This client's shed door had been ripped off by the wind, so I made him a new one: far stronger and lighter than the original. I used weather-resistant signboard plywood (usually used for making outdoor signs for businesses), carved with a CNC machine into a shiplap appearance. This was then mounted in a lap-jointed frame made from naturally water-resistant sapele.
In addition to his shed door, he had another problem: the little gate that was supposed to be at the entrance to his back deck was in the garbage can next to his house, and he had a baby gate in its place. Upon inspection I found that 80% of the material was salvageable, so I rebuilt it out of sapele, which happened to almost perfectly match the stain of his deck.
Additionally I fabricated some deck railings to match the profile of his existing railings, also using sapele wood.
Natural building techniques used:
Naturally rot-resistant sapele wood instead of pressure treated, and salvaging/ resurrecting a gate from the trash!