Product Description

Setting up a home office involves time, money and careful planning. For the creative woodworker, it can also mean the satisfaction of building each piece yourself. With designs ranging from weekend projects to a fully-realized computer desk, all of the plans in this book are fresh, functional and fun to build, including a stand-up desk recalling the unique work habits of Ernest Hemingway.

Everything in this book is accessible, even for beginning woodworkers without elaborate shops. Designs include desks, shelving, room dividers and more. Easy-to-follow instructions are accompanied by detailed photographs showing all the key steps. Projects can be completed quickly, so craftsmen save money without a huge investment of time.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #233154 in Books
• Published on: 2001-10-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

From Library Journal
Proulx offers a variety of designs for home office furnishings that are functional, professional looking, and well within the abilities of most woodworkers. Using sheetgoods, modern fasteners, and some solid wood, readers can make a workstation, several kinds of desks, bookcases, and a lateral file cabinet. Proulx offers easily followed instructions supplemented by a wealth of color photographs. Owing to the proliferation of home offices, there is sure to be interest in this title. Recommended for most public libraries.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist
It is tempting, especially for those familiar with wood and tools, to try to build a functional piece of furniture. In one word, don't--until you use a beginning how-to book and then turn to Proulx's latest guide. This woodworking expert is no stranger to the art of crafts writing; after such titles as How to Build Classic Garden Furniture and Smart Shelving and Storage Solutions, he's now put together a home office workshop in print (with some help from Jim Stack, editor of Popular Woodworking) featuring 14 "must have" projects. Detailed directions include two types of cutting lists, hardware and supplies, 3-D illustrations of each component and how they fit together, tips (for instance, make sure drawers are one inch smaller in width than the cabinet's inside dimensions), construction notes (information about possible variations and additions), and photographic step-by-step instructions. What's more, he starts by building modules--laminate tabletop, file and storage drawers, desktop organizers--and graduates to such projects as an office bookcase and a writing desk. Suppliers and sources appended. Barbara Jacobs
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About the Author
Danny Proulx is a regular contributor to woodworking magazines in both the U.S. and Canada and the author of several books including How To Build Classic Garden Furniture, Building More Classic Garden Furniture and Smart Shelving and Storage Solutions. He runs his own woodworking business in Russell, Ontario, Canada.

Customer Reviews

Fantastic tool!
A number of years ago I wanted to make a horizontal file cabinet for my wife. After a lot of searching online for good plans, I came across this book. Although I was skeptical, it was the best (promise of) plans I could find. The description, discussion and step-by-step instruction was terrific and the file cabinet turned out perfect! Not only did I save money by building my own, but it's more of what I wanted to begin with and I had almost as much fun building it as surprising my wife with it on her birthday. We're considering remodeling the kitchen in our new house, and Danny Proulx's other books are high on my list for new cabinets if we decide to do it.

Woodworking at it's finest.
I wanted a new computer desk and found exactly what I wanted in this book.