Overview

There's more to a cultivated country spread or city terrace garden than the plants. People increasingly see their gardens as outdoor rooms, and they want to furnish and decorate them as attractively and comfortably as any other part of the home. Who doesn't dream of having coffee on the garden bench, eating lunch at a handmade picnic table, or snuggling with a lover under an arbor in the moonlight or in a gazebo during a thunderstorm? Readily available, easy to work with, and inexpensive, wood is the ideal material for creating stylish and practical garden features. And you can often use low-cost, rough-cut wood straight from the sawmill for rustic, outdoor projects. OUTDOOR WOODWORK offers 16 functional and attractive projects for the garden, including fences and gates, benches and chairs, decking, sheds, arbors, pergolas, trellises, planters, picnic tables, and a child's playhouse and treehouse. Each project has clear, step-by-step instructions and diagrams accompanied by full-color photographs showing the finished piece in its garden setting. Expert advice on staining and varnishing ensures that wooden garden features will stand up to the outdoor elements for years to come. This book is ideal as a reference for beginners and as a sourcebook of inspiration for more experienced do-it-yourself enthusiasts.

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It includes 16 easy-to-build projects designed to make the garden lovelier and the gardener more efficient. Tennessean The projects are especially well designed, with attractive detailing Library Journal Outdoor Woodwork offers step-by-step plans, including an unusually attractive variation on the classic wooden picnic table... ? Chicago Tribune Outdoor Woodwork boasts 16 woodworking projects to add a dash of do-it-yourself to the garden. Sacramento Bee all the steps needed to create stylish wooden projects perfect for back yards and patios. There s something for every estate or courtyard... New Orleans Times-Picayune

The [Bridgewaters'] directions are clear and their helpful tips allow the voice of experience to whisper in your ear.

<p> It includes 16 easy-to-build projects designed to make the garden lovelier and the gardener more efficient. Tennessean <p> <p> The projects are especially well designed, with attractive detailing Library Journal <p> <p> Outdoor Woodwork offers step-by-step plans, including an unusually attractive variation on the classic wooden picnic table... Chicago Tribune <p> Outdoor Woodwork boasts 16 woodworking projects to add a dash of do-it-yourself to the garden. Sacramento Bee <p> all the steps needed to create stylish wooden projects perfect for back yards and patios. There s something for every estate or courtyard... New Orleans Times-Picayune

"""""The [Bridgewaters'] directions are clear and their helpful tips allow the voice of experience to whisper in your ear."" "" It includes 16 easy-to-build projects designed to make the garden lovelier and the gardener more efficient."" -- Tennessean "" The projects are especially well designed, with attractive detailing..."" -- Library Journal ""Outdoor Woodwork offers step-by-step plans, including an unusually attractive variation on the classic wooden picnic table..."" ? Chicago Tribune ""Outdoor Woodwork boasts 16 woodworking projects to add a dash of do-it-yourself to the garden."" --Sacramento Bee "" ... all the steps needed to create stylish wooden projects perfect for back yards and patios. There's something for every estate or courtyard..."" -- New Orleans Times-Picayune "" It includes 16 easy-to-build projects designed to make the garden lovelier and the gardener more efficient."" ""Tennessean"" """" "" The projects are especially well designed, with attractive detailing "" ""Library Journal"" """" """"Outdoor Woodwork"" offers step-by-step plans, including an unusually attractive variation on the classic wooden picnic table..."" ""? Chicago Tribune"" ""Outdoor Woodwork ""boasts 16 woodworking projects to add a dash of do-it-yourself to the garden. "" Sacramento Bee"" all the steps needed to create stylish wooden projects perfect for back yards and patios. There s something for every estate or courtyard... "" New Orleans Times-Picayune"""""

It includes 16 easy-to-build projects designed to make the garden lovelier and the gardener more efficient. Tennessean The projects are especially well designed, with attractive detailing Library Journal Outdoor Woodwork offers step-by-step plans, including an unusually attractive variation on the classic wooden picnic table... Chicago Tribune Outdoor Woodwork boasts 16 woodworking projects to add a dash of do-it-yourself to the garden. Sacramento Bee all the steps needed to create stylish wooden projects perfect for back yards and patios. There s something for every estate or courtyard... New Orleans Times-Picayune

It includes 16 easy-to-build projects designed to make the garden lovelier and the gardener more efficient. Tennessean The projects are especially well designed, with attractive detailing Library Journal Outdoor Woodwork offers step-by-step plans, including an unusually attractive variation on the classic wooden picnic table... ? Chicago Tribune Outdoor Woodwork boasts 16 woodworking projects to add a dash of do-it-yourself to the garden. Sacramento Bee all the steps needed to create stylish wooden projects perfect for back yards and patios. There s something for every estate or courtyard... New Orleans Times-Picayune

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Together with her husband Alan, Gill Bridgewater has an international reputation as an author of do-it-yourself books on gardening, furniture making, woodcarving, and pottery. She has written more than 45 successful books and dozens of magazine articles. Together with his wife Gill, Alan Bridgewater has an international reputation as an author of do-it-yourself books on gardening, furniture making, woodcarving, and pottery. He has written more than 45 successful books and dozens of magazine articles.

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