Hand-Built Outdoor Furniture


Book Description

Selected as a Gardens Illustrated Recommended Read Hand-Built Outdoor Furniture covers twenty step-by-step, fully illustrated projects with hundreds of clear and easy-to-follow photographs. Finished pieces include simple items include a trellis, a flower box, and a plant stand and more complicated projects include a chaise lounge, a sectional with built-in storage, and a slat bench. Katie Jackson's projects are simple, clean, and timeless and work well within a wide variety of styles. Hand-Built Outdoor Furniture is the perfect primer for people new to woodworking, DIYers, and homeowners looking for a simple and affordable to decorate their space.




How to Make Outdoor & Garden Furniture


Book Description

Enjoy outdoor living to the fullest with these 22 functional and decorative furniture projects. Superb step-by-step photographs and excellent working drawings help ensure success. The time to complete each project ranges from a few hours to a couple of weekends, making this book an ideal resource for transforming your backyard or deck. From Adirondack chairs, patio bars, and picnic tables to showcase Victorian trellises and planters, these attractive pieces will beautify your outdoor space.




Great Outdoor 2x4 Furniture


Book Description

Woodworkers will enjoy building these 21 good-looking and functional pieces of outdoor furniture, thanks to easy-to-follow instructions, full-color photos, and detailed drawings. Every project is attractive, inexpensive, and requires only basic tools and off-the-shelf lumber to construct. There's plenty of variety, including an Adirondack chair, chaise longue, dining table, Victorian loveseat, and hammock stand.




Young House Love


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This New York Times bestselling book is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up your home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts and millions of hits per month on their blog YoungHouseLove.com, Sherry and John Petersik are home-improvement enthusiasts primed to pass on a slew of projects, tricks, and techniques to do-it-yourselfers of all levels. Packed with 243 tips and ideas—both classic and unexpected—and more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this is a book that readers will return to again and again for the creative projects and easy-to-follow instructions in the relatable voice the Petersiks are known for. Learn to trick out a thrift-store mirror, spice up plain old roller shades, "hack" your Ikea table to create three distinct looks, and so much more.




Yard and Garden Furniture


Book Description

Whether you prefer the sleek lines of an Adorondack chair and table, or the sturdy scissors of a family picnic table, Yard & Garden Furniture has a project to suit your tastes and needs. There are 20 projects in all, each with a complete parts list, cutting plans, exploded assembly views, and step-by-step how-to photos. The projects include:- Porch rocker- Deck table and chairs- Planter bench- Tree bench- Recliner- Hammock stand




HomeMade Modern


Book Description

You can make the furniture you want at a fraction of the price of store-bought furniture. Not only will you save tons of money, but you'll also make environmentally sustainable pieces that are solidly built, using real materials like metal, wood, concrete, and other recycled ready-mades. The projects in this book don't require special skills, prior experience, or even a garage full of tools. You'll be walked step-by-step through the process of making furniture, from where to buy the materials (or where to scavenge) to how to make the most of the tools you own.




Outdoor Furniture


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At last, an organized approach to building fabulous outdoor furniture. Shopping lists, tool lists, and materials lists tell you exactly what you'll need.




The Backyard Homestead Book of Building Projects


Book Description

Gardeners, small farmers, and outdoor living enthusiasts will love this compilation of 76 rustic DIY projects. From plant supports and clotheslines to a chicken coop, a greenhouse, and a root cellar with storage bins, most of the projects are suitable for complete novices, and all use just basic tools and easy-to-find materials. You’ll find techniques to build whatever your outdoor world is missing, with additional tips to live sustainably, happily, and independently. Also available in this series: The Backyard Homestead, The Backyard Homestead Seasonal Planner, The Backyard Homestead Guide to Raising Farm Animals, and The Backyard Homestead Book of Kitchen Know-How.







Outdoor Furniture


Book Description

By the nature of where it spends its life, outdoor furniture has to be designed, first and foremost, to withstand its toughest enemy--the elements. This book includes projects for durable outdoor chairs, benches, tables, swings, gliders, and other garden structures.