Max McMurdo
Autore di Upcycling Outdoors: 20 Creative Garden Projects Made from Reclaimed Materials
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This book jumps right into the projects. I really like that. It saves the tools, techniques, and supplies for the end. Non of the projects are earth shattering, but they are laid out in nice easy to follow instructions. It’s a shabby chic type of decorating your yard and it looks lovely and inviting.
Statistiche
- Opere
- 4
- Utenti
- 21
- Popolarità
- #570,576
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 4
- Lingue
- 1
There are several introductions to this book starting with For The Love Of Design. Here the author wants to encourage people to reuse, repair, or recycle the items they have before they forever condemn them to the landfill.
Next comes Why Upcycle Outdoors? Here the author discusses how natural it is to upcycle your items for the great outdoors. Working Outdoors covers what needs to be considered when making a project that will be exposed to the weather 24/7.
Finally, Scavenge Like A Pro – offers tips and ideas regarding the best options and tips for upcycling.
Project chapters include:
Planters & Containers
Outdoor Structures
Eating & Entertaining
Furniture
Lighting & Accessories
Tools & Techniques
Each chapter includes four projects, with the Tools & Techniques chapter offering information you will need to create projects. It includes information like what to keep in your toolbox, tricks and techniques for outdoor upcycling, shortcuts, tips, measuring, cutting, marking, finishes, varnishes, weatherproofing, fixing, and joining.
Too Specific
The book does have some lovely little items to create if you have the required materials on hand. Otherwise, one would have to go out and purchase the materials, which defeats the entire purpose of the book.
These are very specific projects for very specific materials. I would prefer a general “how to take something and make it something else” kind of inspiration. Few people will have the same materials on hand lying around that he has. It is unlikely that these projects will work for most people. Unless you buy the materials.
Overall the projects are excellent and worth the time to create. A more general “How To” guide would have been more helpful.
Reviewed for LnkToMi iRead in response to a complimentary copy of the book provided by the publisher in hopes of an honest review.… (altro)