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 craftsmans