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Designing Furniture

A few thoughts and tips on designing furniture, and in particular designing furniture to be built by hand.

The Boarded Chest – Design Origins (Part 2)

November 12, 2012 By Helen 5 Comments

Following from my last post on the Dug-Out Chest I’m going to look now at how furniture construction moved forward to become closer to something we might use today. As the most common item of furniture used in the Middle Ages I’m using the chest as an example. Boarded chests have been built in … [Read more...]

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The Dug-Out Chest – Design Origins (Part 1)

November 9, 2012 By Helen 2 Comments

The design for our Medieval cupboard was put together rather quickly. We didn’t have a specific example in mind to take measurements from and instead we choose dimensions by its intended use - a compact wall cupboard for storing small household items. So if it isn’t a replica why have we called it … [Read more...]

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