- Paperback: 128 pages
- Publisher: Creative Publishing international; First edition (Feb 12 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1589231554
- ISBN-13: 978-1589231559
- Product Dimensions: 26.9 x 20.3 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 499 g
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#148,150 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #13 in Books > Home & Garden > Gardening & Horticulture > Garden Furnishings
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Product Description
Product Description
This book features all-new projects aimed at the hottest trend in garden and yard decoration-rustic structures and accents made from green wood, soldered copper, weathered wood, rough cedar, unfinished iron, and other common materials. Rustic ornaments and structures now dominate most upscale landscape centers and arboretums-some structures sell for hundreds of dollars, using materials that can be acquired for a few dollars. Given the expense of these pieces of yard art, the cost savings offered by doing it yourself are enormous.
The book opens with an idea section demonstrating how rustic structures and accents can transform the look of a landscape. This is followed by a section showing where to find green wood and other materials, and how to work with them. The heart of the book is 20 plans and step-by-step directions for a wide range of projects. Projects include: rustic bird houses and wildlife feeders made from weathered cedar; arbors and trellises made from rough willow branches; a garden bench made from bark-on branches shaped by an ax; a garden obelisk made from soldered copper allowed to weather; woven-twig garden edging. The projects are remarkably easy to build, and most can be completed in a single weekend.
About the Author
Dawn King has taught the art of creating bark-on garden art pieces to hundreds of people at the McLaughlin Woodworking Museum in Kingston, Ontario, and her work has been featured in magazines.
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4.2 out of 5 stars (5 customer reviews)
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing, Aug 8 2006
By Ann - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Rustic Garden Projects: 28 Decorative Accents You Can Build (Paperback)
This book has photos of some neat projects, however, there is one page of basic 'instructions' which is not helpful at all. There is no advice on selecting wood/branches, bending them, curing them, finishing/varnishing etc., nor is there instruction (except for screws and a very basic tenon on the aforementioned instruction page)on how to attach the pieces. The only 'directions' are simple illustrations of what order to put the pieces together in. A real disappointment.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Alot of fun!, May 17 2007
By D. Sullivan - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Rustic Garden Projects: 28 Decorative Accents You Can Build (Paperback)
I just attended my 3rd course with Dawn King. If you can take a course with her it is well worth it! The book is easy to follow and the projects actually end up looking like the pictures in the book!! Dawn is a super teacher with a light hearted approach. 5 stars for her and her book.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent book, Jun 30 2007
By V. Barnett - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Rustic Garden Projects: 28 Decorative Accents You Can Build (Paperback)
Great book. Has good instructions and lots of projects. I have already built a 2 trellises based on this book, and am getting ready to start on some chairs.
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