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Double Outdoor Chaise Lounger
A two-person reclining lounger reusing the same hinge-prop-and-stop-block backrest mechanism as this catalog's single chaise, widened to a shared deck for two — not just the same design copied.
- Intermediate
- $$$$
- 6–8 hrs

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Outdoor

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Garden bench spanning between two tall cedar planter boxes

Outdoor

Double Cedar Planter Bench

Two picket-clad planter boxes joined by a 4-foot bench seat — the planters ARE the bench legs, and the soil in them is the ballast that keeps it planted.

Easy
$$
5–8 hrs

Octagon picnic table built on an X-shaped center frame

DIY Octagon Picnic Table

A picnic table built on a center X of 2x4s with eight radiating spokes — every tabletop and seat board cut at 22.5°, every framing spoke at 30° and 45°, for a true eight-sided table.

Advanced
$$$
8–12 hrs

Whimsical crooked-style doghouse with an angled roofline and off-kilter trusses

Crooked Doghouse

A storybook-crooked doghouse — the tilted, off-kilter look comes from four genuinely different truss angles, not from sloppy building.

Advanced
$$$
10–14 hrs

Raised garden planter with corrugated metal sides and cedar ends

Corrugated Metal Raised Planter

The fastest raised bed in the catalog: two cedar-clad 2x4 leg frames joined by a wrap of corrugated roofing tin. Two steps, an afternoon hour, done.

Beginner
$$
1 hr – 2 hrs

Pair of wooden garden benches with backrests that rotate flat to form a picnic table

Picnic Table That Converts to Benches

Two wide garden benches whose backrests rotate flat and meet in the middle as a picnic tabletop — pinned with bolts you pull and re-seat to transform it.

Intermediate
$$
6–9 hrs

Outdoor coffee table with four concrete pavers set as the tabletop

Concrete Paver Outdoor Coffee Table

An outdoor coffee table topped with four 12x12 concrete pavers glued into a 2x2 frame — a weatherproof stone-look top for garden-center money.

Easy
$$
2–3 hrs

Compact slatted-top outdoor dining table for small spaces

Compact Outdoor Dining Table for Small Spaces

A slim 2x2-and-1x3 patio table sized for a balcony or small deck. Slatted top drains water; pocket holes face down so they don't pool and rot.

Easy
$$
4–7 hrs

Folding wooden potting bench with a slatted top

Collapsible Potting Table

A folding garden potting bench with a slatted top that drains — hinged legs let it flatten against a wall or go in the shed for winter.

Intermediate
$$
5–7 hrs

Classic A-Frame Picnic Table

The one from every park. Seats six, built in a day, survives twenty years of weather and children.

Intermediate
$$$
6–9 hrs

Kid-sized cedar garden bench with a trellis arbor and built-in flower pot shelves

Child's Bench with Arbor

A kid-scale garden bench with a trellis arbor overhead and slatted flower-pot shelves built into the sides.

Intermediate
$$$
6–8 hrs

Child's wooden airplane swing hanging from rope

Child's Airplane Swing

A tapered plywood-and-board airplane body, seat, and wings that hang from rope through eye bolts — a small, quick build with the safety hardware doing the real work.

Easy
$
3–5 hrs

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