Season 2
(1990)
Overview
Norm builds an ash rocking horse, a cypress Adirondack chair, a mahogany butler's table, a pine kitchen dresser, a pine hearthside settle, a poplar pencil-post bed, a maple and poplar chair table, a pine kitchen worktable, an oak mission-style sofa, a Chippendale mirror, a cherry chest-on-chest, a teak English garden bench, and an armoire entertainment center.
Cast
as Host
Episodes
Rocking Horse 0.0
January 6, 1990
After a look at a collection of wooden toys at Old Sturbridge Village, a "living history" museum in central Massachuset…
Adirondack Chair 0.0
January 13, 1990
Norm designs his own version of the rustic Adirondack chair out of cypress, an excellent wood that needs no preservativ…
Butler's Table 0.0
January 20, 1990
Norm visits Kingscote, an elegant Gothic Revival house in Newport, Rhode Island, for a look at a mahogany butler's tabl…
Kitchen Dresser 0.0
January 27, 1990
After a look at an early 18th-century kitchen cupboard at Old Sturbridge Village, a "living history" museum in Sturbrid…
Hearthside Settle 0.0
January 3, 1990
Norm travels to the Massachusetts harbor of Gloucester to look at a high-backed, curved hearthside settle at Beauport, …
Pencil-Post Bed 0.0
February 10, 1990
Norm visits the Shelbourne Museum in Burlington, Vermont to examine an antique pencil-post bed with a rope support syst…
Chair Table 0.0
February 17, 1990
Norm drops in on the Fitch House in Old Sturbridge Village, central Massachusetts' "living history" museum, to look at …
Kitchen Worktable 0.0
February 24, 1990
Norm constructs a kitchen table that functions equally well as a dining table or a worktable. Built of pine, the table …
Mission Style Sofa 0.0
March 3, 1990
In a departure from the traditional New England-style furniture usually featured on The New Yankee Workshop, Norm draws…
Chippendale Mirror 0.0
March 10, 1990
In a change of pace, Norm shows how to build picture and mirror frames, emphasizing tools and clamps designed specifica…
Chest on Chest 0.0
March 17, 1990
With this eight-drawer, cherry chest-on-chest Norm simplifies a complicated project that may, at first glance, seem dau…
English Garden Bench 0.0
March 24, 1990
Norm leaves his trademark plaid shirt and jeans at home and dons a stylish suit and derby when he visits London for a l…
Armoire (Entertainment Center) 0.0
March 31, 1990
Norm winds up The New Yankee Workshop's second season with an armoire based on classic designs but adapted to contempor…