Furniture A Girl Can Make | by William W. Klenke
This book is written for the home economics girl whose work shop is limited to the tools found around the house we have omitted all technical terms and advanced types of joinery requiring specialized tools. All of the models can be made from materials at hand or from a trip or two to the lumber yard, hardware, or dime store. Special effort has been made to suggest low-cost materials, and in many cases discarded packing boxes or other materials are used. The projects have been selected so that when each is finished the home itself has been improved in comfort, convenience and beauty.
| Title | Furniture A Girl Can Make |
| Author | William W. Klenke |
| Publisher | Herald publishing House |
| Year | 1940 |
| Copyright | 1940, Herald publishing House |
| Amazon | Furniture A Girl Can Make |
Preface- In our long experience in project work and manual training we have seen evidence all about us of the unusual ability exercised by girls in the handling of wood. There are many attractive and useful ar...
- How To Make A Dressing Table
- An old discarded packing case that is made of lumber about 7/8 thickness will be satisfactory for this model. Of course, if you prefer, use new lumber. The size you will make this dressing table will...
- How To Make A Shoe Rack
- Here is an article that will help you to keep your room in good order, by being able to place your shoes on a rack rather than to simply push them under a bed or have them knocking about on the closet...
- How To Make A Cobbler's Bench
- The cobbler's bench has become very popular as a living room table on which to place your books and magazines or to be used for a smoking table, with its many small divisions for cigarettes, pipe rack...
- How To Make A Girl's Glove Box
- You will want a suitable box in which to keep your gloves; the one shown here will be beautiful as well as useful. This box can be made equally well out of thin wood (plywood pre-ferred) or heavy card...
- How To Make A Traveling Clock Case
- A folding clock case will be found to be very convenient to possess when you make trips by automobile or otherwise, since it collapses into so small a space and when open, the clock sets at a convenie...
- How To Make A Dressing Table Mirror
- This mirror frame is designed to go with the dressing table, shown elsewhere. It can be hung from the wall or simply have it stand on the table and rest against the wall. A good plan is to finish t...
- How To Make A Large Plant Box
- This plant box is designed to hold large potted plants such as you might care to winter over in your house or for large plants you intend setting outdoors. The lumber from an old packing case, which i...
- How To Make A Pinhole Camera
- You can make this simple pinhole camera out of a discarded cardboard or wooden box that you may have on hand. With this little camera, you can make beautiful pictures of all sorts of objects, such as ...
- How To Make A Girl's Hat Box
- Here is a girl's hat box that is quite different from the general run of boxes. The front is made so that you can see inside the box without lifting the cover, and furthermore, when you wish to remove...
- How To Make A Vanity Case
- Every girl will naturally want a vanity case of some kind. The one shown here is not only useful and convenient, but with the type cover, very attractive. Use any thin workable wood, about 1/4 thick;...
- How To Make A Wardrobe For Dresses
- If you are in need of extra closet space for keeping your dresses, then I would suggest that you make this wardrobe. The job is not difficult and only requires inexpensive material for making same. ...
- How To Make A Desk Letter File
- Make this handy little article for holding your correspondence, bills and the like. This model is so simple that you can make most of it with a jackknife. Use any soft wood for making this letter f...
- How To Make A Hostess Tray
- The girl who is handy at art work will find this simple hostess tray a splendid project for trying out her skill. These trays have become more popular than ever in the last few years; serving refreshm...
- How To Make Knitting Needles
- Are you fond of knitting or do you have a friend who is? Well then you will surely want to make a pair of these attractive knitting needles and thereby be the envy of all your girl friends. The lit...
- How To Make A Small Chest Of Drawers
- Any girl will find use for a small chest of drawers in her room; it will conveniently hold many of her smaller articles of clothing. The one I have designed is simple and inexpensive to make, since ol...
- How To Make A Handkerchief Box
- A girl's handkerchief box should be made rather dainty, and of such material that will retain the sweet fragrance of sachet or perfume. A box of this kind can be made of either thin wood or heavy card...
- How To Make A Girl's Study Table
- Although called a study table, this model will serve equally well for many other general purposes in the girl's room or about the house. The kind of wood you will use for making this project will, ...
- How To Make A Christmas Tree Stand
- To be sure the Christmas tree stand serves its purpose for only a very short time in the year, but I think we will all agree that during that brief period, it is very necessary to have—that is if you ...
- How To Make Hanging Book Shelves
- Although this model is called hanging book shelves, you will find it equally convenient to use in the kitchen for holding spice boxes, cookbooks and the like. An old discarded packing case that i...
- How To Make A Fireplace Screen
- A fireplace that has been used for some time naturally becomes charred and does not look at its best. To cover up this condition, make a fireplace screen. The one here shown not only hides the unsight...
- How To Make A Milk And Bread Box
- If you live in the suburbs, you will want a box that can be kept outdoors so that the milkman and baker can deliver their wares to you and place them in a weather tight box. A box of this kind, also c...
- How To Make A Climbing Vine Trellis
- This trellis is designed to support all kinds of climbing vines, such as honeysuckle, clematis, trumpet vine, climbing nasturtiums, roses, etc. It is intended that this trellis be fastened against a w...
- How To Make A Dog Box-Bed
- If you are a lover of dogs and wish to furnish your pet with a comfortable bed, I suggest to you the making of this simple box-bed. Use any soft workable wood, such as you can obtain from an old di...
- How To Make Book Ends
- Regardless of how many book cases or book shelves you may have around the house, there is always need and room for a set of Book Ends, which will hold your choice books. You will find this projec...
- How To Make A Footstool
- There is always a feeling of comfort and luxury in being able to place one's tired feed on a soft footstool. Why not make this project? You will find the task a very simple one requiring but little ma...
- How To Make A Window Flower Box
- Add a bright, cheerful spot of color to some sunny window by making this flower box and then plant geraniums, nasturtiums or petunias in it. Sound knotty pine from an old discarded packing case wil...
- How To Make Whatnot Corner Shelves
- Like many others, you too no doubt, have accumulated a number of valuable articles that you would like to put on display in some otherwise unused place in your living room or bedroom. Why not make the...
- How To Make A Tree Seat
- People who live in the suburbs or out in the country are aware of the benefits of having an outdoor living room. You too may wish to locate such a place out in the flower garden or in part of an orcha...
- How To Make A Sawbuck Table
- This table has been given its name from the sawbuck type of construction used on the legs. Tables of this kind were very popular in colonial days, possibly because they are simple to construct and at ...
- How To Make A Hanging Flower Box
- Your sunparlor or porch or any other sunny room, will be an appropriate place for putting a hanging flower box or two. You can make this project six or eight inches square, for just a small plant o...
- How To Make A Plant Stand
- If you are fond of raising potted plants, either in the house during the winter months or on your open porch in the summer season, you will want a number of plant stands, so as to keep the plants off ...
- How To Make A Magazine Rack
- To keep your magazines in good order and yet have them easily available when you sit down in a comfortable chair to read, has always been a problem. The rack shown here is very simple to make, is a...
- How To Make A Boudoir Bench
- This boudoir bench is a companion piece to the dressing table, shown elsewhere, which with the dressing table mirror, makes up an attractive useful group for the girl's room. As with the dressing t...
- How To Make A Sewing Box
- This sewing box is large enough to contain all of the general sewing needs and also have room for keeping the material you will be working on. It is convenient to use, since you can easily carry this ...
- How To Make A Child's Play Pen
- Any mother will appreciate having an enclosure of this kind so that she can place the baby in it with a feeling of security. Simply place a large rug on the lawn, under a shady tree, then set up this ...
- How To Make A Window Box Refrigerator
- You will find the window box refrigerator a very handy and most desirable article to have during the cooler months of the year. Regardless of the electric refrigerator you may have, there are always m...
- How To Make A Lady's Stationery Chest
- The lady's stationery chest will be a simple article to make; it is unusual in design and I feel certain you will find it very desirable to possess. Getting away from the common box type for storing w...
- How To Make A Hand Loom
- Hand weaving is a most fascinating and often profitable pastime, which by no means is confined to girls alone. Yes, I am guilty, I confess that I have tried my hand at it while still a student of arts...
- How To Make A Waste Paper Container
- A wastepaper container is indispensable in keeping order in your room. The model here shown is unusual in that a unique kind of covering has been specified. You can make this project out of 1/4 pl...
- How To Make A Shoe And Stocking Cabinet
- You will find this shoe and stocking cabinet one of the handiest articles to have in your room, since with it you can keep your stockings in good order and have a suitable place for your shoes. If ...
- How To Make A Bench Hamper
- If you are somewhat crowed for room and do not know just where to keep your soiled clothes, then you will appreciate this bench hamper, for, as its name implies, it is both a bench and a hamper for ...
- How To Make Standing Book Shelves
- This model has been designed to serve a dual purpose: first that of holding books and second, that of an end table or stand. Your reading lamp will fit well on the top, and when this piece of furnitur...
- How To Make A Handy Knitting Box
- As its name implies, this is a handy box for holding your knitting materials and also for keeping the yarn clean and preventing the ball from rolling in some inaccessible place while you are knitting....
- How To Make A Rustic Garden Bench
- If you live in the country or have a friend who does, the wood for making this garden bench should cost you a trifle more than the labor involved in getting it out. Oak, hickory, ash, elm and many ...
- How To Make A Children's Sand Box
- Children naturally love to play in the sand. Some youngsters are fortunate enough to be able to stay at the seashore and have the beaches to play on while others must content themselves with an improv...
- How To Make A Rustic Birdhouse
- With the ever growing bird club movement that has spread throughout the country, there is little need to try to sell the idea of bird protection to the average person. Most of us believe in it already...
- How To Make A Guest's Towel Rack
- Have you ever been visiting overnight and felt the need of some place to hang up your towel or wash cloth in your room? Why not make this simple handy little towel rack and do away with such inconveni...
- How To Make A Fernery
- A fernery with its bright green plants, will add a spot of cheer to any room, at any season of the year. If you love plants and are capable of doing the simplest kind of wood work, you will want to ma...
- How To Make A Garden Seat
- The garden seat is a somewhat heavy project for a girl to attempt without the help of an older brother or some man. I have included this model in this book because it is so simple to make, is very bea...
- How To Make A Rack For Garden Tools
- If you are interested in garden work, you will need a rack of some kind for keeping the various garden tools, such as the spading fork, rake, hoe, a hand weeder, trowel, pruning shears, etc. A rack li...
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