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For any do-it-yourselfer, nothing is more rewarding than completing a project that’s not only functional but also makes a welcome addition to the home. Easy-to-Build Backyard Projects allows homeowners to do just that with plant stands and potting benches, furniture for cooking and entertaining, storage and utility pieces, some things the kids can call their own, and chairs from which to admire handiwork in comfort. Every project is made with the simplest of materials: 2x4s and other standard lumber. Only basic power tools are required for construction, with no complicated joinery involved. This book provides all the ingredients to get started—and quickly complete—beautiful and handy items for the backyard.
 18 easy-to-make woodworking projects for the home
400 color photographs and illustrations
"User friendly" instructions with step-by-step photography
Approximate time to complete each project
Shopping and cutting lists that show you everything you need to make each project
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Monte Burch has been an award-winning freelance writer, photographer, and illustrator for more than three decades. He is the author of over 70 books and hundreds of published magazine articles. His book topics range from cabinetmaking to building sheds, barns, and log homes. Beginning his work in the woodworking field at the knee of his father, a cabinetmaker, Monte became an associate editor of Workbench magazine after college. Seven years later he and his family moved to Missouri, and he began a freelance career in both the woodworking and hunting and fishing fields. Monte and his wife, Joan, still reside on a farm in the Missouri Ozarks where he continues his passions for woodworking, furniture building, hunting, fishing, photography, illustrating, and writing for numerous national magazines in several fields. Their farm is managed extensively for wildlife and a cow/calf operation.
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