Woodwork Projects for Your Garden and Porch: Simple, Functional, and Rustic Décor You Can Build Yourself
By Mattias Wenblad and Malin Nuhma
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Do you have a bare, uninspired garden or porch? Instead of overhauling and reconstructing the entire design, simply transform it with twenty-six essential and practical woodwork projects that will provide your home with a dash of DIY, rustic charm.
These easy, fun, and attractive wood creations are accompanied by clear, step-by-step instructions and photographs and are divided into projects for planting and growing and for socializing and relaxing, as well as fun items for children. Woodwork Projects for Your Garden and Porch will have you making elegant, yet functional, pieces, such as:
Benches and long tables
Swings and trellises
Flower boxes and driftwood shelves
A mini outdoor kitchen and greenhouse
And many more!
Invest energy and love into your garden and porch and turn it into a personal oasis where you can unwind with a cup of coffee and a book, work on your gardening, or play games with the kids using the wooden pieces you have constructed with your own hands.
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Woodwork Projects for Your Garden and Porch - Mattias Wenblad
OUTDOOR MINI-KITCHEN ISLAND
Children love to splash and play with water, so a mini-kitchen island where they’re free to let their imagination run wild is perfect for the garden. This island features a concrete work surface that’s water-repellent. A plastic tub is repurposed here as sink. See the plan with measurements on p. 101.
A. To make the kitchen island’s frame, join the long pieces of lumber with screws.
B. Attach the short pieces with screws to make a box.
C. The back is anchored by attaching screws on the upper board at the back of the box. You can add a small shelf with brackets onto the back too; it’s always nice to have a shelf above the sink for clean dishes and other miscellaneous items.
D. Screw on the planks for the bottom shelf.
E. Now it’s time to make the mold for casting the concrete work surface. I like to use shuttering plywood for my mold. Saw pieces to make a small, shallow box. I used the same kind of tub that will be used later to make the tub hole in the concrete, and cut off its upper rim. The tub is secured by weighing it down with a few stones and a simple cross inside the mold—the tub must not move when the concrete is poured into the