May June 2008 > Handyman Club of America

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ONLINE EXCLUSIVES

WEB EXTRAS

Backyard Bonus Structures
Use decorative concrete blocks to build a tree ring and light posts.

Hidden Treasures
Install a compact wall safe and enjoy the convenience—and security—of your own personal safe-deposit box.

No Closets? No Problem
Combine stock cabinets to create custom built-ins for a clever closet upgrade.

Builders Show Champs: The Rest of the Best
Strong competitors from the show sent HANDY GEAR into extra innings.

Staining Concrete
A quick-and-easy transformation makes concrete slab look like a classic terra-cotta terrace.

Member Mail Online
A quick-and-easy transformation makes concrete slab look like a classic terra-cotta terrace.

CORRECTIONS: Corrections to the Magazine

HANDYWORKS: Vote Online!

THE QUIZ: Enter Online Today!

WEB EXTRA: Pergola Plans, Cutting and Shopping Lists

WEB EXTRA PHOTOS: Backyard Oasis

STEP-BY-STEP: Painting Metal

STEP BY STEP: Stone, Sweat and Tiers

WEB EXTRA: Moveable Feast

WEB EXTRA: Disaster Defense

WEB EXTRA: Hurricanes Happen

STEP-BY-STEP: Building a Disaster Survival Kit

STEP-BY-STEP: Safe at Home: Building a Safe Room

STEP-BY-STEP: A Shed for all Reasons

STEP-BY-STEP: Hidden Treasures

STEP-BY-STEP: No Closets? No Problem

STEP-BY-STEP: Staining Concrete

STEP-BY-STEP: Block Party

STEP-BY-STEP: Well-Rounded Patio

FEATURES

Backyard Bliss
by Mike Berger

Enhance your home, landscape and outdoor lifestyle with the shade and architectural interest a pergola provides.

	WEB EXTRA: Pergola Plans, Cutting and Shopping Lists
	STEP-BY-STEP PROJECT: Staining Concrete

Paving Partners
by Connie Bastyr and Billy Lapka

Step-by-step instructions for paving a walkway or patio—one block at a time.

	STEP-BY-STEP PROJECT: Backyard Bonus Structures
	STEP-BY-STEP PROJECT: Well-Rounded Patio

Facinating Fire
by Mike Berger

A fire ring lets you enjoy the best part of summer camp in the comfort of your own backyard.

	VIDEO: Building a Fire Pit
	STEP-BY-STEP PROJECT: Friendly Fire

DEPARTMENTS

ClubHouse

Outside the Box

Building character in plain view.

Workshop

Backyard Favorite

	This updated picnic table is easy to build, move and maintain.

WEB EXTRA: Moveable Feast

PROJECTS

Simple Shed

	Spacious storage on a small footprint.

STEP-BY-STEP PROJECT: Shed for all Reasons

PROJECTS II

Stone Walls

	Stack fieldstones to create a natural beauty.

	STEP-BY-STEP PROJECT: Stone, Sweat and Tiers
	STEP-BY-STEP PROJECT: Block Party

GARAGE

Plumbing for Air

How to deliver a compressor's power to your tools.

SKILLS

Weathering Severe Storms

	Get your home ready to withstand Mother Nature's worst.

	WEB EXTRA: Disaster Defense
	STEP-BY-STEP PROJECT: Building a Disaster Survival Kit
	STEP-BY-STEP PROJECT: Safe at Home - Building a Safe Room
	STEP-BY-STEP PROJECT: Hidden Treasures - Install a compact wall safe
	WEB EXTRA: Hurricanes Happen

metalshop

A Moment in Chime

	Combining musical metals and the rythem of wind, these chimes are designed with nature in mind.

STEP BY STEP PROJECT: Painting Metals

GEAR

Builders' Show Champs

Editors' picks for the All-Stars of construction and home-improvement products.

PHOTOS: Builders' Show Champs: The Rest of the Best

HANDYWORKS

HandyWorks May/June 2008

	Your vote will help decide who wins this month, Next time enter a project of your own.

PHOTOS: Backyard Oasis

THE QUIZ

The Quiz May/June 2008

	Can you find the following photos in this issue of HANDY?

Histories

Windicators

104

	Before computer models, Doppler radar of weather satellites, the wind vane was held high as the predictor of things to come.

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