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Cedar Privacy Fence
A repeatable 8-ft cedar fence section — two posts, top and bottom rails, and gapped pickets. Build one section, then repeat for the length of your run.
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- $$$
- 2–3 hrs

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Cedar Fence Picket Sandbox

A no-frills octagonal-ish sandbox built entirely from cedar fence pickets over three 2x4 spines — the whole box for the price of a bundle of pickets.

Beginner
$
1.5–2.5 hrs

Small gabled cedar bird feeder with open seed platform and side perch rails

$5 Cedar Bird Feeder

A gabled open-platform bird feeder from one cedar fence picket — six cuts, glue, and brads. The beginner project that ends up in everyone's yard by spring.

Beginner
$
45 min – 1.5 hrs

Boat-shaped wooden sandbox with a real cloth sail and mast

Boat Sandpit with Sail

A boat-shaped sandbox built from 2x12 hull sides with a real cloth sail on a mast — angled hull ends are the only tricky cut.

Easy
$$
4–6 hrs

Small Mason Bee House

A small wall-mounted mason bee house with an angled roof and a removable, replaceable drilled nesting block.

Easy
$
1.5–2.5 hrs

Notched-stringer wood deck stairs with open treads

Basic Deck Stairs

Notched-stringer stairs sized by a rise/run calculation, not a fixed cut list — this plan walks the math on a worked two-step example.

Intermediate
$$
3–5 hrs

Barn Bird House and Feeder

A combination birdhouse and open feeder built from cedar fence boards under one shared peaked roof.

Easy
$
2.5–4 hrs

Octagonal wooden bench built around a tree trunk

Around-the-Tree Bench

An octagonal bench built as eight identical leg-and-deck sections, assembled around a tree trunk — with a hexagon variant noted for a smaller or more angular tree.

Intermediate
$$$
6–8 hrs

Angled footstool for an Adirondack chair

Angled Adirondack Footstool

A low, raked-leg footstool with a decked 1x4 top on two 30°-angled stringers — built for reclining with an Adirondack chair, distinct from this catalog's boxier Adirondack side table.

Beginner
$
45 min – 1.3 hrs

Small square wood stool with slatted top, used as an outdoor end table

Adirondack Stool / End Table

The little table every Adirondack chair is missing — a slat-top stool from three boards, pocket-holed so no fastener shows on the top.

Easy
$
1.5–2.5 hrs

A small slatted outdoor Adirondack-style side table

Simple Adirondack Side Table

A slatted outdoor side table to pair with Adirondack chairs — a couple of 1x3s and 1x4s, exterior screws, one afternoon.

Easy
$
1.5–3 hrs

A slatted outdoor footstool angled to match an Adirondack chair

Angled Footstool for Adirondack Chair

A slatted outdoor ottoman angled to match an Adirondack chair's seat, so your legs land level. One 2x4, one 1x4, an hour.

Easy
$
1 hr – 2 hrs

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