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This is a collection of 24 easy-to-build wood projects for your garden and backyard, each of which can be constructed in a single weekend. Outdoor Wood Projects features 24 projects for the backyard and garden that can be completed with basic DIY tooling, inexpensive materials and beginner skills, and that should take no more than a weekend to build. Projects are grouped into the following categories: planters, window boxes, trellises, and outdoor furniture. There is also a whole chapter devoted...

Look beyond the back door and discover the outdoor spaces that are waiting to be shaped into natural, relaxing extensions of the home. With gorgeous photographs throughout--many of them full-page--this inspiring guide immerses you in the aesthetics of outdoor living, from tiled gardens to trellised dining areas. Learn how boundaries, from low shrubs to metal walls, are essential to creating comfortable outdoor spaces, and how gardens can achieve the right balance of light and shadow. Also includ...

Bare, stark swimming pools - those rectangular concrete holes in the ground surrounded by a chain link fence - are going the way of the dinosaurs. Pool owners have begun to see the pool and the area around it as an outdoor living space, a place for entertaining a crowd or relaxing alone. In response to this hot, new trend, gardener and landscape designer Catriona Tudor Erler has written POOLSCAPING, a one-of-a-kind handbook overflowing with inspiring ideas and practical advice on how to make you...

This work includes fifty-six projects for all aspects of the small garden, from containers to make and decorate to structures made from brick, stone, wood and metal. In a small garden, every feature counts - from a herb plot to a patio pot. In this inspiring book, award-winning authors, George Carter and Richard Bird, show you how to make the most of your garden - however tiny - by matching innovative planting schemes with interesting garden features. Each project is illustrated and described in...

Turn your backyard into a marvelous playland. With 30 play structures to choose from, all designed for the weekend woodworker and ranging from child-size gardening tools to an heirloom-quality Cozy Cottage play-house, complete with porch, window boxes, mailbox, and a porch swing, you are sure to find projects that match your child's personality and the size of your yard. Active kids will love the gigantic Tarzanium, a two-story jungle-gym that includes a sandbox, a deck, a fabric sunshade; and a...

Practical advice and inspirational ideas for building and decorating outdoor arches, sheds and shelters - An easy-to-follow guide with 75 beautiful photographs

Achievable, original ideas for adding vibrant color and decoration to your outdoor living space.

This title demonstrates how to build structures such as garages and carports, gazebos, arbors storage buildings, fences and screens, patios and decks, playhouses, kennels and birdhouses. A wide range of projects for all gardens and backyards is included.

Drawing on the traditional English garden, this guide features clean, functional designs which are stylish enough for indoor use but able to withstand decades outdoors with minimal maintenance. These 30 projects involve varying levels of woodworking skill and tool inventory. They include plans for chairs, tables, benches, screens, gates, trellises, garden shelves, a work table, a hammock stand and a garden cart. Each is photographed in colour and surrounded by flowering gardens and natural lands...