Turf [Paperback]

Anthony Garay (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 15, 2005

Today's kids want furniture that is funky and unique - not their parents' worn out antiques. And while they don't have the budget to buy trendy pieces, they do have something else; a creative, do-it-yourself attitude.; Turf will inspire 20- and 30-somethings to create one-of-a-kind works of art - that are functional as well. Featuring 25 projects, this book shows how to: Build contemporary chairs, tables and accessories, along with a nightstand, an armoire and a bed frame, using only a limited number of tools; Use wood with unconventional materials, including pipe, dustbins, crates, acrylics and recycled items; Transform ready-made items into something new with easy-to-grasp skills Illustrated with a mixture of unique hand-drawn illustrations and photos, Turf makes a hip coffee table book as well as practical furniture manual.

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About the Author

Anthony Garay has worked at various design studios, designing and creating influential contemporary pieces.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: How (October 15, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558707611
• ISBN-13: 978-1558707610
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 8.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,534,320 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Very Masculine, April 19, 2006

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C. Johnston Cramer "resident nerd" (Athens, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Turf (Paperback)

This book has a lot of ideas. Being a designer, artist, and a person who generally likes to build things I bought this book as well as the Readymade, DIY, and Todd Oldham books. I also own many other more technical books. This book, as well as the others is good for people who like to make things but arent comfortable deisgning. It is also good for people with very little money and a lot of time. However, I did not like this book personally for a few reasons. This is not to say this is a bad book, because it isnt. I am female and as much as I value my already pretty masculine minimalist asthetic, the designs in this book are extremely male. Very "Home Depot" and not for me. There were some cool ideas that I would embellish on though and that is great. The problem I have with all of this generation of D.I.Y. books is the look is very slipshod, and sometimes very junky. I think this book does a good job over some of the others of making pieces that are actually structural and can be used, but a few are hardly practical. The designs for seating seem horribly rigid even the models in the photos look uncomfortable. So in summation, this book is not a bad, or poorly written book, but a book really intented for a college aged group of dudes that want some cheap furniture they can have fun and throw together that will give them a "Steal this room" look to their pad.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cool Stuff, January 24, 2006

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J. gist - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Turf (Paperback)

This book is aimed at a super specific target market, so it won't be everything to everyone. I'm a little out of the $50 or less dormroom furniture stage of my life, but I still found some things in here that are useful. I realled liked the wine rack and the palette coffee table is probably the coolest coffee table I've ever seen.

I would recommend this book to anyone who likes DIY projects.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I thought is was great, January 23, 2006

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Chris "Chris" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Turf (Paperback)

Well, maybe this is just my glass-half-full attitude shining through, but I thought that this book was very successful at doing what it set out to do. I'm not sure how someone could be disappointed in it-- no book can be all things to all people, and I thought that this one did a nice job showing how to use common, hardware store materials to put together some funky furnishings. There was nothing I really would've changed, and I'll admit to being a design junkie who gets a little cynical from time to time. Will I run out and build every project exactly as it is shown? No, but I read a lot of design books and there isn't enough time in the day to actually build everything that's out there. What I really got out of the book was some specific advice for building stuff with this kind of urban, artsy, creative edginess and I will definitely refer back to it in the future.

I think it helps to keep an open mind and view this book as general inspiration, in addition to containing instructions for specific pieces. I'm sure that a lot of people will find this to be a useful guidebook, whether they want to follow the directions step to step or just get ideas in general.