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A Kitchen Essential: The “Staked” Stool
I don’t remember much of the furniture I grew up with, but one small piece stands out in my memory. It was a small, oak footstool, which was kicked around my parents’ kitchen for years (sometimes literally). I believe that … Continue reading
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Tagged foot stool, footstool, furniture of necessity, kitchen stool, vernacular furniture
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Really Vernacular Furniture
Over at Lost Art Press, Chris Schwarz has been talking about “vernacular furniture,” or “furniture of necessity,” which is furniture that, while hand-made, is cheap and simple to construct using a small tool kit. Much as we woodworkers admire the … Continue reading
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