Written by Handmade Modern: Mid-Century Inspired Projects for Your Home
Seventy–two step–by–step projects for modern do–it–yourself home and office design, by world–renowned designer Todd Oldham. Love the look of mid–century, modern, retro design, but don’t feel like dropping two weeks’ pay on an Eames chair? Todd Oldham shares his passion for mid–century modern homes with over 72 do–it–yourself projects for anyone who loves crafts and longs to add character to every corner of their home. Each project is charted through step–by–step photos a
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good for those of us with design-lust on a budget,
I’m not experienced with building furniture at all, but I don’t find this book scary. It outlines the materials you’ll need, dimensions, tools, and specifies meterials. I’m hyped to get ahold of and play with my first power tools in order to start on some of these projects. There are also sections on noteworthy designers and their styles, so if you aren’t familiar with post-modern design you get a little bit of a history lesson as well.
The thing I’m most excited about is the guide to building floating-box bookshelves, as I certainly can’t (and would refuse to) spend $1,600 on the designer bookshelf it mimics (*coughcoughBluDotcough*…”design you can afford,” my ass!)
My big complaint is this book could have used more attentive editing. For example, on page 93, the last step of the storage bench instructions ends with: “Be sure that the” And that’s it. How frustrating! Be sure that the what?? Crap! Now I’ll NEVER be sure of…whatever it was! It makes me worry that there are other errors, perhaps in dimensions or other instructions, that I wouldn’t notice until I’m in the middle of trying to build something.
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|So-called Modern and Retro-inspired Projects,
Oldham’s book is partially items that are similar to his 21st century mod line of furniture that started out in Target stores some years back and partially retro-inspired pieces. However, most just aren’t so … inspirational. This was released at the perfect moment, when retro was really hot. However, the book is short of ideas that are actually interesting – or attractive. The worst thing for a designer to have is a book that bombs so big that you can easily pick it up in a second-hand store. That’s where you’ll find this one.
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|I need a studio to make this stuff.,
I liked most of the ideas in this book. They are beautiful and look doable. The problem is space. Unless you have a garage or outdoor space to make the stuff in you will not be able to make most of these projects. The instructions could also be more detailed by adding information like “this type of wood” or “this type of light fixture”. Still, there are a couple of fantastic ideas I will try like a lantern-looking lamp and a lap blanket. If I hadn’t had a gift certificate, I would be dissapointed.
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