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Building Garden & Patio FurnitureTotal Hits - 462  |  Hits Today - 4Rating:   Rating Average (4)    |  View Ratings  |  Add Your Rating
Family, friends, kids-everyone enjoys hanging out in the backyard or garden. Just think how impressed they'll be when they find out you built the furniture. Sunset commissioned a master woodworker to design these 18 high-end, elegantly simple pieces of outdoor furniture. Full-color photography shows off the beautiful design and craftsmanship of the completed projects. Several kinds of outdoor-resilient wood are used, such as pine, teak, mahogany, and recycled plastic lumber.
ISBN: 0376010274   Date Published on 11/1/2002
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Decks & Patios for Dummies Total Hits - 420  |  Hits Today - 4Rating:   Rating Average (1)    |  View Ratings  |  Add Your Rating
Life is just so much sweeter when experienced from a good deck or patio. Breezes, sunlight, the smells of the garden, birdsongs…just a few minutes in your own backyard can enliven the senses and rejuvenate the spirit. Meals become relaxed affairs. Food tastes better. Conversations are richer. Time eases its hectic demands and drifts by at a more congenial pace. Whether for a neighborhood barbeque or just a quiet afternoon with a paperback, decks and patios offer us the perfect space to kick back and let the good times roll.

Decks and Patios for Dummies contains everything you need to know to design and build your dream deck or patio. Full of practical tips and clear, simple instructions, it shows the do-it-yourselfer how to solve problems in design and construction while avoiding pitfalls and unnecessary expenses. You’ll find useful information on:

  • Choosing the location
  • Sizing
  • Choosing materials
  • Preparing the site
  • Building
  • Adding barbeques, fireplaces, etc.
  • Maintenance

This is a start-to-finish guide on all aspects of deck and patio construction – including when you should seek help from the professionals! Designed to make the most of your budget, it walks you through:

  • Dealing with contractors, codes, and feasibility
  • The building checklist
  • Lighting, outlets, faucets, and other add-ons
  • Decks – from frames to finishes
  • Patios: concrete, flagstone, or brick?
  • Steps, stairs, and benches
  • Special details and decorations

Whether your project is a patio just big enough for two chaises-lounges or a screened-in, wraparound deck on the side of a mountain, Decks and Patios for Dummies makes building understandable and fun with illustrations, diagrams, helpful sidebars, and a color insert of photos to stir the imagination. Take advantage of this comprehensive guide and build your dream deck today.

ISBN: 0764550756   Date Published on 3/1/1998
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Small Patios: Small Projects, Contemporary Designs (Garden Design, 4) Total Hits - 363  |  Hits Today - 4Rating:   Rating Average (4)    |  View Ratings  |  Add Your Rating
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A patio turns any yard into an inviting, relaxing outdoor haven. Yet this essential landscaping element is too often overlooked in smaller yards. Small Patios, the latest book in our Garden Design series, presents a variety of patio projects tailored for small spaces—from simple resting spots at the side of a path to more elaborate structures paved with tiles and enclosed in vine-covered trellises. Each project is illustrated with color photographs and includes easy-to-follow step-by-step directions. With detailed information on everything from paving, drainage, furniture, and plants, Small Patios is an indispensable guide to turning even the tiniest patch of ground into a peaceful outdoor retreat.

ISBN: 0811825426   Date Published on 1/1/2001
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Complete Patio Book (Southern Living)Total Hits - 359  |  Hits Today - 4Rating:   Rating Average (0)    |  View Ratings  |  Add Your Rating
Complete Patio Book (Southern Living)
ISBN: 0376090812   Date Published on 1/1/2000
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Small Spaces, Beautiful GardensTotal Hits - 1539  |  Hits Today - 3Rating:   Rating Average (29)    |  View Ratings  |  Add Your Rating
Small Spaces, Beautiful Gardens
ISBN: 1564969738   Date Published on 2/1/2003
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Garden Surfaces: 20 Projects for Paths, Decks, Steps, Patios, and Edgings Total Hits - 967  |  Hits Today - 3Rating:   Rating Average (8)    |  View Ratings  |  Add Your Rating
From a simple edging to a cobbled patio, this book offers gardeners both inspiration for garden surfaces and practical expertise. This book of 20 surfacing ideas, including stepping stones, a wooden bridge, and a gravel path, shows garden enthusiasts of all levels how to achieve professional results. Dozens of suggestions for unusual materials and effects as well as 500 color photos are included.
ISBN: 1571458247   Date Published on 1/1/2003
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Garden & Patio Building Book, sunset Total Hits - 891  |  Hits Today - 3Rating:   Rating Average (8)    |  View Ratings  |  Add Your Rating
Garden & Patio Building Book, sunset
ISBN: 0376012102   Date Published on 
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Garden and Patio Building Book Total Hits - 865  |  Hits Today - 3Rating:   Rating Average (7)    |  View Ratings  |  Add Your Rating
Garden and Patio Building Book
ISBN: 0376012161   Date Published on 5/1/1983
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Patio Gardens (Planning and Planting Series) Total Hits - 399  |  Hits Today - 3Rating:   Rating Average (0)    |  View Ratings  |  Add Your Rating
Whether your interest is in attractiveness, privacy, protection from the elements, or all three, find imaginative ideas and practical tips that help you choose the most suitable materials for building or remodeling a patio, suggest novel planting schemes for a variety of tubs, window boxes, and hanging baskets, and offer designer plans for arranging your patio plantings to best effect. Find care and maintenance suggestions for all the plants you'll want to display on and around the patio and practical advice on special patio features such as outdoor furniture, barbecues, ponds, lighting, and home security. 96 pages (all in color), 8 1/2 X 8 1/4.
ISBN: 0706376366   Date Published on 10/1/1997
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Better Homes and Gardens Deck and Patio Projects You Can Build Total Hits - 359  |  Hits Today - 3Rating:   Rating Average (0)    |  View Ratings  |  Add Your Rating
Choose from 26 decks and patios - then see how to plan a location, adapt the design, and build it all yourself. Learn how to set deck posts, attach stringers and joists, lay brick patios, pour and finish concrete, and more.
ISBN: 0696013657   Date Published on 9/1/1977

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