Step by Step Outdoor Woodwork (Step by Step Series) - Hardcover
Whether you want a garden ringed by fences, or embellished with decks and gazebos, you can build it yourself--easily! Over 20 projects suitable for amateur carpenters will turn a plain plot of land into a marvelous landscape. * Estimate quantities accurately, select the right tools and materials, and master basic woodworking techniques. * Give your garden character with either a formal or rustic fence; hang a gate securely; create a focal point with pergolas, walkways, and gazebos; and screen out ugly features with inexpensive, charming openwork trellises. * Increase your garden's comfort, attractiveness, and usefulness with slatted tables, benches, foldaway pieces, and a patio set. * Put in a child's play area with sandpits, swings, and treehouses. * Apply decorative finishes, keep rot at bay, and assemble simple yet sturdy joints. * Plus, a list of great weekend projects will help you create the garden of your dreams! 96 pages (all in color), 8 1/2 x 11.
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Review:
This is a project book, with more than 20 easy-to-build projects for patio and garden using a variety of stone. Walls, arches, paths, steps, rock gardens, fountains, seats and tables, sundials, patios, and even birdbaths are described in detail and illustrated with hundreds of drawings and color photographs. The book will show the reader how to estimate costs and quantities accurately, select the right tools and materials, prepare ground sites properly, produce sturdy and original structures, and create an attractive, inviting garden or patio using one of nature's most durable and beautiful materials. --Mark A. Hetts
From the Back Cover:
From walls, arches, patios, paths, steps, roch gardens and fountains to seats and tables, sundials and bird baths, Step-by-Step Outdoor Stonework is the definitive guide to working with stone in your garden.
Full instructions for over 200 projects are accompanied by step-by-step illustrations and photographs. Whether building a wall or designing a rock garden, with this book in hand do-it-yourselfers at all levels of expertise will produce professional results every time.
Inside you'll find out how to...
* Estimate costs and quantities accurately
* Select the right tools and materials
* Prepare ground sites correctly
* Produce sturdy and original constructions
* Create a beautiful garden or patio
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- PublisherStruik Publishers (Pty) Ltd
- ISBN 10 1868253627
- ISBN 13 9781868253623
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages96
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