This cherry stick chair – one of my favorite designs – is for sale this week via a drawing. If you are interested in purchasing it, please read on. This chair – built using black cherry from the Ohio River valley – is influenced by many gorgeous Welsh examples I have inspected during my travels. But…
Read moreA reader found an error in the full-size patterns for “The Stick Chair Book.” Here’s the fix. The plans for the Six-stick Comb-Back were scaled down slightly by the printer. None of the other five patterns are scaled down – they are correct. We’re not sure how this happened, but oh well. The patterns for…
Read moreAfter I first wrote about Roubo-style workbenches in 2005, I was often asked: “Why do you hate the Euro-style workbench so much?” The answer is that I don’t “hate” any style of workbench, chair, cabinet or chamber pot. The only things I truly despise are flimsy, mass-manufactured versions of workbenches, tools, chairs, pants, door knockers,…
Read moreEver since I started selling stick chairs, potential customers have asked: “I like the look of your chairs, but are they comfortable?” My canned response has been: “Compared to a La-Z-Boy, no. But compared to typical wooden chairs, yes, they are fairly comfortable.” Last weekend I experienced a forced, painful and radical reassessment of my…
Read moreAs promised, we created a full-color dust jacket for “The Stick Chair Book” that you can download and print out at your local copy shop. The dust jacket measures 22.5” x 9.25”, so it can easily be printed out on 24”-wide poster stock (a common size). We recommend a coated heavy-weight paper (70# to 100#),…
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