Rustic Retreats: A Build-It-Yourself Guide

Campers, anglers, hunters, and nature lovers--the woodland hideaway you've dreamed of is in these pages. From an elegant water gazebo to a traditional tipi, all can be found in RUSTIC RETREATS. The authors, who are experienced designers and builders, offer illustrated, step-by-step instructions for more than 20 low-cost, sturdy, beautiful outdoor structures.
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ShelterLogic 10X10X8 E Series Shed (Gray)

Win back some garage real estate with this shed storage solution. Affordable all-season shed protects your equipment from sun, rain, tree sap and more. Compact and easy to set up. Dimensions L x W (ft.): 10 x 10, Style: House, Color: Gray, Outer Material: Polyethylene, Material Thickness (oz. per sq. ft.): 7.5, UV Inhibitors: Yes, Rip-Stop: Yes, Center Height (ft., in.): 8, Frame Material: Steel, Frame Thickness (in.): 1 3/8, Anchors Included: Temporary, Door Type: Zippered
Price: $199.99

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Stylish Sheds and Elegant Hideaways: Big Ideas for Small Backyard Destinations

Virginia Woolf was right. Women–and men, it turns out–yearn for a room of their own.

But instead of a little nook beneath the eaves, that room is now a shed. Today’s sheds, however, are not dusty shelters for plants and tools. Lace curtains have replaced cobwebs, charming antiques stand where shovels and rakes once rusted, and instead of corrugated walls, you will find cedar shingles and window boxes. Sheds are stylish and elegant and offer a hassle-free and affordable way to create more space without undergoing a major renovation. They function as artists’ studios, writers’ retreats, yoga dens, entertaining pavilions, children’s playhouses, garden rooms, or serene hideaways for any personal pursuit.

In Stylish Sheds and Elegant Hideaways, Debra Prinzing and William Wright showcase twenty-eight innovative and beautifully imagined spaces from New York City to East Hampton, from Seattle to San Diego, and from Atlanta to Austin to Santa Cruz. Some are elaborate and luxurious; others are delightfully modest. They are built in urban gardens and suburban backyards and tucked away on rural properties.

Stunning, lush color photography graces Stylish Sheds and Elegant Hideaways, bringing the reader into each space and face-to-face with all its nooks, crannies, and details; the text describes how the owners’ needs and interests inspired the shed practically and aesthetically. With sample plans for building a shed, advice on the practicalities of designing and decorating it, and thoughts from backyard philosophers who celebrate the appeal and possibilities of simple structures, Stylish Sheds and Elegant Hideaways is both an inspiration for creating your own backyard destination and an armchair journey to some of the country’s most private and serene places.
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2x4basics 90164 Workbench and Shelving Storage System with Hooks and Clamps

Create a work and storage space that truly fits your needs with Blitz's 2x4basics Workbench Assembly Kit. This innovative, do-it-yourself system lets you easily assemble a custom workbench in less than an hour. All you need is some plywood and 2x4s and you'll have a work bench that will meet all your project and storage requirements.

Use the included bonus ShelfLinks Kit to add shelving to the top or sides of your workbench. View larger.

Comes with multi-use hooks for your tools. View larger.

2x4basics Workbench Assembly Kit At a Glance Helps you build a customized workbench with a height of 36 inches Assembles in less than one hour Each shelf holds up to 1,000 pounds (400 kilograms) Requires only straight, 90-degree cuts Lifetime warranty

Completely Customizable, Easy-to-Assemble Workbench System
This do-it-yourself system lets you create a bench that's the exact size you want--up to 8 by 4 feet--by just adding lumber (not included). Assembly is incredibly easy, thanks to the included, easy-to-follow instructions and cut lists. All you need is a powered screwdriver and a saw--no other tools are necessary. For added convenience, only straight, 90-degree cuts are required--no miters or angles--and all the hardware you'll need is included in the kit. When assembly is completed, the work surface height will measure approximately 36 inches (90 centimeters).
Advanced Engineering Meets Strong, Durable Construction
Sturdy 2x4 framing and advanced engineering make this kit stronger and more stable than most other workbench solutions. In fact, each shelf will hold up to 1,000 pounds (400 kilograms). An added bonus, the materials are made of heavy-gauge resins and are impact- and solvent-resistant for long-term durability.
Versatile Design for Potting Benches, Custom Shelving, and Storage Options
With the Workbench Assembly Kit, you are no longer limited to a standard-sized potting bench--you can make a unit as small as 2 feet by 2 feet to use as a plant stand.
In addition, you can use the included bonus 2x4basics ShelfLinks Kit to add shelving to the top or sides of your custom workbench (additional ShelfLinks kits sold separately). You can build custom workbench and storage solutions for your dorm room, garage, basement, shed, or home. Custom shelving will also add valuable storage space that fits your project requirements.
Includes Clamps and Hooks for More Options
The kit comes with two moveable work clamps that attach to all corners of your work bench. Use them alone or in pairs to hold glued pieces together or to hold the end of a 2x4 while you saw.
The kit also includes six 2x4basics ShelfLinks, which let you add shelving and storage options to your workbench.
Four hooks--three single and one double multi-use--are also included. Use these innovative hangers as traditional hooks or simply use the slots for storing tools.
The Workbench Kit is backed by a lifetime warranty.
About Blitz Products Inc: Creating Customizable Storage and Furniture
Family owned and operated, Blitz Products Inc. began with the creation of the very first 2x4basics product, the ConverTable, an innovative outdoor bench that lets you create a picnic table that easily converts from a bench to a table and back again, without tools. Following the ConverTable's early success, Blitz developed a line of products that allow everyone--from pros down to college students--to easily build furniture by just adding 2x4 lumber.
Although Blitz products can be found all over the world, the company's primary facility is located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and its primary manufacturing and distribution processes are completed either in the USA or Canada.
What's in the Box
Four workbench legs; six ShelfLinks; two work clamps; three single hooks; one double hook; assembly instructions; hardware; and warranty information.

Customize a work bench for any jobsite.

Each shelf holds up to 1,000 pounds.
 

Expand your shelving and storage with six included ShelfLinks.

 

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Chief Architect Home Designer Pro 9.0 [OLD VERSION]

Home Designer Pro 9.0 is the latest release from Chief Architect, the professional software design company and the software of choice by more builders, architects and designers. Home Designer Pro leverages the same professional quality from Chief Architect making it the most powerful and easy to use home design, remodeling and landscaping software. Design Like a Professional!

Professional home design software for the serious home enthusiast. Click to enlarge.

Professional Software
Chief Architect Home Designer Pro 9.0 is professional home design software for the serious home enthusiast. Enjoy the same tools that the professionals use for home design, remodeling, interior design, decks, landscaping and cost estimation.

Home Designer Pro has all the same great features as Architectural Home Designer, Interior Designer, Landscaping and Deck Designer plus advanced CAD tools, advanced building tools, the ability to create blueprints, manual framing and roofing and much more.

Designing like a Professional has never been so Easy!

Home Design and Landscaping Software
Create accurately scaled floor plans that automatically generate 3D models in minutes. Create any detailed view of your design using advanced 3D camera tools like Glass House, Doll House, Framing, Elevation and Cross-Sections. Create the Virtual Look and Feel Before You Build!

Manual framing tools for fully editable framing, including joists, rafters, trusses, beams, posts, and more. Click to enlarge.

Design in 2D and 3D. 3D Views are automatic with a point-and-click of the camera tool. Click to enlarge.

Artistic rendering techniques such as Watercolor, Glass House, and Technical Illustration Click to enlarge.

Powerful deck and patio tools allow you to design and visualize your new deck with 3D models and can help you estimate the costs. Click to enlarge.

Create Back-Clipped Cross Section and Elevation Views to limit your view to relevant details for precise plan editing. Click to enlarge.

Choose from over 3,600 plants with the Plant Chooser. Click to enlarge.

Design the kitchen of your dreams. Click to enlarge.

Glass House View provides a full translucent view of your design. Click to enlarge.

Use the Cabinet Designer tools to create unlimited cabinet styles. Click to enlarge.

Home Design Software by Chief Architect

• Choose from over 5,000 Sample Plans
• Choose from built-in style templates or create your own custom home design, or use the House Wizard
• Powerful building tools like automatic roof generation, dormers, stairs, framing and foundations
• Artistic rendering techniques for Watercolor, Glass House and Technical Illustration

Integrated Design Tools
Home Designer Pro makes it easy to design and visualize your ideas on your next home or remodeling project with over 8,000 powerful integrated tools. Use the automated building tools to assist you in your design process. The tools have commonly accepted defaults for most building practices to help you in your home design projects.

Get Started Quickly and Easily

• The Quick Startup Options Guide will help you begin with "How-To" tutorials based on your type of project
• Use the House Wizard for quick and easy layout of your rooms
• Select from the pre-designed Home Design and Landscaping Style Templates complete with colors, cabinets, decks and more
• The online help system provides detail information on all types of building projects
• Includes over 80 easy "step-by-step" tutorial training videos that will quickly get you started on your next home design project

3D Design Tools

• Design in 2D and 3D. 3D Views are automatic with a point-and-click of the camera tool.
• Glass House View provides a full translucent view of your design. Choose other Artistic rendering techniques for Watercolor and Technical Illustration views.
• Doll House View, a 3D overview without the roof, is an effective tool for space planning of furniture placement and traffic flow
• Create a Virtual Tour--draw your record line to Automatically Generate; or record your camera movements
• Visualize your home with day and night views
• Assemble a scale model of your design with Model Maker
• Generate shadows from the sun for realistic 3D views
• Point-and-click to remove wall surfaces, or use 3D Cross-Section Elevation Slider to quickly create a 3D slice of your desired view

Automated and Manual Building Tools

• Design roofs and walls in 3D
• Generate various styles of Automatic roofs or manually design any custom roof including curved roofs
• Use the Automatic Dormer tool to quickly place dormers--shed, gable, eyebrow and barrel
• Automatic Structural Dormers
• Unblock and manually edit Automatic Dormers
• Create any custom roof or ceiling plan with the Roof Design Tools. Edit and create roof planes to create a roof of any pitch and shape. Start with an automatic roof and then add custom details, or create the entire roof manually.
• Automatic framing tools
• Manual framing tools for fully editable framing, including joists, rafters, trusses, beams, posts and more
• Choose from several built-in wall styles with individual wall layers or define your own wall style
• Ability to read and edit files by Chief Architect Full Professional Software
• ICC Residential Design Checklist will allow you to check your plan against national building codes

Kitchen and Bath Design

• Design the kitchen of your dreams--move walls, create new cabinets, add appliances--Design your perfect workspace!
• Design your new kitchen or bath using the Cabinet Designer tools
• Plan the new layout of your bathroom with custom cabinets, sinks, showers and garden tubs. It's easy to visualize your ideas in 3D.
• Create custom cabinets in minutes by choosing your own colors, countertops, door styles and more
• Use the Cabinet Designer tools to create unlimited cabinet styles. Choose your own colors, countertops and door styles.
• Design and edit custom countertop shapes and styles

Chief Architect Product Comparison Which Chief Architect product best suits your needs? Review this product comparison matrix (PDF file).

Interior Design

• Smart Design Objects, Drag-and-drop from thousands of design objects in the built-in Library organized by category
• Material Painter lets you apply colors and materials quickly and easily
• Choose from thousands of colors and textures or create your own materials using a digital photograph
• Design for your lifestyle and personality--change colors, add lighting and choose furniture to accent your new room
• Choose from a variety of interior items--including chairs, tables, sofas, fabrics, accessories and more. Resize, change colors and materials to meet your exact needs.
• Import your own symbols from 3D file types including .SKP, .OBJ and .3DS

Decks and Landscaping

• Powerful deck and patio tools allow you to design and visualize your new deck with 3D models and can help you estimate the costs
• Design single or multi-level decks complete with automatic deck framing and an advanced deck framing option for more complicated deck designs
• Quickly lay out your deck with stairs and arrange furniture
• Deck foundations automatically generate to match sloped lots
• Plant Encyclopedia to learn more about the plants in your designs
• Choose from over 3,600 plants with the Plant Chooser
• Plant Hardiness Zone reference maps
• See what your plants will look like in 0--20 years
• Pathways--Use the Pathway tool to design curb-appealing landscaping using stone, pavers, or sidewalks--line with trees, shrubs, flowers and more

Site Planning & Estimating

• Use Automatic Build Terrain and Terrain Perimeter tools to create flat, irregular shaped, or sloped lots--use a GPS to import or enter elevation data
• Create plot and perimeter plans; automatically generate a 3D model of your actual terrain
• Export Material List to spreadsheet programs including Microsoft Excel
• Save snapshot Material Lists for different stages of the project
• Add detail to each individual component in the material list for a comprehensive cost estimate breakdown
• Master Materials List allows you to store and manage commonly used material prices
• Sprinkler Designer tools to easily layout sprinkler zones
• Fences and Driveways--With the Fencing tools you can choose a variety of fencing styles and custom gates. You will also find driveway, sidewalk and curbing tools
• Hill and Valley tools make it easy to add gardens, beds and slopes that automatically appear in 3D views. Choose from landscaping style templates or create your own.
• Define Terrain Elevation lines, Elevation Regions and Terrain Breaks

CAD Tools

• Powerful CAD tools to detail cross-section views with insulation, cross-boxes and more
• Advanced CAD editing tools such as replicate, line weights, point-to-point move, custom patterns and more (Compatible with AutoCAD patterns)
• CAD-to-Walls allows you to convert CAD lines from DXF file format to walls
• Layers can be used to separate key building components such as electrical or framing. Display or hide features of your design, set colors, lock layers and use reference layers for precise editing.
• Create Back-Clipped Cross Section/Elevation Views to limit your view to relevant details for precise plan editing

Building Tools

• Customize construction methods for walls, floors, ceilings and foundations. Identify the exact placement of framing components, specify wall layers, floor structure platform height, mudsills and more.
• Advanced stair tools allow control of shape, starter treads, flaring, tread width and more
• Create pony walls and edit wall shape or create a stepped foundation in cross-section view
• Multiple-select editing. For example, select all your cabinets and change them all with one command.
• Use callouts to reference between details, plans and cross-sections in a blueprint layout
• Create blueprint layouts (up to Architectural C drawings 18" x 24") with 3D, CAD, Cross-Section/Elevation and Plan Views
• Rotate and Flip Plan
• Advanced dimensioning tools include angular, end-to-end and interior dimensions
• Fully editable dimension lines and configurable dimension editing allow you to change where dimensions locate walls, windows, doors and other objects

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Excel TC301B-Red 29-Inch Steel Tool Cart, Red

TC301B Features: -Color: Red. -Material: Steel. -Powder coat paint finish for superior scratch and chemical resistance. -One drawer. -One lock with two keys. -Two shelves. -Metal handle. -4'' x 1'' casters. -Assembly required. -Dimensions: 26.3-30.9'' H x 29'' W x 15.1'' D. -Weight: 42.9 lbs.
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FLOORPLAN 3D DESIGN SUITE 9 - 2 CDS

Platform:  WINDOWS 98/ME/2000/XP Publisher:  IMSI  Packaging:  JEWEL CASE FloorPlan 3D combines all the powerful tools that home design professionals employ and integrates them into one easy process.  Choose plans from the 1001 provided or use them as a starting point for your own home or remodel.
Quickly learn how to design like a professional with step-by-step tutorials.  Add personal touches with extensive wall surface and flooring texture libraries.  Design the kitchen of your dreams with the Custom Cabinet Builder and Kitchen Showroom. 
Automatic Roof Editor includes shed roofs cathedral ceilings and much more.  Multiple views of the same drawing let you work in 2D and see the results in 3D at the same time.  Lets you know when your design ideas have exceeded your initial budget. 
Take a stroll through your finished handiwork with Virtual Reality Walkthrough technology.  Design an entire home addition or remodel in minutes.  Discover the perfect design in the 3D Kitchen Showcase Interactive tutorials.  Multiple views including 2D 3D and advanced 3D Photorealistic RenderingOver 1000 fully-editable house plans
1 Exterior & Interior Planning 1001 Customizable Plans, 3D Kitchen Showroom Pre-Drawn 3D Symbols
2 Personalize Your Plan Texture Library Lightworks Photorealistic Rendering Custom Cabinet Builder
3 Make Your Plan Reality Award-winning 3D Visualization Technology Virtual Reality Walkthrough Integrated Materials Estimator System Requirements for Windows Windows 98 Me NT4 2000 XPPentium class PC64 MB RAM146 MB free hard disk spaceSVGA monitorCD-ROM drive Internet connection and browser required for online access
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