Dream Backyards

by Family Handyman Magazine

• ISBN13: 9780762106356
• ISBN10: 0762106352
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-03-23
• Publisher: Readers Digest

Summary

Brings together more than thirty practical, do-it-yourself projects designed to transform a backyard into a treasured outdoor living space, with more than five hundred detailed diagrams and photographs, as well as step-by-step instructions to help readers create a dream water garden, deck, patio, path, arbor, gazebo, planter, and more.

Table of Contents

Dream Water Gardens
Backyard stream & waterfalls	10	(10)
Preformed liner-type pond	20	(10)
Do-it-yourself water garden	30	(6)
Simple in-ground fountain	36	(4)
Container water gardens	40	(4)
Gallery of Ideas
Fountain of stone	44	(1)
Bamboo water garden	45	(1)
Millstone fountain	45	(3)
Dream Decks
Maintenance-free deck	48	(14)
Deck in the round	62	(10)
Simple deck	72	(5)
Railing design/codes	77	(3)
Gallery of Ideas
Garden pond & deck	80	(1)
Wood/stone deck	80	(1)
Dream deck	81	(1)
Easy-care deck	81	(3)
Dream Arbors, Trellises & Garden Accents
Bent-sapling arbor	84	(6)
Arbor with seats	90	(8)
Copper trellis	98	(4)
Plant markers	102	(2)
Hose-reel hideaway	104	(3)
Gallery of Ideas
Arched bridge	107	(1)
Mix 'n' match planters	107	(1)
Classic columned pergola	108	(1)
All-weather table	108	(1)
Arched trellis	109	(1)
Porch privacy trellis	109	(3)
Dream Paths & Patios
Circular patio & retaining wall	112	(12)
Garden path & steps	124	(8)
Crushed stone path	132	(7)
Path in a wheelbarrow	139	(1)
Gallery of Ideas
Brick & stone patio	140	(1)
Stone path	140	(1)
Perfect stone patio & wall	141	(3)
Dream Gazebos & Sheds
Gingerbread gazebo	144	(12)
Open-air gazebo	156	(10)
Rustic yard shed	166	(12)
Gallery of Ideas
Schoolhouse storage shed	178	(1)
Craftsman screenhouse	178	(1)
Cottage-style shed	179	(1)
Craftsman storage shed	179	(1)
Stone-and-timber yard shed	180	(1)
Outdoor living room	180	(1)
Ultimate garden shed	181	(3)
Dream Furniture & Planters
3-hour cedar bench	184	(6)
Yard and garden trio	190	(6)
Folding grill table	196	(4)
Patio planters	200	(4)
Adirondack chair	204	(5)
Pedestal picnic table	209	(5)
Cedar potting bench	214	(8)
Dream Fences, Walls & Lighting
Modular concrete retaining wall	222	(4)
Decorative privacy fence	226	(7)
Boulder wall	233	(5)
Low-voltage yard lights	238	(4)
Low-voltage deck lighting	242	(8)
Gallery of Ideas
Privacy fence	250	(1)
Treated-lumber retaining wall	250	(1)
Terraced window well	251	(1)
Install a lamppost	251	(1)
Resource	252	(2)
Index	254