If you haven’t yet built your first table and chair set, you could do a lot worse than starting with this group. The simple lines of both pieces offer a pleasing style, but they’ll also challenge you to be very precise with all your cuts and joinery.

Meant for those with advanced skills, these projects will develop your skills in cutting compound angles, making mortise-and-tenon joints with a router and a table saw, making router-cut curves with a special jig, and more.

And after you build these pieces, you’ll learn more about applying stains and finishes to enhance the wood’s natural beauty and ensure that it’s well protected.