Description
Unleash the community spirit with 'Little Free Libraries and Tiny Sheds', your ultimate guide to building charming outdoor sharing structures. Embrace the global movement of neighborhood connection and sustainability with this beautifully illustrated book. Ideal for DIY enthusiasts, this resource provides detailed plans for 12 unique structures designed to promote book-sharing, tool-lending, and more. Discover step-by-step photography, expert tips, and inspiring examples to create your very own little library or tiny shed, customized to fit your outdoor space. Authored by professional carpenter Phil Schmidt, this guide covers essential topics such as planning and design, tool selection, best materials, and essential maintenance for your tiny structures. Whether you’re crafting a cozy little library to encourage reading or a tiny shed to store garden tools, this book will inspire and equip you with all the necessary skills for your project. Give back to your community while enjoying an engaging DIY project—all while enhancing your garden's aesthetic appeal! Order your copy today and take the first step towards building a little piece of joy in your neighborhood.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780760358122
Year: 2019
Publisher: Quarto US
Pages: 176
Description:
Expand the sharing movement to your community with Little Free Libraries and Tiny Sheds-your complete source for building tiny sharing structures, including plans for 12 different structures, step-by-step photography and instructions, inspirational examples, and maintenance.
Around the world, a community movement is underway featuring quaint landscape structures mounted on posts in front yards and other green spaces. Some are built for personal use, as miniature sheds for gardeners or as decorative accent pieces. More commonly, though, they are evidence of the growing trend toward neighborhood organization and community outreach.
This movement has been popularized by Wisconsin-based Little Free Library (LFL), whose members currently include 75,000 stewards seeking to build community togetherness and promote reading at the same time by sharing books among neighbors. LFL has inspired builders to use similar structures to share things like CDs, food, garden tools, and seeds in the community.
Produced in cooperation with Little Free Library, Little Free Libraries and Tiny Sheds is the builder's complete source of inspiration and how-to knowledge. Illustrated throughout with colorful step-by-step photography and a gallery of tiny structures for further inspiration, Little Free Libraries and Tiny Sheds covers every step: planning and design, tools and building techniques, best materials, and 12 complete plans for structures of varying size and aesthetics. In addition, author and professional carpenter Phil Schmidt includes information on proper installation of small structures and common repairs and maintenance for
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780760358122
Year: 2019
Publisher: Quarto US
Pages: 176
Description:
Expand the sharing movement to your community with Little Free Libraries and Tiny Sheds-your complete source for building tiny sharing structures, including plans for 12 different structures, step-by-step photography and instructions, inspirational examples, and maintenance.
Around the world, a community movement is underway featuring quaint landscape structures mounted on posts in front yards and other green spaces. Some are built for personal use, as miniature sheds for gardeners or as decorative accent pieces. More commonly, though, they are evidence of the growing trend toward neighborhood organization and community outreach.
This movement has been popularized by Wisconsin-based Little Free Library (LFL), whose members currently include 75,000 stewards seeking to build community togetherness and promote reading at the same time by sharing books among neighbors. LFL has inspired builders to use similar structures to share things like CDs, food, garden tools, and seeds in the community.
Produced in cooperation with Little Free Library, Little Free Libraries and Tiny Sheds is the builder's complete source of inspiration and how-to knowledge. Illustrated throughout with colorful step-by-step photography and a gallery of tiny structures for further inspiration, Little Free Libraries and Tiny Sheds covers every step: planning and design, tools and building techniques, best materials, and 12 complete plans for structures of varying size and aesthetics. In addition, author and professional carpenter Phil Schmidt includes information on proper installation of small structures and common repairs and maintenance for