Mankind has been building since the beginning of history Thousands of years ago mud and straw was the preferred building material. The mud and straw were mixed together put in molds; and left to dry in the sun for 6 weeks or more. The process was slow, and took thousands of people stomping in the mud and straw to provide a constant supply of mud bricks.
In the days of the old west pioneers used to round up some old boards and nail them together and call it home. The construction was not very good but it was dry inside, hopefully.
Then in the early 1900’s you could order a house through the Sears catalog and have it delivered. Piece by piece the houses were shipped; in till, in time, your house would be competed. The parts were shipped by railroad to the nearest town that had a railroad station. Then for the rest of the trip they were mostly hauled by horse wagons.
Today we have great construction materials and methods around, but if you don’t know how to use them you might get something better than the wood slat houses of the 1930’s. Or you could think that everything was figured out, only to run into a big problem.
It is wise to have a good set of plans to start with. In the past you could go to the library and sift through 100’s of old issues of Popular Mechanics and maybe find a good plan for what you wanted to build. Or today, you could spend years searching the internet and find just a few good plans.
There is another option. Woodworking4Home.com has a large collection of professionally designed plans for novice builders. John Metz has been a Professional woodworker for over 20 years. And he has already spent thousands of hours buying and reading woodworking plans. He has also found that most plans on the market are filled with confusing diagrams and missed details.
That’s why he created Woodworking4Home. The plans are easy to understand and restructured. With clear diagrams and step-by-step instructions, the plans are ideal for a novice builder.