Build your skills as you build terrific tables! Inside, you'll find step-by-step photos and instruction, plus measured drawings, for 17 tables in a wide range of styles and skill levels (including several handsome pieces you can easily build in a weekend). From simple tapered legs to contemporary cabrioles, from simple slap tops to draw-leaf tops, from side tables to game tables--you'll learn the techniques, tools, and joinery necessary to build great-looking tables for every room in your house. Plus, you'll find five technique articles to learn skills you can adapt for table designs (as well as other projects) of your own.