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.
