The BEST episodes of The New Yankee Workshop season 9

#1 - Planter's Desk

Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/8/2006

#2 - Garden Gate

Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/8/1997

Norm couldn't resist bringing the romantic design of this garden gateway back from a recent visit to a charming New England seaside community. This ambitious outdoor project features a spindled gateway and is complemented by a pergola and a trellis that frames the garden view. Norm builds this outdoor project out of common, pressure-treated pine to ensure that it will last through years of sunshine, rain, and snow. In the process, he demonstrates how to join wood segments together with splines to form the elegant archway.

#3 - Hat Rack

Season 9 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/8/1997

#4 - Serving Trays

Season 9 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/15/1997

Norm takes viewers in to his favorite antique haunt on the quaint New England island of Nantucket where he discovers two distinctive wooden trays. Deeming them "the perfect weekend woodworking projects," Norm crafts the more primitive fruit tray out of recycled pine, and, for the first time on The New Yankee Workshop, introduces the craft of metalsmithing when he fashions the cherry tray's hardware out of brass.

#5 - Greenhouse (1)

Season 9 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/15/1997

He may be America's favorite master carpenter, but Norm readily admits that he's a "brown thumb," when it comes to gardening. This greenhouse is the perfect project for the serious backyard gardener (or someone who knows one) who is "workshop bound" for the winter. Norm fabricates this design out of redwood and polycarbonate panels. Built to withstand even the toughest weather conditions, this greenhouse provides enough insulation and light to sustain plants during the long winter months.

#6 - Fireplace Mantle

Season 9 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/29/1997

It's the season finale...and series Norm is taking this woodworking project home. Between shooting The New Yankee Workshop and This Old House, Norm rarely has time to build anything for himself these days. And, like the rest of us, he readily admits his own home is "a work in progress." With his own Rumford fireplace awaiting adornment, Norm takes the opportunity to design this classic Colonial fireplace mantle and builds it using a variety of woods and moldings readily available at home centers nationwide.

#7 - Greenhouse (2)

Season 9 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/22/1997

#8 - Turkey Table

Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/11/1997

While touring Savannah, Norm found the inspiration for this unique piece in Marty Johnson's antique collection. Though its name remains a mystery, there's no question that its graceful three-leaf-clover design makes it an attractive and practical accent table. Norm brings a little bit of Georgia back to The New Yankee Workshop when he creates the table out of Southern heart pine.

#9 - Nantucket Settle

Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/18/1997

On a recent sojourn to the quaint New England island of Nantucket, Norm found a wonderful lidded settle that can double as extra storage space and a hallway showpiece. Norm crafts a rendition 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.

#10 - Tiger Maple Washstand

Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/25/1997

This lovely washstand is true to the circa 1830 original found in the antique collection of Stanley and Jacqueline Levine of Savannah, Georgia. Featuring elegant scroll- work, turned legs, and a generous shelf drawer, this vintage design can be used today as a night stand. Norm produces this piece out of fine tiger maple, making it one of the most sophisticated pieces in his collection of low-country furniture.

#11 - Dough Box

Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/1/1997

#12 - Carousel Table

Season 9 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/22/1997

It's a great family gathering table and perfect for playing games with the kids, Norm claimed when he discovered the original in a private collection in Savannah. The ingenious design of this table features a lazy Susan centerpiece which can easily be removed for more formal gatherings. While building this piece out of salvaged pine, Norm shares his secrets for creating the spindle centerpiece with minimal hardware.

#13 - Seven Drawer Chest

Season 9 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/1/1997

Norm spied this regal nineteenth-century English mahogany, seven-drawer chest in the back room of Alex Raskin's renowned antique shop on Monterey Square in Savannah. This well-proportioned, chest-on-chest features period brass hardware pulls, edge banding, and dovetail drawers.