Season 2 poster

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

Norm Abram as Host
Norm Abram

as Host

Episodes

Rocking Horse poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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February 17, 1990

Norm drops in on the Fitch House in Old Sturbridge Village, central Massachusetts' "living history" museum, to look at …

Kitchen Worktable poster

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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 poster

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March 3, 1990

In a departure from the traditional New England-style furniture usually featured on The New Yankee Workshop, Norm draws…

Chippendale Mirror poster

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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 poster

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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 poster

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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) poster

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March 31, 1990

Norm winds up The New Yankee Workshop's second season with an armoire based on classic designs but adapted to contempor…