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Heritage Ukranian Bench Wood Plans
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From 1891 to the beginning of World War I, many Ukrainians took advantage of a Canadian government program designed to populate the Western provinces. Escaping cultural persecution and economic repression, the new settlers brought agricultural and manufacturing skills, and they applied them fervently in the new land. Favoring a “peasant baroque” style, early Ukrainian-Canadian woodworkers enjoyed ornamenting their pieces with both carvings and painted icons, often religious or political, and multi-color finishes. This Ukrainian bench, collected in Saskatchewan, features a whimsical back that shows the joy that went into building the piece. I reproduced this decorative little hall bench from a very grainy photo. Because I knew only the outer dimensions of the piece, I spent a lot of time adjusting the size of the pieces to come up with the right proportions. Some elements of the finished product vary slightly from the original, but the result is a comfortable, functional piece, perfect for the front hall. To test how the piece would look as a whole, I built a full-size mock-up from scraps before I started on the real thing. That let me sit down and try it out to get a sense of how the finished project would feel. The mock-up also allowed me to adjust sizes of the individual parts to replicate the original more closely.
This is a sample of our custom made set of woodworking plans that are included already in our full site wood plans package, which also contains 15,000 more great wood plans like this. These small sample plans are intended to give our customers a preview of our large woodworking plans package before they purchase it. Please note, this particular item does not include the thousands of bonus wood plans on that package, this is for one plan only. This is one of the plans included as part of the complete woodworking plans package. Perhaps if this plan is all you need, then purchase it direct, otherwise, our full site access plan package is the best overall value.
Our plans are designed and written to be easy to follow and understand. This is a very simple plan with very simple instructions. You don't need an engineering degree and be able to read complex blueprints to understand our plans. You should be comfortable with woodworking and have good solid building skills, but our blueprints are still designed to be easy to read. For a short time only, we are offering, as a free bonus with this item, our exclusive home repair guide:
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