furniture making

Building wooden pieces

Furniture making is the craft of constructing chairs, tables, cabinets, beds, and other functional pieces from wood, metal, or other materials.

The term encompasses both traditional handcraft using joinery and carving and modern manufacturing processes.

He learned furniture making from his grandfather, who built everything in the shop by hand.

Related

wood · solid wood · carving · saw · power tools · woodworking · mortise · tongue and groove · seating · veneer · marquetry · dovetail · sander · dust mask · planer · upholstering · laminating · lathe

Categories
Opposites
structural construction vs. surface treatment

furniture makingupholstery

Furniture's textile layer

reupholstering · furniture refinishing · furniture painting

creation vs. destruction

furniture makingdeconstruction

Analysis exposing self-contradiction

wrecking · junking

craft specialization

furniture makingupholstery

Furniture's textile layer

metalworking · glassblowing · pottery · jewelry making

Family

making, furniture

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G