In this project, I build a modern tapered leg side table using simple tools and affordable materials. By tapering and angling ...

Want a great table? Build it yourself! Thanks to innovations in construction materials, joinery systems and wood finishes, it’s never been easier to make a durable, beautiful and inexpensive wooden ...

Google "hairpin legs" and you’ll turn up countless resources for what's now-staple of furniture design: slender steel rods bent into a deep, rounded V that can be easily attached to most any surface ...

POP Projects is a collection of new and classic projects from more than a century of Popular Mechanics. Master skills, get tool recommendations, and, most importantly, build something of your very own ...

In the last blog entry, we left off with the 4×12 Maple Parsons table after adding the underside framework, running the length of the table. After that step, we also decided to add cross bracing, ...