Ending our year with this book was merely a coincidence of closure. Our twelfth book in our twelve-month series, this one hit me harder than the rest. James Krenov’s “A Cabinetmaker’s Notebook” Isn’t someone telling you how to build, or how to think. Rather, a conversation with the reader. I felt like I was sitting in a kitchen, drinking tea with an old mentor who was trying to instill in me a strong work ethic while holding equal resolve for your own creative self, a line Kr

“The Shaker Legacy” by Christian Becksvoort is a meticulously cataloged history of one of the most influential groups in furniture design, told through the pieces themselves. Becksvoort compiles over 140 pieces of historic furniture from the Shaker archives, which are used to tell the story of how the Shakers lived and how that correlated with their designs and careful craftsmanship. With a close relationship to the last remaining shaker community, Becksvoort has worked along

Coming into the second year of the book club, my heart is as full as my bookshelf. We have had an amazing year of reading and sharing stories with friends old and new. I wanted to give a special thank you to our guest moderators from the past year, a truly impressive list of people who shared their time and insight with us without anything in return. Coming into the new year of titles I wanted to create a diverse list that will fill out any woodworker's collection as well as

Ok bookworms, I’m going to come clean, I listened to “Good Clean Fun” by Nick Offerman on Audible, and I think it was the right move. Now, I also have the PDF version to enjoy the project guides and illustrations, of course, but my wife, Megan, and I have just bought our first house, and my designated reading hours have been set aside to focus on some painting, organization, and my favorite, reglazing double-hung windows. Listening to an audiobook can go two ways, either an u

Whenever an author is unavailable to join the club meeting, I always try to think of the best person to accompany the throughline of the...