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Easy-to-build, affordable, beautiful, durable, fun furniture projects kids will love! Give your child a unique gift of a lifetime - without breaking your checkbook - and you and your kid will have fun making it! Building Unique and Useful Kids' Furniture: 24 Great Do-It-Yourself Projects gives complete step-by-step instructions for building 24 professionally designed one-of-a-kind children's furniture projects that are easy to build and your kids will love. You don't need advanced skills. You don't need specialised tools. You don't need expensive materials. All of these projects can be built using basic tools and materials from any home improvement store. Step-by-step instructions and color photos show you exactly what to do - and many projects are labeled ""Kid Friendly,"" so your child can safely help you build it, developing their skills and confidence. AUTHOR: Spike Carlsen has been involved in the world of wood and woodworking for more than 40 years. The former editor of The Handyman magazine, Carlsen is the author of several books on woodworking, including Ridiculously Simple Furniture Projects, A Splintered History of Wood, The Backyard Homestead of Building Projects, and Cabin Lessons. He has also written hundreds of articles for magazines including American Woodworker, Old House Journal, and Popular Woodworking. Carlsen has five kids and eight grandkids-and has built tons of furniture and fun things over the years to amuse them (and himself). SELLING POINTS: . Fun, easy projects - all 24 projects can be easily built without advanced skills or professional tools. . Fun furniture that kids will love that is also attractive, well-designed furniture that anyone would be proud to have in their home. . Clear, simple, easy-to-understand instructions make projects easy to build and help readers expand their woodworking skills. . Kids can build too - many projects in the book are labeled ""Kid Friendly,"" meaning children can safely help build the project and develop their skills and confidence. . Directions include buying lists, so readers know exactly what to get at the home center or timberyard. . Furniture projects for every room in the house: bedroom, family room, kitchen, bathroom and more. 180 colour photographs, 30 diagrams and drawings

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Profusely illustrated and thoroughly 'user friendly' in organization and presentation, Building Unique and Useful Kids' Furniture is an ideal addition to personal, professional, school, and community libraries. --Midwest Book Review

Profusely illustrated and thoroughly 'user friendly' in organization and presentation, Building Unique and Useful Kids' Furniture is an ideal addition to personal, professional, school, and community libraries.-- Midwest Book Review

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Spike Carlsen is the former executive editor of The Family Handyman magazine and the author of Ridiculously Simple Furniture Projects, A Splintered History of Wood, The Backyard Homestead of Building Projects and Cabin Lessons. He has also written hundreds of articles for magazines including American Woodworker, Old House Journal and Popular Woodworking. Carlsen has five kids and eight grandkids and has built tons of furniture and fun things to amuse them (and himself). His website is www.spikecarlsen.com.

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