whether fixed or portable, built for security or designed for show, storage boxes adapt readily to the purpose.

      Of course, it’s certainly a plus that cabinets are also just plain fun to build. A simple box and doors can welcome you into woodworking, while more sophisticated designs laced with intricate joinery can keep you challenged long after that first project fades from memory.

      Cabinet and storage projects continue to appeal to Woodworker’s Journal readers, and they always will. We’ve had the good fortune to work with some of the best cabinetmakers in the country—Rick White, Mike McGlynn, Bruce Kieffer, and Bill Hylton, to name just a few. This new book highlights 16 of their finest projects for you to build.

      If you’re just getting comfortable with woodworking tools, start with David Larson’s barbecue cart, Mike McGlynn’s toy box, or Rick White’s blanket chest, so you can ensure your success and end up with a charming project when the dust clears.

      Maybe you’d like to dabble in traditional hand-tool techniques or build an authentic reproduction piece. Several projects here will satisfy that goal. Set your sights on the early American dresser, the jelly cupboard, the Arts and Crafts hutch, the collector’s cabinet, or one of Mike McGlynn’s masterpieces—the Greene and Greene–inspired dresser or the Ruhlmann cabinet. They’ll present a sporting challenge, to say the least, with heirloom results.