Season 1
(1989)
Overview
First Season of the Series. Series host, Norm Abram, builds an oak medicine cabinet, an ash drop-leaf table, a pine blanket chest, a pine bedside table, an oak bathroom vanity, a cherry trestle table, a painted bookcase, a pine chest of drawers, a candle stand, a pine hutch, a maple slant-top writing desk, and a pine corner cupboard. For "shop tools and techniques", he builds a workbench.
Cast
as Host
Episodes
Medicine Cabinet 0.0
January 7, 1989
After a tour of The New Yankee Workshop to preview the collection of furniture he will build in the first season, Norm …
Workbench 0.0
January 14, 1989
A good workshop begins with a well-equipped workbench, and master woodworker Norm uses one from his own shop as a model…
Drop Leaf Table 0.0
January 21, 1989
Norm uses ash, a durable hardwood, to fashion a drop-leaf table featuring turned legs, a top and leaves made from glued…
Blanket Chest 0.0
January 28, 1989
Norm travels to the island of Nantucket off the Massachusetts coast to look at a handmade blanket chest in a sea captai…
Bedside Table 0.0
February 4, 1989
Norm constructs a bedside table inspired by one found at the Hancock Shaker Village in western Massachusetts. Norm's de…
Oak Bathroom Vanity 0.0
February 11, 1989
Norm demonstrates how to build a bathroom vanity with dovetailed joints. He uses oak and a laminate top with double doo…
Trestle Table 0.0
February 18, 1989
After a look at a pine trestle table in a Shaker house on the island of Nantucket off the Massachusetts coast, Norm con…
Bookcase 0.0
February 25, 1989
Norm builds a free standing bookcase with a cornice detail, adjustable shelves, and a removable base. He uses pine for …
Chest of Drawers 0.0
March 4, 1989
Norm demonstrates how to build a chest of drawers using Ponderosa pine. He cuts and planes the wood, glues the boards f…
Candle Stand 0.0
March 11, 1989
Norm travels to the Hancock Shaker Village in western Massachusetts to gather ideas for his own design for a candle sta…
Hutch 0.0
March 11, 1989
Norm demonstrates how to build a hutch using knotty pine. The hutch consists of a base cabinet that has raised panel do…
Writing Desk 0.0
March 25, 1989
Norm builds a writing desk with a slanted top that is constructed mostly of maple. The desk features a shallow drawer, …
Corner Cupboard 0.0
April 1, 1989
Norm constructs a corner cupboard of pine and plywood. His design employees a top section that is enclosed by glass pan…