Now that it is nice out, we should be publishing more outdoor plans, but you will still need a great workbench to build your wonderful outdoor plans on.  This workbench project is nice, and a little different than many, since it includes built in drawers.  I built a bench about 20 years ago and the [...]

Never enough planter plans! I think that we have probably featured more than 10 planter plans over the past few years.  We have shared planter boxes, window boxes, planters with a bench among the plans.   The reason for this is similar to the reason that we have featured more than 10 styles of Adirondack [...]

I have seen a number of wrap around benches over the years, but I haven’t come across a plan before.  I must admit that I wasn’t exactly out there looking.   It seems more like a 1970′s deck item, but it is a still a fantastic use of space in a back yard. This free [...]

If you are a fan of a classic Adirondack chair, you will probably be a fan of the “Westport Chair”. The Westport chair has a look that originated in 1903 by Thomas Lee.  The chair is beautiful in its simplistic look.  It just screams Adirondack camp (the expensive kind) when I see it. This wood [...]

The following plans are for very nice wheeled planter boxes.  The boxes don’t have to be on wheels (casters), but if this is right for your space, go for it. These planters have a fantastic shape and provide a very contemporary feel.   I could see these around a pool at a nice hotel. The [...]

If you are looking for a plan to build a ladder display plan from scratch, there is a great plan at Ana-White.com.  These plans are a “how to” showing how you can turn an existing ladder into a set of shelves.   My wife is obviously a fan of this style and happened by a [...]

Who doesn’t love a free tree house plan? I know that I do.  If you have built a tree house before, you will know that the key to an awesome tree house is in the detail.  Whether it is a dutch door, a bunk bed or a simple loft, these are the things that make [...]

How would you like to build an Adirondack Chair entirely from pallets?  This isn’t a typical pallet project that essentially looks like some screwed together pallets at the end.  This is a nice Adirondack chair that happens to be built from lumber that you can typically extract from a few pallets.  In fact this project [...]

      I purchase a porch swing / patio swing from a well known mail order company about 5 years ago.  Obviously, this is something that I could have built on my own, but my wife wanted to swing and I was in the midst of a renovation project.  The swing arrived and I [...]

  With spring time here, you might be looking for the perfect planter box plans.  This plan comes from DIY network and will allow you to build a planter box of any length.  The plan is well documented and can be adjusted for any window width. Since it is the DIY network, there is accompanying [...]