Woodworking Books

Installing Kitchen Cabinets Made Simple
by Gregory Paolini

A dramatic upgrade doesn’t have to be difficult. Nothing transforms the look and function of prized kitchen space like new cabinets and countertops. Now both are easier than ever to install with detailed guidance from Gregory Paolini’s illustrated book integrated with DVD video. Simply watch this master cabinetmaker execute on video exactly what he’s explaining.

A comprehensive DIY guide. This multimedia approach walks you through drawing out a plan, selecting the right cabinetry and countertop materials, and the important steps of site preparation. There are specific instructions for installing both wall and base cabinets so they are level and square, plus easy ways to finish with perfect side panels and trim around the cabinets. It’s all in here.

Adding value without adding stress. Building beautiful, sturdy face-frame cabinets with frame-and-panel doors is a superb way to add value to a home and convenience to everyday living. The author’s foolproof methods apply to both stock and custom cabinets, giving readers plenty of options -- both high-end and economical -- for updating their kitchens. Clearly labeled photos, helpful sidebars, and “WorkSmart” tips combine to provide a direct path to achieving the look that’s just right.

The Complete Kitchen Cabinetmaker, Revised
by Bob Lang

Shop Drawings and Professional Methods for Designing and Constructing Every Kind of Kitchen and Built-In Cabinet

Demonstrating how woodworkers can approach the complex job of designing and making built-in cabinets for kitchens, family rooms, and home offices, this technical handbook provides meticulously detailed shop drawings, instructions, and hundreds of professional tips for saving time, materials, unnecessary aggravation, and money. Bob Lang offers practical, hands-on guidance for building traditional face-frame cabinets as well as constructing contemporary frameless Euro-style cabinets.

Woodworkers will learn how to measure rooms and design fitting cabinetry that considers both function and aesthetics, how to develop working shop drawings and cutting lists, and how to work with materials as varied as solid wood and plastic laminate. Technical instructions for cutting and joining the basic box, as well as for fitting it to drawer stacks, sinks, corners, appliances, and islands, are also included, as are detailed steps for sanding, finishing, and installing each piece. This second edition also offers a colorful new 16-page idea gallery with photographs of finished cabinets.

Building Kitchen Cabinets
by Udo Schmidt

Expert advice from start to finish

Building an entire kitchen's worth of cabinets is a large-scale woodworking project. When you imagine a 30-ft. expanse of continuous cabinetry, it's no wonder many woodworkers develop a mental block about building kitchen cabinets. And it's easy to justify this resistance by arguing that major cabinet manufacturers now offer a seemingly endless variety of choices when it comes to cabinetry styles, wood species, finishes, and special accessories.

Designing and Building Cabinets
by Fine Woodworking magazine

Expert advice on constructing case pieces

Rare is the woodworker who has never built a cabinet. Sure, there are those who specialize in chairs, or carving, or turning, but at some point most of us who work wood have made a cabinet. Cabinets are among the most useful of pieces. They hold all manner of stuff: books, clothes, dishes, food, and more. Without cabinets, our homes would be in disarray, a massive jumble of our personal possessions.

Cabinetmaker's Notebook
by James Krenov

Cabinetmaking at the highest level is an art, a discipline, a philosophy-even a way of life-in addition to being a useful craft. In this book one of the greatest living cabinetmakers reflects on the deeper meanings of his craft and explains for less accomplished workers how the right attitudes toward materials, tools, and time can increase the joys of this complex activity. Craftspeople in every medium will be inspired by this account of getting started and developing habits that lessen the difficulties of a complex craft.

Cabinets & Storage Solutions

Practical, versatile, and just plain fun to build, cabinets are one of the most popular of woodworking projects. Now, Cabinets & Storage Solutions: Furniture to Organize Your Home brings you 16 of the best storage-furniture designs from some of the finest woodworker's in the country-all selected from the pages of Woodworker's Journal, the most trusted name in woodworking. From a complete toy chest, to an innovative angler's cabinet, to an elegant cherry china closet-this book delivers plenty of creative solutions to your home storage problems. Plus, there are projects suitable for every woodworking skill level-from the enthusiastic beginner to the seasoned pro. Each project includes detailed plans, expert instructions, and helpful tips to ensure that your finished piece is both great-looking and long-lasting.

What's Inside:

• 16 beautiful and practical cabinet and storage projects for every room of your home
• Comprehensive material lists
• Easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions
• Detailed technical and exploded drawings
• helpful quick tips from the experts

Woodworking for the Home
by Paul Anthony, Niall Barrett, and Jeff Miller

Storage Projects: For All Around the House

Build well-designed, attractive storage items in a weekend. Many of the items shown in home furnishing catalogs can easily be made by anyone with basic woodworking skills. These projects, collected from "Classic Kitchen Projects," "Home Storage Projects," "Children's Furniture Projects," and "Building the Custom Home Office," have been specially selected to offer a broad range of styles to suit any home.