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Outdoor Furniture (Built to Last)

14 Timeless Woodworking Projects for the Yard, Deck, and Patio
Fox Chapel Publishing Co.
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Product Type: Paperback / softback

Description

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Design and build beautiful wooden outdoor furniture sturdy enough to withstand Mother Nature with the detailed techniques and step by step instructions in this handy guide.

Details

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Pages 144
Publish Date 2011-05-01
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Size 7.5" x 9.0" x 0.328"
Author Editors of Skills Institute Press
Product Form Paperback / softback

Reviews

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step instructions to build them. Not only are there 14 beautiful outdoor woodworking projects in this great book, but the editors show you in depth, how to build them. A swing for two, a rustic table, a glider seat, a folding picnic table and the old standby, the Adirondack chair are just a few of the excellent plans in this book. There are many more as well, and the authors walk you through the varied plans up to the finishing touches. The garden arbor on page 133 is an interesting design and every detail is spelled out for you to build your own. The authors show you how easily its done.
Although the calendar says it's spring the weather in the northern regions of this continent deny it. We are very sure however that after spring comes summer and it is now that we should start building garden furniture in preparation for the hot months. Built to Last is the book you want to refer to for some excellent plans with step
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step instructions and detailed drawings.
By the nature of where it spends its life, outdoor furniture has to be designed, first and foremost, to withstand its toughest enemy
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from easier and complex difficulty Inspiration: a wonderful variety of projects. Thumbs Up! Overall: Thumbs Up!
With the books' chapters including chairs, benches, tables, swings and gliders and garden projects, Outdoor Furniture pretty much has everything covered for outdoor furnishings. Besides the projects themselves the book focuses on how to build furniture that will hold up in the outdoors. For me, with having just basic woodworking skills, I found this book to be "one up" from my abilities

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About the Author

John Kelsey is a journalist and editor specializing in woodworking and furniture making. He has a degree in woodworking and furniture design from the School for American Craft at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is a former editor in chief of Fine Woodworking magazine and a publisher of woodworking and home building books at the Taunton Press. He is the author of Furniture Projects for the Deck and Lawn. He lives in Newtown, Connecticut

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