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    Getting Ready for Fall

    Getting Ready for Fall

    This past weekend, our weather went from 100 degrees to 65 degrees in two days. While we're happy with the cooler weather, it also brings to mind the other things that Fall entails: leaves, rain and cold. You can save yourself time, grief (and money) if you take a couple of hours out of your Continue reading»

    Free Plan: Porch Swing With A Curve

    Free Plan: Porch Swing With A Curve

    This clever porch swing design from 'Backyard Projects for Today's Homestead' uses bent lamination sides to support the slats and to create the arms. Clever, and an interesting project. Download the free PDF plans by following the link below. Free Porch Swing Plan

    I Can Do That: Limbert Outdoor Cafe Chair

    I Can Do That: Limbert Outdoor Cafe Chair

    A great chair to make in pairs (or more), this outdoor version of a classic Charles Limbert Arts & Crafts cafe chair is simple to make using basic home center lumber and only a few common tools. Very little woodworking experience required.   Download the Limbert Chair Plans Here

    I Can Do That: Outdoor Garden Bench Project

    I Can Do That: Outdoor Garden Bench Project

    Built from pine boards available from you local home store, this outdoor bench can be built with only a jigsaw and screw gun. A simply coat of paint to match your decor and you'll be sitting pretty! This project is one of many from 'Backyard Projects for Today's Homestead'. Click here to download your free Continue reading»

    Make sure you hold or clamp the stock firmly against your miter gauge's fence as you raise the dado stack. If you let the workpiece shift, it's very likely that it will self-destruct in your hands.

    Outdoor Lantern

    Add some mood lighting to your next outdoor affair with this great Arts & Crafts luminary.

    All-weather Morris Chair Plan

    All-weather Morris Chair Plan

    When it comes to slouchy comfort, there are few chairs that answer that call better than the Morris chair. But when it's 70 degrees, the sun is shining and you just want to get out of the house, you need a special Morris chair. An all-weather Morris chair. Say no more! This is the newly-updated Continue reading»

    Building A Chickadee House

    Building A Chickadee House

    The two most numerous chickadee species in North America are the black-capped chickadee found primarily throughout the northern U.S. and Canada, and the Carolina chickadee native to the southeast U.S. Both birds have a distinctive black cap and bib separated by white cheeks, and gray back and wings. Their bodies have an orange cast, but Continue reading»