Perhaps you are looking to build yourself a garage this year. Whether the wife is nagging at you to have a garage to park the car in, or your stuff is taking up too much room in the shed, it is nice to have a garage. We sometimes entertain the thought of moving to gain more room, however some times it is cheaper to stay put & just add on to your existing space. You can also make a great workshop out of a garage, and if you are one of the lucky ones to have a bit of land [...] Read more »

If you have children, there are some amazing outdoor play houses, jungle gyms, & play structures that you can build for them out of wood. It doesn’t matter whether they are boys or girls, you can build tree houses, playhouses, swing and see-saw structures, as well as a variety of climbing frames & sandboxes. While children love to improvise, and they will often find their own props and structures to play with (bushes that become caves, trees that become instant hideaways, and sticks they make into guns and swords), you will be guaranteed to get a great deal of satisfaction if [...] Read more »

Backyard screens and fences may be made from many different materials including wood, bamboo, metal or even just wire. But when it comes to DIY (do-it-yourself) and beginner woodworking, wood is usually the material of choice to build a fence in your yard. When it comes to wooden garden fencing, there are a large number of different types to choose from. So before you start working with fence plans, decide what sort of fencing you want to build. Your decision will depend partly on where you are going to build the fence and why. For example a solid wooden [...] Read more »

Building a pergola in your backyard is one of the most rewarding projects you will find. It can be as simple as you want it to be, yet can become a challenging how-to woodworking project for an experienced carpenter. Pergolas, overhead beams and arbors of various types have been built since the earliest times, initially to support grape vines and other climbing plants, and more recently as garden features and backyard structures. Many people today include a pergola in their landscape design to provide shade and even shelter over patio areas and decks. Others learn how to build a pergola so [...] Read more »

Sheds are popular backyard structures because they can be used to store all kind of items from wheelbarrows and garden tools to outdoor furniture. You can also use a shed as a workshop or even as a greenhouse, which makes them very versatile backyard structures. So if you are looking for small woodworking projects that you can tackle in your own backyard, and that are genuinely achievable, have a look at some of the shed building plans that are available. You might be surprised to find out that there is quite a bit of choice and some great ideas to get [...] Read more »

Making one’s own furniture is not something that appeals to everybody, but it can be very rewarding especially when you have some good woodworking plans and projects to work from. Generally furniture-making does not fit into the category of simple woodworking projects, and it will help if you have some good carpentry skills. The techniques you need to learn include cutting wood, chiseling wood, planing and routing wood and drilling wood. Of course you will also have to learn how to join wood. If you want to make something quite fancy, you should learn how to turn wood [...] Read more »