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-# Rustic furniture
+This topic is part of [[gt:crafts|Crafts & making]].
+====== Rustic furniture ======
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-## What is rustic furniture?
+===== What is rustic furniture? =====
 Rustic furniture is hand-made wooden household or garden furniture that is quick to make, using wood from trees in a natural state with a minimum of processing. Items retain the character and natural beauty of the tree they were made from.
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-## What are the benefits of rustic furniture?
+===== What are the benefits of rustic furniture? =====
 Furnishing our homes can be very expensive. A major benefit of rustic furniture is that you can make your own very cheaply, if not for free. Making rustic furniture is joyfully simple. Pieces can be made using a modest selection of basic hand tools, which makes it accessible for anyone to make – you don’t have to have power tools or the experience (and power) required to use them. This also means that you can make your furniture in the woods where the tree has been felled.
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-## What can I do?
+===== What can I do? =====
 First, get some tools. The basic hand tools needed for rustic furniture-making are the same as for any green woodworking project. These may include an axe, froe (splitting tool), draw-knife (shaving tool), rounder (rotary plane), a good wooden mallet (that you can make yourself) and a bow-saw. These can be obtained from a variety of places, some mainstream, some specialist. For example, new side-axes and other tools can be purchased online, or alternatively, good-quality second-hand tools can be found in second-hand shops or antique stores, or at wood fairs / festivals / markets.
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-## Further resources
+===== Forum =====
+This topic belongs to the section [[gt:crafts|Crafts & making]]. You can ask questions or add information on the corresponding [Forum section](https://forum.growingthecommons.org/t/crafts).
+===== Further resources =====
-## Specialist curators of this topic
+- [How to build a bent willow chair](https://discover.hubpages.com/art/How-To-Build-a-Bent-Willow-Chair)
+- [Mother Earth News](https://www.motherearthnews.com/diy/making-rustic-furniture-zmaz94djzraw/) - making rustic furniture
+- [Woodcraft](https://www.woodcraft.com/blogs/cabinetry-furniture-making/from-tree-to-table) - from tree to table: how to make your own rustic log furniture
+- [Ana White](https://www.ana-white.com/woodworking-projects) - plans for building furniture with recycled timber
+- [Funky Junk](https://www.funkyjunkinteriors.net/pallet-farm-table-desk-part-2-build/) - tables from pallets and recycled wood
+- [Wood Magazine](https://www.woodmagazine.com/woodworking-how-to/design-drawing-furniture-styles/rustic-furniture-basics) - rustic furniture basics
+- [Kyle Hall](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKwOlFslxwi4hHsGpndZT5QRPs-4yoJDf) - rustic furniture videos
+===== Related topics =====
+- [[grwo:Green woodworking]]
+- [[chsw:chainsaws|Chainsaws]]
+- [[craf:Craft| Craft production]]
+- [[wodl:woodland management|Tree / woodland management]]
+- [[liho:homes|Low-impact homes]]
+- [[fell:Felling|Felling axes & crosscut saws]]
+===== Specialist curators of this topic =====