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• MISSION COUCH

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  This couch with its loose cushions matches our Morris Chairs and Coffee Table for our living room collection. Using quarter-sawn white oak for the top and the sides makes this a very striking piece. The corbels on the sides balance the design. Your selection of either leather or fabric for the upholstery will make this couch a fine addition to your living room. Size: 30"high by 72" long and 38" deep. Skill level Beginner.

• YARD AND GARDEN SHED

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  This professionally drawn gable entry shed plan is designed for the D-I-Yer to build and comes in three sizes: 8’x12’ – 10’x14’ – 12’x16’. Each shed size comes with a materials list, complete construction details, concrete slab or wood floor options, step-by-step building instructions, and meets UBC building code requirements. Inside this Package: • Professionally drawn architectural plans, including structural details and rafter templates • Step by step instructions for the Do-It-Yourself builder • Detailed materials list for each dimension • Help line for expert advise Design Features: • Concrete slab or wood floor options • Plans for three different sizes included: 8’x12’, 10’x14’, 12’x16’ • Meets or exceeds UBC building code requirements • Many options to personalize this shed to suit your needs

• THE CARRIAGE TRIMMERS' MANUAL

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  Written in 1881 by William N. FitzGerald, a veteran of the carriage industry, this was the most comprehensive addition to trade literature on the subject at the time of its publication. Rare, hard-to-find and long out of circulation, it is now back in print to inspire a new generation of carriage enthusiasts. Provides descriptive text and illustrations of numerous carriage interiors: from the everyday model to those suited for royalty. Furthermore, the book describes the complexity of materials—leathers, silks, laces—and range of skills (upholstering, tufting, stitching and binding, cutting enameled leathers, making leather sockets, welting, fabric selection, etc.) required for this branch of the carriage trade. It also includes recipes for cleaning, oiling and blacking leather, polishing metals and restoring ivory, among others.

• Handmade Music Factory

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  Hand-making musical instruments is part of a growing trend that even celebrities such as Johnny Depp and guitar legend Jack White are taking part in. It doesn't require a lot of money or an expertise in woodworking and electronics, all it takes is a little creativity. In Handmade Music Factory, handyman Mike Orr guides you through the construction of eight of the most unique and imaginative instruments found anywhere - from a one-string guitar made from a soup can, to a hubcap banjo, and a stand-up lap steel guitar made from a vintage ironing board. There are also directions for an amp that can be assembled using inexpensive parts from the local electronics store. There's no shortage of inspiration to draw upon in creating an arsenal of instruments that look good, sound great, and deliver some foot stompin' fun!

• WHERE WE LIVED

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  Subtitle: “Discovering the Places We Once Called Home.” Like people, houses are created, live, and grow old. Like us, they eventually disappear. In Where We Lived, these houses are our guides as we journey through the vanished landscape of our country when it was very young. Mile markers on this journey are the remarkable photographs of the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), created to document the nation's early structures. The narrative of our journey draws heavily on travelers' accounts, public records, community and family histories, letters and diaries, even novels and stories. It also takes note of the Direct Tax of 1798, which counted and measured houses from Maine to Georgia. From New England to the Middle States, from the South to the territory between the Appalachians and the Mississippi River called the West, you're treated to the earliest surviving homes of the New World to the "new" houses of the Greek Revival.

• MAKING CONCRETE GARDEN ORNAMENTS

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  You can create everything from bookends to a Venetian bench. Concrete can be formed, carved, enhanced with color, mosaics and embedded designs. You need few tools and everything can be found at the local DIY store. Projects include birds, a table base, a garden throne, bench, totem, fountain, a decorative face, relief planter and more.