Step-By-Step Outdoor Woodwork

Over 20 Easy-To-Build Projects For Your Patio and Garden.

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.