Outdoor Woodwork: 16 Easy-To-Build Projects for Your Yard & Garden [Paperback]

Alan Bridgewater (Author), Gill Bridgewater (Author)

Book Description

Series: Step-By-Step Practical Guides | Publication Date: January 1, 2002

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.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

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.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Review

" It includes 16 easy-to-build projects designed to make the garden lovelier and the gardener more efficient." — Tennessean

 

" The projects are especially well designed, with attractive detailing…" — Library Journal

 

"Outdoor Woodwork offers step-by-step plans, including an unusually attractive variation on the classic wooden picnic table..." ― Chicago Tribune

 

“Outdoor Woodwork boasts 16 woodworking projects to add a dash of do-it-yourself to the garden.” —Sacramento Bee

 

“ … all the steps needed to create stylish wooden projects perfect for back yards and patios.  There’s something for every estate or courtyard...” — New Orleans Times-Picayune

 

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Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC (January 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 158017437X
• ISBN-13: 978-1580174374
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #258,113 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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33 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love the projects especially the Rabbit Hutch!, August 2, 2002

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This review is from: Outdoor Woodwork: 16 Easy-To-Build Projects for Your Yard & Garden (Paperback)

I bought this book for the Rabbit Hutch only.
The rabbit hutch is exactly what I wanted. Easy access, simple to build, and the rabbit will love it.
If you put legs on it, it could be used inside with a litter pan underneath, which is what I plan to do with it. But I'm also going to make one for outside as well because it is made so that it's easy to move around.

The other projects include a wheeled two-seater bench (love it), a picnic table (it's not your regular picnic table design), an arbor with a seat, and an arbor with a swing, a folding screen and a very small tool shed. These were the ones I liked the most.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars nothing easy about it, April 17, 2011

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tgardner - See all my reviews

This review is from: Outdoor Woodwork: 16 Easy-To-Build Projects for Your Yard & Garden (Paperback)

My husband and I have woodwork experiance. We made the wheeled bench. Some of the instructions were missing. Thank God we do have some knowledge. We had to take some of the bench apart just to figure out some of the steps not mentioned (or left out)

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great outdoor projects, December 16, 2008

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Jenny Mcdonald "J. McD" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Outdoor Woodwork: 16 Easy-To-Build Projects for Your Yard & Garden (Paperback)

In the warmer weather our family lives outside, and this book has me very excited for next summers building projects. There are many useful easy projects that either I or my husband can build on the weekend. Things for kids, things for adults and all with a nice look to them.