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Expand the sharing movement to your community with Little Free Libraries and Tiny Sheds—your complete source for building tiny sharing structures, including plans 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 builder's complete source 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 Sheds even includes information on how to become a steward, getting the word out about your little structure once it's up and running, and tips for building a lively collection.
Community togetherness has never been so at the fore of our consciousness—or so important. Little Free Libraries and Tiny Sheds is one tool on the road to helping you build community in your neighborhood.
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 builder's complete source 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 Sheds even includes information on how to become a steward, getting the word out about your little structure once it's up and running, and tips for building a lively collection.
Community togetherness has never been so at the fore of our consciousness—or so important. Little Free Libraries and Tiny Sheds is one tool on the road to helping you build community in your neighborhood.
Read Little Free Libraries Tiny Sheds 12 Miniature Structures You Can Build Philip Schmidt Little Free Library Todd H Bol 9780760358122 Books
"Little Free Libraries & Tiny Sheds is a concise design and tutorial guide to building your own tiny structure for a book, tool, seed, or other exchange. Released 9th April 2019 by Quarto on their Cool Springs imprint, it's 176 pages and available in ebook and paperback formats.
This edition is heavily slanted toward Little Free Libraries, with an introduction by the LFL founder, Todd Bol (who sadly passed away in Oct 2018, prior to the publication). It is well illustrated throughout, with many photographs of variations of microstructures, as well as addons to make them more accessible or increase functionality, such as guest books, request lists, lighting, areas for community info and much more.
There is a wealth of information about repurposing existing structures or modifying and building your own. The tutorial build guides include full materials and hardware lists as well as a step by step guide to building, installing, and weatherproofing the structures. The introductory building chapter covers some tools and safety information as well as a bit on sheet metal use (for weatherproofing).
There's a really nice gallery chapter showing some variations on the basic little library theme as well as a basic micro-shed build tutorial for holding garden tools or other outdoor items.
None of the builds looked to be beyond the capabilities of a keen amateur with access to a few easily sourced tools. There's a metric/English conversion list and a short index at the end of the book.
Five stars. Really wonderful and worthwhile project to increase literacy and connectivity in the local community.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes."
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Little Free Libraries Tiny Sheds 12 Miniature Structures You Can Build Philip Schmidt Little Free Library Todd H Bol 9780760358122 Books Reviews :
Little Free Libraries Tiny Sheds 12 Miniature Structures You Can Build Philip Schmidt Little Free Library Todd H Bol 9780760358122 Books Reviews
- Little Free Libraries & Tiny Sheds is a concise design and tutorial guide to building your own tiny structure for a book, tool, seed, or other exchange. Released 9th April 2019 by Quarto on their Cool Springs imprint, it's 176 pages and available in ebook and paperback formats.
This edition is heavily slanted toward Little Free Libraries, with an introduction by the LFL founder, Todd Bol (who sadly passed away in Oct 2018, prior to the publication). It is well illustrated throughout, with many photographs of variations of microstructures, as well as addons to make them more accessible or increase functionality, such as guest books, request lists, lighting, areas for community info and much more.
There is a wealth of information about repurposing existing structures or modifying and building your own. The tutorial build guides include full materials and hardware lists as well as a step by step guide to building, installing, and weatherproofing the structures. The introductory building chapter covers some tools and safety information as well as a bit on sheet metal use (for weatherproofing).
There's a really nice gallery chapter showing some variations on the basic little library theme as well as a basic micro-shed build tutorial for holding garden tools or other outdoor items.
None of the builds looked to be beyond the capabilities of a keen amateur with access to a few easily sourced tools. There's a metric/English conversion list and a short index at the end of the book.
Five stars. Really wonderful and worthwhile project to increase literacy and connectivity in the local community.
Disclosure I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
