Giving Woodwork a Decorative Facelift
Giving Woodwork a Decorative Facelift: Amber Bailey reflects on the benefits of adding decorative metalwork to wood. Natural glue for…
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Veneer Maintenance
Veneer Maintenance: Amber Bailey likes to make sure her veneers are in a respectable condition. As anyone knows, the further…
Two-Step Stool
Two-Step Stool: If you need to reach up higher, make this handy hop-up! The fixing method for this project is…
A Victorian Curiosity Pinned Butterfly
A Victorian Curiosity Pinned Butterfly: That rare species, the Amber Bailey, pins down the perfect marquetry project I have always found ‘Victorian…
Kitchen Sign
Kitchen Sign: Amber Bailey makes a fun kitchen sign, using marquetry techniques What you will need: • Photocopies of the…
Castle Doorstop
Castle Doorstop: ‘An Englishman’s home is his castle’ – or at least the doorstop is.
Jigsaw Puzzle
Jigsaw Puzzle Amber Bailey goes more or less round in circles to produce a simple fun jigsaw Rather than having a go…
Japanese Lacquer Panels
Japanese Lacquer Panels Amber Bailey offers a multi-layered approach to the restoration of a 19th-century lacquered panel Several years ago I was…
Wooden Alphabet Magnets
Wooden Alphabet Magnets Novelty fridge magnets are relatively a thing of the past, but as a child of the 1990s…
Making a Packet out of Marquetry
Making a Packet out of Marquetry Several months into my course, I have already garnered a notebook full of useful…