Hand-Built Outdoor Furniture: 20 Step-by-Step Projects Anyone Can Build - Softcover

Jackson, Katie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1604695838 ISBN 13: 9781604695830

Publisher: Timber Press, 2016

Synopsis

Selected as a Gardens Illustrated Recommended Read

Hand-Built Outdoor Furniture covers twenty step-by-step, fully illustrated projects with hundreds of clear and easy-to-follow photographs. Finished pieces include simple items include a trellis, a flower box, and a plant stand and more complicated projects include a chaise lounge, a sectional with built-in storage, and a slat bench. Katie Jackson's projects are simple, clean, and timeless and work well within a wide variety of styles. Hand-Built Outdoor Furniture is the perfect primer for people new to woodworking, DIYers, and homeowners looking for a simple and affordable to decorate their space.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Build a stylish backyard oasis!

Whether you just have a couple hours or an entire weekend, woodwork artist Katie Jackson will show you how to create gorgeous, contemporary furniture for your outdoor space. Start off small with shaker pegboard shelves and stair-step planter boxes and work your way up to creating a complete chaise sectional and rolling coffee table. With minimal investment, standard tools, and readily-available materials from your local lumberyard, you can outfit your yard with 20 one-of-a-kind projects that  are better than anything you could buy.

About the Author:

Katie Jacksonis a designer and builder of simple furniture using renewable and reclaimed materials. After graduating from Bennington College, she trained as a cabinetmaker at New England School or Architectural Woodworking. She attended a Woodworking Teacher’s Educational Program at Girls At Work, Inc., specializing in empowering at-risk girls with wood shop skills. Jackson headed the woodworking program at Camp Onaway for Girls for four summers, then teamed up with Lilah Crews-Pless to launch a design-build collaboration out of TechShop San Francisco and TechShop Menlow Park. She now builds at New England Society of Innovation and Technology (NESIT) Hackerspace. Learn more at katiejacksonwoodworks.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Timber Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1604695838
• ISBN 13: 9781604695830
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264