Kevin O'Connor meets maker Char Miller-King in her community’s workshop to build a simplified shaker-style table 🛠 | This Old House

Here is a quick and easy tutorial for building your own DIY shaker style cabinet doors or drawer fronts! Shaker doors are made up of 3 parts - rails (side pieces), stiles (top/bottom piece) and a middle panel. For mine, I used 1x3s for my rails and stiles and 1/4in sanded plywood for the middle panel. You could use a router or a dado blade to make a groove in the 1x3s but I’m going to just use what I have and make it work with the table saw. I need the groove to be 1/4in thick so I am running it

Most people saw a worn out chair set. I saw a moment in American furniture history. This set is an early Baumritter design but if you’re looking for an Ethan Allen label, you won’t find one. That’s because these chairs were made before Baumritter officially rebranded as Ethan Allen in the 1970s, during a time when the company was quietly building some of the highest quality solid wood furniture on the market. In the mid 20th century, Baumritter became known for combining traditional craftsmanshi