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This is a compilation of tips and hints for the handyman, like sharpening a saw, making your own tools, making a workbench and how to turn things on the lathe. A few of the vint...

Terrific vintage furniture making how-to book by the prolific and talented John L. Feirer, writer of several excellent furniture making texts. Many mid-century examples and plan...

Alcoa Aluminum produced many helpful books to promote the use of Aluminum in modern architecture. This vintage handbook is an excellent reference handbook for furniture designer...

70s style projects that are pretty simple and adaptable. Exploded drawings and instructions.

From garden tools to livestock housing, from planters to lawn furniture, practical projects for the homestead, yard and garden. An enormous thick and thorough tomb by the editor...

In this book noted designer Arthur Collani comes to the aid of home owners who need more space. He shows many practical, low cost ways to increase living space by constructing b...

Enormous 992 page guide to furniture and cabinet making mid-century style. While this has many scale plans with bills of materials and instructions for fabrication of modern pie...

Planning and building shops, workbenches, from simple to elaborate, plus tool cariers, tool and supply storage, shop aids and data. Very thorough look at building your own work ...

A midcentury modern guide to 101 original outdoor projects notable for the fact that the projects are designed by architects and designers like R. Christoforo, and Alan Liddle. ...

Panton Era do-it-yourself chairs and tables, including "tube chairs" made from inner tubes, balloon chair (made of balloons), groovy floor pieces like a beanbag and caterpillar ...

We like these vintage do-it-yourself encyclopedias for their mid-century design sensibility and have chosen certain volumes that have appealing furniture or architectural detail...

Unsurpassed reference for high-quality craftwork of the early 1970s. Chapters include architecture, chairs, tables and desks, beds, benches and couches, accessories, cabinets an...

Terrific, Eames Era do-it-yourself furniture book. While there are some goofy designs, there are several innovative, well-designed, and interesting pieces that you can make in 2...

Very 70s furniture ideas and plans. Notable designs include mix and match modular storage, table with simple lines and platform beds. Not as exciting as the earlier version of t...

Terrific vintage modern projects you can build, with step-by-step photos, cutting diagrams and how to select materials and finishes. Includes modular storage unit and room divid...

Another great Fawcett do-it-yourself project book with many appealing vintage modern furniture pieces with plans and material lists. Black and white photos. Black and white draw...

Appealing old toy making how-to book with over 200 charming ideas with directions and plans.

A terrific Fawcett publication with multiple great vintage modern furntiture plans. We like the "coffee couch" which would work indoors or out, the "louvered wardrobe" which cou...

First edition set of this rare, how-to, modern furniture making books. Volume one, Practical Construction Methods, covers step-by-step all phases of furniture construction. Volu...

Another in a series of vintage Sunset "how-to" books which has plans and drawings for bookshelves and cabinets with a late mid-century flavor.