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Product Description:  Even a small backyard tucked behind the house can blossom brilliantly with room for lounging, cooking, dining, playing, and working. Offering a mix of down-to-earth advice and artistic ideas, along with 18 detailed blueprints to guide you, designer David Stevens shows how to unlock your garden's extraordinary possibilities...read more

Product Description: A collection of projects for DIY enthusiasts at all skill levels. Complete designs, step-by-step instructions and construction photographs describe projects for making gazeboes and sheds, cooking and dining furniture, deck and porch furniture, planters and wildlife feeders and shelters...read more

Provides complete instructions and diagrams for completing twenty-five projects, including lawn furniture, birdhouses and feeders, and other lawn and garden accessories

Gives the history of the Adirondack chair, provides instructions for making Adirondack furniture, and offers suggestions on the tools and types of woods to use

Product Description: Here is a dazzling array of projects that are easy to make with simple tools and materials. The thoughtfully designed projects are simple to assemble with screws, glue, and nails, yet the results are truly attractive. Includes illustrated, step-by-step instructions for more than 60 projects to brighten the lawn, garden, deck, and landscape...read more

A master woodworker presents eighteen simple projects for building professional and stylish outdoor furniture that use such outdoor-resilient wood as teak, pine, mahogany, and recycled plastic lumber. Original. (view table of contents)

Provides instructions for creating outdoor furniture ranging in style from modern to classic to functional, offers advice on buying lumber, and discusses the necessary tools

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Provides detailed directions for the construction of benches, chairs, tables, and other furniture for use on the porch and in the yard

Your new deck or old porch is just waiting to be transformed into an inviting sanctuary for entertaining and relaxing. You'll find it hard to tear yourself away from your new outdoor retreat. Complete these simple stylish projects and all the comforts of home will be right outside your front or back door. They will enhance a range of architectural styles and urban locations, whether you prefer rustic charm or Victorian splendour. * The rustic porch * Bungalow style * Queen Anne porch * Dining al fresco * * A deck for the green fingered * A Victorian lover's porch * Lounge deck * * A bird-watcher's porch * Scented porches * Bubbling water gardens * * Light up the night with a metal Iantern featuring traditional punched-metal designs. * Get cosy leaning back on pillows stitched from fabrics suitable for the outdoors. * Encourage lounging with a soothing water garden adorned with a tiny, bubbling fountain. * Attract birds by building whimsical birdhouses using dollshouse supplies. (view table of contents)

Discusses design considerations, looks at useful tools and materials, and shows how to make benches, stools, chairs, tables, and folding furniture

A hands-on guide to transforming flea market bargains into treasured pieces for the home, deck, porch, or garden furnishes step-by-step instructions and photographs for twenty-five projects, from making planters to recycling a chandelier. By the author of Flea Market Makeovers. 20,000 first printing.

Product Description: Designed as a guide to making 20 traditional garden furniture projects in wood, including tables, chairs, benches, tree seats, a sun lounger and a climbing frame, this volume covers the subject from a design and practical viewpoint...read more

Features step-by-step photographs and detailed instructions for twenty practical projects for a range of furniture and accessories for one's outdoor living space, including a handcrafted birdfeeder, swing, mosaic table, and arbor, accompanied by helpful tips on decorating existing garden furniture, tools, construction techniques, materials, and more. 10,000 first printing.

Shows useful materials, hardware, and tools, and offers instructions for building several types of decks (view table of contents)

Product 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...read more

Provides an historical overview of Lloyd Loom and the production process. This work includes photographs that illustrate furniture combinations for indoors and outdoors.

Home gardens have become increasingly important both for socializing and for retreating from the hectic pace of modern life. In Making Twig Garden Furniture, Abby Ruoff shows how to embellish these spaces with everything from simple birdhouses and planters to elaborate benches and trellises - all made from twigs and bentwood. Now in its second edition and greatly expanded, the book introduces 10 new unique designs, and 61 projects altogether. Complete plans for all projects are included, with skill levels ranging from beginner to expert. Old favorites cover both the startling (Scarecrow) and the serene (Robin's Nesting House). New projects include a Revamped Red Rocker, a Rustic Plant Trainer, and a Canopy Bench with a Bluestone Seat. Designs such as the Herb Gathering Basket and the Picnic Cover (to protect outside meals) will inspire readers to bring back some charming but useful traditions.

With clear instructions for each phase of construction, the host of PBS' 'New Yankee Workshop' introduces the building plans for ten outdoor furnishings, including a garden swing, child's wagon, and colonial fences

Provides instructions for building outdoor furniture and accessories, including chairs, benches, tables, swings and gliders, planters, serving trolleys, and garden arbors.

A collection of furniture projects features instructions, hints, and proven techniques for the creation of tables, chairs, swings, chaise lounges, and porch rockers.