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Child-Sized Surf Board Adirondack Chair
A scaled-down Adirondack chair with surfboard-shaped arms — the same angled stringers that define a full-size Adirondack, cut for a kid's frame.
- Intermediate
- $$
- 4–6 hrs

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Framed chicken run with chicken-wire walls attached to a shed coop

Outdoor

Chicken Coop Run for Shed Coop

A framed 2x6/2x4 chicken run with chicken-wire walls and a hinged access door, sized to attach to a shed-style coop.

Intermediate
$$$
5–7 hrs

Legged chick brooding cabinet with mesh bottom and tilt-down cleanout door

Chick Brooding Cabinet

A tall, legged brooding cabinet with a hardware-cloth mesh bottom, a tilt-down cleanout door, and a shelf wrapped in wire mesh for ventilation.

Advanced
$$$
10–14 hrs

Three-tier cedar planter with stacked boxes on an angled frame

Cedar Tiered Planter

Three picket boxes climbing a 30°-raked 1x2 ladder — a vertical herb garden from three fence pickets and two 1x2s, stapled together in an afternoon hour.

Easy
$
1.5–2.5 hrs

Waist-height cedar planter box on 2x2 legs filled with plants

Cedar-Sided Raised Planter Box

The cheapest waist-height planter that still looks bought: four dog-eared pickets, a 2x2, and a 1x2 make a legged box with a slatted, draining bottom.

Beginner
$
1 hr – 2 hrs

Cedar Raised Garden Bed

4x8 cedar bed, no fasteners touching the soil that shouldn't be. Two hours, lasts a decade.

Beginner
$$
1.5–2.5 hrs

Slatted cedar box side table that conceals a propane tank, with hinged lid

Cedar Propane Tank Cover Table

A slatted cedar box that hides the grill's propane tank and works as a side table — hinged lid on top, and gaps everywhere because a gas tank must breathe.

Easy
$$
2–4 hrs

Square cedar planter with picket panel sides raised on 2x2 legs

Cedar Planters with 2x2 Legs

A footed cedar planter built as four picket panels pocket-screwed to 2x2 legs — with a false bottom, because no plant needs two feet of dirt.

Easy
$
2–3.5 hrs

Tapered Cedar Planter Box

Angled sides, mitered corners, drainage that actually works. An hour of cuts, a lifetime of not rotting.

Easy
$$
3–5 hrs

Modern cedar deck storage bench with hinged slat lid

Modern Cedar Outdoor Storage Bench

A deck box that reads as modern furniture: cedar picket paneling over two 2x4 frames, a slat floor on cleats, and a hinged lid that seats two.

Easy
$$
3–5 hrs

Cedar Mailbox Post with Corbels

A cedar mailbox post with decorative corbels, joined with half-laps and biscuits and finished with boiled linseed oil.

Intermediate
$$
3–5 hrs

Tiered cedar ladder planter with five staggered boxes leaning against a wall

Cedar Tiered Ladder Planter

Five planter boxes climbing a pair of leaned 2x6 rails — vertical gardening from five pickets and two boards, with every angle the same 15°.

Easy
$$
2.5–4 hrs

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