Little Free Libraries & Tiny Sheds (eBook)

12 Miniature Structures You Can Build

Philip Schmidt, Little Free Library (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
176 Seiten
Cool Springs Press (Verlag)
978-0-7603-6658-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Expandthe sharing movement to your community withLittle Free Libraries and Tiny Shedsyour complete source for building tiny sharing structures, includingplans for 12 different structures,step-by-step photography and instructions, inspirational examples, and maintenance. Around the world, a community movement is underway featuring quaint landscape structures mounted on posts in front yards and other green spaces. Some are built for personal use, as miniature sheds for gardeners or as decorative accent pieces. More commonly, though, they are evidence of the growing trend toward neighborhood organization and community outreach. This movement has been popularized by Wisconsin-based Little Free Library (LFL), whose members currently include 75,000 stewards seeking to build community togetherness and promote reading at the same time by sharing books among neighbors. LFL has inspired builders to use similar structures to share things like CDs, food, garden tools, and seeds in the community. Produced in cooperation with Little Free Library, Little Free Libraries and Tiny Sheds is the builders completesource of inspiration and how-to knowledge. Illustrated throughout with colorful step-by-step photography and a gallery of tiny structures for further inspiration,Little Free Libraries and Tiny Sheds covers every step: planning and design, tools and building techniques, best materials, and 12 complete plans for structures of varying size and aesthetics. In addition, author and professional carpenter Phil Schmidt includes information on proper installation of small structures and common repairs and maintenance for down the road.Little Free Libraries and Tiny Shedseven includes information on how to become a steward, getting the word out about your little structure once its up and running, and tips for building a lively collection. Community togetherness has never been so at the fore of our consciousnessor so important.Little Free Libraries and Tiny Sheds is one tool on the road to helping you build community in your neighborhood.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.3.2019
• Vorwort: Todd H. Bol
• Zusatzinfo: 200 color photos, 12 line drawings
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Hausbau / Einrichten / Renovieren
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Heimwerken / Do it yourself
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Kreatives Gestalten
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
• Schlagworte: access to • Activity • ALA • back to school • badge • banned books • book box • Book Exchange • book sharing containers • Box • build • build a little free library • build a little library • Building • Building Design • Carpentry • challenged • children • Community • community book exchange • Community Building • Community outreach • County • decoration • Design • D.I.Y. • DIY • Do it yourself • Examples • Exchange • Food • Free • free library plans • front yard • front yard library • Garden • garden box • garden building • garden project • garden structure • Give • give boxes • home how-to • how to • how to build a book exchange box • Inspiration • Kids • Layout • Lending • lending library • lending library box • lfl • library outside • Literacy • Locations • Maintenance • make your own • map • Materials • neighborhood • non-profit • on a budget • Organizations • Outreach • outside • Pantry • Pen America • photography • Planning • Project • protect the freedom to read • repairs • save money by building your own • school • schools • Scouts • seeds • SHARE • share boxes • sharing movement • small sheds • States • Step by Step • take a book share a book • tiny home • tiny structures • where to find • with pictures • Wooden • wooden book exchange box
• ISBN-10: 0-7603-6658-6 / 0760366586
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7603-6658-5 / 9780760366585