Need a summer project?! Here's a hard cover book titled....
Tabletop Fountains: 40 Easy and Great Looking Projects to Make
This book is in very lightly read condition with minimal wear to the covers and dust jacket from reading and re-shelving. INSIDE the pages are at least 99% free of any marks, stains or writing.
Fountains have become increasingly popular home-decor accents, but they can be somewhat pricey. Fortunately, many types are not very difficult to build, and can be made with lots of found materials and garden-center water pumps. Dawn Cusick's directions are good and her ideas relatively easy to duplicate. Her most successful designs are those that direct water to mimic nature by trickling over rocks and shells, or to flow through water-resistant items like brass vases, ceramic faces, or terra-cotta pots. Less successful are those that try to be too clever, such as the gift package fountain, whereby the water pouring over a stack of gift-wrapped boxes inspires nothing so much as the urge to grab a sponge to mop up the spill, or the office desk fountain, in which water cascades down a ladder of CDs set inside an empty computer monitor. And the lack of a source list may prove a hindrance to some, though most of the more specialized materials are readily available at home centers and garden-supply stores. Dorcas Adkins's Simple Fountains for Indoors & Outdoors takes a more elaborate, artful approach, but overall Cusick's book is a good way to begin a fountain-making journey.
People love small indoor fountains for their pleasant, calming gurgle and the effect of bringing the outdoors inside. All that is required is a waterproof container, plastic tubing, and a submersible circulating pump. Add some decorative objects to hide the waterworks, and you have a fountain that is as self-contained as a lamp. This book outlines the basics of fountain materials and assembly and provides step-by-step projects by 12 designers. The materials are as ordinary as beach pebbles or as unusual as a recycled computer monitor. A delightful addition to craft or garden collections.
