Furniture Design And Construction For The Interior Designer

- Styles of Furniture - The Design Process - Materials: Woods and Metals - Joinery - Finishes - Dining Room Furniture Design - Bedroom Furniture Design - Living Room Furniture Design - Home Office Furniture Design - Designing Other Pieces of Furniture - Introduces major furniture styles that influenced furniture in the United States and how styles have changed through the years - Emphasizes custom furniture design and fabrications geared toward residential design - Uses isometric and exploded drawings to explain how wood furniture is joined together and explains the strengths and uses of each joint - Step-by-step instructions and illustrations throughout cover how to engineer different types of furniture - Multiple projects, assignments, and quizzes at the end of each chapter - Heavily illustrated with drafting examples, sketches, renderings, and photographs of furniture - Instructor's Guide provides suggestions for planning the course and using the text in the classroom