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Summary
There's more to a cultivated country spread or city terrace garden than the plants. People increasingly see their gardens as outdoor rooms, and they want to furnish and decorate them as attractively and comfortably as any other part of the home. Who doesn't dream of having coffee on the garden bench, eating lunch at a handmade picnic table, or snuggling with a lover under an arbor in the moonlight or in a gazebo during a thunderstorm?
Readily available, easy to work with, and inexpensive, wood is the ideal material for creating stylish and practical garden features. And you can often use low-cost, rough-cut wood straight from the sawmill for rustic, outdoor projects.
OUTDOOR WOODWORK offers 16 functional and attractive projects for the garden, including fences and gates, benches and chairs, decking, sheds, arbors, pergolas, trellises, planters, picnic tables, and a child's playhouse and treehouse. Each project has clear, step-by-step instructions and diagrams accompanied by full-color photographs showing the finished piece in its garden setting. Expert advice on staining and varnishing ensures that wooden garden features will stand up to the outdoor elements for years to come. This book is ideal as a reference for beginners and as a sourcebook of inspiration for more experienced do-it-yourself enthusiasts.
Author Notes
Husband-and-wife team Alan and Gill Bridgewater have an international reputation as authors of do-it-yourself books on gardening, furniture making, woodcarving, and pottery. They have written more than 45 successful books and dozens of magazine articles
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Library Journal Review
The Bridgewaters, a husband and wife team who have written a number of excellent woodworking books geared toward beginners, offer a collection of 16 attractive outdoor projects that will appeal to most woodworkers. The projects, made with common materials, include a potting table, treehouse, rabbit hutch, wheeled bench, picket fence, Victorian toolshed, and planter. The projects are especially well designed, with attractive detailing (for example, the picnic table has ornate sawn detailing on the boards). Each project is finely illustrated with clear photographs and excellent directions. A short section on techniques includes information on tools, joinery, project installation, finishing, and maintenance (a subject neglected by many titles). This book is an outstanding choice for all public libraries. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Table of Contents
Introduction | p. 6 |
Part 1 Techniques | p. 8 |
Designing and planning | p. 10 |
Tools | p. 12 |
Materials | p. 16 |
Working with wood | p. 20 |
Fences and gates | p. 22 |
Benches, chairs, and decking | p. 24 |
Sheds, houses, and arbors | p. 26 |
Pergolas, trellises, and planters | p. 28 |
Finishing | p. 30 |
Maintenance | p. 31 |
Part 2 Projects | p. 32 |
Tiered patio planter | p. 34 |
Folding screen | p. 38 |
Picket fence | p. 42 |
Picket gate | p. 46 |
Inspirations: Decorative gates | p. 50 |
Multi-shaped decking | p. 52 |
Decorative picnic table | p. 56 |
Classic arbor | p. 62 |
Wheeled bench | p. 68 |
Inspirations: Benches and chairs | p. 74 |
Romantic arch | p. 76 |
Corner patio planter | p. 82 |
Potting table | p. 88 |
Rabbit hutch | p. 94 |
Classic pergola | p. 100 |
Inspirations: Pergolas | p. 106 |
Victorian tool shed | p. 108 |
Treehouse | p. 114 |
Children's playhouse | p. 120 |
Glossary | p. 126 |
Index | p. 127 |
Reading List | p. 128 |