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Driftwood Furniture: Practical Projects for Your Home and Garden by Derek Douglas click to enlarge

Driftwood Furniture: Practical Projects for Your Home and Garden

Derek Douglas
Using found materials is appealing-- not only are they free but satisfying to the resourcefulness in all of us. Each piece of driftwood is unique so no two projects will be exactly the same.

Lots of design ideas, plans, practical tips and techniques using simple tools to make bug-free furniture for your deck or patio that requires no finishing or maintenance.

144 pgs, 8.5x11, b&w & color illus, softcover
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$19.95
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Driftwood Furniture: Practical Projects for Your Home and Garden by Derek Douglas click to enlarge

Driftwood Furniture: Practical Projects for Your Home and Garden

Derek Douglas
Using found materials is appealing-- not only are they free but satisfying to the resourcefulness in all of us. Each piece of driftwood is unique so no two projects will be exactly the same.

Lots of design ideas, plans, practical tips and techniques using simple tools to make bug-free furniture for your deck or patio that requires no finishing or maintenance.

144 pgs, 8.5x11, b&w & color illus, softcover
Usually ships in 24 hours

$19.95
Sale! $13.57

Hardscape

Driftwood Furniture: Practical Projects for Your Home and Garden by Derek Douglas click to enlarge

Driftwood Furniture: Practical Projects for Your Home and Garden

Derek Douglas
Driftwood is an ideal building material. It is abundant, renewable and (best of all) free. It is easy to work with, does not require complicated tools and the results are guaranteed to be unique since no two pieces of driftwood are the same.

Using driftwood adds to the rustic setting of any garden or patio. Because of the natural process that creates driftwood, it requires no finishes and it is naturally waterproof and bug-free.Author Derek Douglas shows how to construct beautiful and useful chairs, tables, benches, arbors, and decorative objects. Thirty projects are featured that will appeal to novice and experienced woodworkers alike.

The book explains the entire process of creating a driftwood item from how to choose and store driftwood to design tips and the final construction. The necessary materials and tools are fully listed and most are found in the average toolbox.

Each clearly illustrated project in Driftwood Furniture is fully explained with valuable tips and practical advice. The results are fun, whimsical and durable.

Projects include: Adirondack chairSleigh planterBoat planter3-legged and 4-legged chairTricycle planterHanging flower pot holderHooded chair

Paperback: 144 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.41 x 10.98 x 8.46

Publisher: Firefly Books Ltd; (September 1, 2003)
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