Outdoor Project Plans
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CLASSIC PROJECT: Rustic Chickadee Cabin Birdhouse
You can complete this attractive home for your feathered friends in a weekend!
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PROJECT: Make a Screen Door
A classic summer project, featuring sustainable wood and beautiful Arts & Crafts elegance.
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PROJECT: Portable Gazebo
Our octagonal gazebo can be placed anywhere as long as it is on a level surface. Decks and patios are ideal locations, but a flat, grassy area will work, too.
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PROJECT: Portable Outdoor Chairs
Fun to make, comfortable to sit in and surprisingly lightweight, these outdoor chairs will be a welcome addition to your backyard. Made from white oak, they’ll provide years of service.
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Classic Project: Craftsman-Style Outdoor Lantern
Mount this Craftsman-inspired lantern on a porch post, beside your front door, or along a garden path and you’ll announce to all the world that “a woodworker lives here.”
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PROJECT: Kubb Lawn Game
Pronounced koob, this ancient lawn game is enjoying a resurgence. On top of being fun to play, its parts are fun and easy to make.
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PROJECT: Fold-up Greenhouse
This easy-to-build project lets you pick fresh vegetables and herbs for more months of the year — and it breaks down for easy storage when winter arrives.
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VIDEO: Build a Folding Adirondack Chair
Learn how to build this folding adirondack chair project that is featured in the March/April 2019 issue of Woodworker’s Journal magazine.
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PROJECT: Folding Adirondack Chair
While it shares the same relaxed styling of other Adirondacks, this chair does one thing most others don’t: it folds up.
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PROJECT: Making a Westport Chair
The “big brother” of the Adirondack chair, the Westport chair is a familiar Northwoods classic. Our version of this iconic outdoor chair is reimagined using thermo-treated oak.