Easy To Build Backyard Projects

For any do-it-yourselfer, nothing is more rewarding than completing a project that’s not only functional, but also makes a welcome addition to the home. Among these projects, outdoor furniture has always been a DIY favorite. Easy-to-Build Backyard Projects offers places to pot and display plants, furniture for cooking and entertaining, storage and utility pieces, some things the kids can call their own, and chairs from which to admire handiwork in comfort. Every project is made with the simplest of materials: 2x4s and other standard lumber. Only basic power tools are required for construction, with no complicated joinery involved. This book provides all the ingredients that make it easy to get started—and quickly complete—beautiful and handy items for the backyard.

Easy-to-Build Outdoor Projects, a stimulating and reader-friendly book for home woodworkers, combines inspiring photographs of finished projects with step-by-step instructions and clear illustrations. It’s the perfect guide for anyone who loves to make useful and fun things for the backyard.

Introduction

 

Materials

Lumber Dimensions

Nails

Safety

Tools and Techniques

Enlarging by the Squares

 

The Projects

 

Chapter 1: Seating

Adrondack chair, footstool, and table

Deck Rail Benches

Storage Bench

 

Chapter 2: Outdoor Cooking

Outdoor Cooking Center

BBQ Station

Classic Redwood Picnic Table

Servng Cart

 

Chapter 3: For Kids

Children's Picnic Table

Sandbox

 

Chapter 4: For Gardeners

Planter Boxes

Planting Arbor

Potting Cart

Compost Bin

 

Chapter 5: For Decks

Pergola

Classic Redwood Side Table

Deck Cushion Storage Locker

 

Chapter 6: Around the Yard

Planter Bench

No-Raccoon Trash Can Locker

 

Resources

Other Recommended Reading

Glossary

Index

Acknoledgments and Credits

Monte Burch has been an award-winning freelance writer, photographer, and illustrator for more than three decades. He is the author of over 70 books and hundreds of published magazine articles. His book topics range from cabinetmaking to building sheds, barns, and log homes.

Beginning his work in the woodworking field at the knee of his father, a cabinetmaker, Monte became an associate editor of Workbench magazine after college. Seven years later he and his family moved to the Missouri Ozarks, and he began a freelance career in both the woodworking and hunting and fishing fields.

Monte and his wife, Joan, still reside on a farm in the Missouri Ozarks where he continues his passions for woodworking, furniture building, hunting, fishing, photography, illustrating, and writing for numerous national magazines in several fields. Their farm is managed extensively for wildlife and a cow/calf operation.

 

 

Easy-to-Build Outdoor Projects, a stimulating and reader-friendly book for home woodworkers, combines inspiring photographs of finished projects with step-by-step instructions and clear illustrations. It’s the perfect guide for anyone who loves to make useful and fun things for the backyard.

Publisher: Creative Homeowner
Distributor: Creative Homeowner Press
Publication Date: 02-02-2009
Pages: 160
Measurements: 10.88in X 8.50in X 0.38in X 1.25lb