Season 9 - New Yankee Workshop Episodes

S9 E10: Hat Rack
Norm introduces viewers to the seventeenth-century craft of wood steaming when he creates this charming hat rack out of oak

S9 E7: Serving Trays
Norm crafts two distinctive wooden trays, a more primitive fruit tray out of recycled pine, and Norm introduces metalsmithing for the first time on The New Yankee Workshop when he fashions the cherry tray's hardware out of brass

S9 E4: Tiger Maple Washstand
Norm produces an 1830s-style washstand out of fine tiger maple, making it one of the most sophisticated pieces in his collection of low-country furniture

S9 E13: Fireplace Mantel
Norm uses his own home's unadorned Rumford fireplace to design this classic Colonial fireplace mantle, using a variety of woods and moldings readily available at home centers nationwide

S9 E11-12: Greenhouse - Parts 1-2
Built to withstand even the toughest weather conditions, this redwood and polycarbonate paneled greenhouse provides enough insulation and light to sustain plants during the long winter months

S9 E9: Seven-Drawer Chest
Norm builds this well-proportioned, English mahogany, seven-drawer chest-on-chest featuring period brass hardware pulls, edge banding, and dovetail drawers

S9 E8: Carousel Table
While building this ingenious Carousel Table out of salvaged pine, Norm shares his secrets for creating the spindle centerpiece with minimal hardware

S9 E6: Garden Gate
This ambitious garden gateway features a spindled gateway and is complemented by a pergola and a trellis that frames the garden view

S9 E5: Dough Box
Norm crafts his version of 19th century dough box out of antique pine and adds a hinge to the lid, he turns it into a great-looking, modern-day, chest-on-legs

S9 E3: Nantucket Settle
Norm crafts a lidded settle out of beautiful cherry wood and, in the process, demonstrates a variety of intermediate woodworking techniques including spindle-turning and how to make framed panels

S9 E2: Turkey Table
Norm brings a little bit of Georgia back to the New Yankee Workshop when he creates this Turkey Table with its graceful three-leaf-clover design out of Southern heart pine

S9 E1: Planter's Desk
Featuring nicely tapered legs, a hinged desktop, and plenty of shelves, Norm builds this Planter's Desk out of recycled pine and finishes it with a new pastel stain to give it a "pickled" look
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