Build the outdoor structure of your dreams with this essential DIY guide. Build Your Own Shed & Outdoor Projects Manual, 6th Edition includes a catalog of more than 100 expertly prepared plans – including more than 60 all-new designs for this updated edition – for building a wide range of outdoor structures, from storage sheds and home offices to playhouses, patio furniture, trellises, and so much more. Easy-to-follow construction blueprints and materials lists are also available for each project to ensure success.

Shows how to build five complete sheds. With detailed coverage of materials options and construction techniques.

Build the outdoor structure of your dreams with this essential do-it-yourself guide. Select from a catalog of more than 200 expertly prepared plans for building a wide range of outdoor structures, from storage sheds and pole buildings to playhouses and patio furniture.

Build the outdoor structure of your dreams with this essential do-it-yourself guide. Select from a catalog of more than 200 expertly prepared plans for building a wide range of outdoor structures, from storage sheds and pole buildings to playhouses and patio furniture.

This exciting new 3rd edition of the bestselling title, Black & Decker Complete Guide to Sheds has the perfect plan for anyone who is building his or her own backyard shed. The most popular plans from previous editions are preserved, from small garage-style sheds with overhead doors, to kit sheds, to contemporary utility sheds with a dramatic flair. This new edition delves into new styles that are drawing strong interest today, including tiny sheds, miniature tool sheds, and even small habitable sheds that are designed to function mostly as a quiet retreat for practicing a particular hobby or activity. As with all of the hardworking, practical sheds from earlier editions, the new varieties include full-color step by step photos, complete building plan drawings with cutting lists, and clear how-to instructions. Shed-building, like any other building process, starts with good techniques. That's why the general skills section has been updated and improved. With this complete guide, you can build just about any shed you dream of. Plus, you'll find information on new tools and products that will make your project go faster and more smoothly. Rounded out with helpful information on important considerations like siting and zoning, Black & Decker Complete Guide to Sheds 3rd Edition truly is a complete guide to this very popular DIY activity.

Even beginning carpenters can build an outbuilding that’s handsome, stylish, and completely functional. Detailed architect’s plans, color photos, instructions, and simple variations are included for two easy-to-build sheds. For non-gardeners, there are pool cabanas, kids’ playhouses, mini-studios, and more.

From the bestselling author of The Small House Book, comes a collection of designs for tiny homes with “instant curb appeal.” (The New York Times) From internationally recognized small living expert Jay Shafer, who has been featured on CNN, Oprah, Fine Homebuilding, and This Old House, a revised edition of his bestselling book, Tumbleweed DIY Book of Backyard Sheds and Tiny Houses. Ranging in size from 100 to 120 square feet, these tiny backyard buildings can be used as guest cottages, art or writing studios, home offices, craft workshops, vacation retreats, or full-time residences. This book is filled with photos, elevation drawings, and door/window schedules for constructing six of the handsome little buildings, plus an extensive how-to set of instructions that can be applied to any backyard building project. This revised edition contains many new photos of buildings designed by Jay Shafer. Praise for Jay Shafer and Tumbleweed Tiny Houses: "... guru of the small house movement." —John Blackstone, CBS "Move-in ready gems." —Better Homes and Gardens “Astounding." —Oprah Winfrey "A visionary designer ..." —Domino Magazine "100 square feet of bliss." —Thelma Guiterrez, CNN