Outdoor Stonework: 16 Easy-To-Build Projects for Your Yard and Garden

by Alan Bridgewater and Gill Bridgewater

Book Overview

Give your yard an elegant sense of permanence with stylish and functional stonework. Presenting a variety of stonecutting and priming techniques, this guide offers step-by-step instructions for 16... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580173330
• ISBN13: 9781580173339
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Storey Publishing
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 10.2"

Customer Reviews

Easy projects with easy instruction!

I have been wanting to create many stone projects and this book helps with selection and ease of doing it yourself with a fabulous look!

Good beginner book!

Good beginner book for breaking into this type of homemade garden crafting. An excellent purchase for those interested in this creative art form.

I can do that!

If beautifying your world with stone and concrete is your goal, this book is a must. The author did a fine job of eliciting interest in a project by showing wonderful color photos of the finished product first. Then he supplies photos and diagrams of each step while describing it in down-to-earth fashion. He adds some photos of historical works to show what can be done and how long a quality job can last. I particularly enjoyed the descriptions of building a winding path. Mr. Bridgewater showed each layer of the walk, how to install that layer (tamper, rake, shovel, hose...) and feel that I really could create a viable path for my own home. The only nit I have to pick was his measurements for the Japanese lantern's components. Although I could figure it out, he was inconsistent in indicating whether a dimension was length, width, or height. Overall, I would purchase this book again.