Leif Qvist is an architect, author, illustrator and artist. For the last 30 years, he has run his own architectural office working with private houses, summer houses and furnishing commissions. He has also worked a lot with Do-it-yourself ideas published in newspapers and shown on TV, and has written many practical handbooks on subjects such as making your own furniture, working with stone and concrete in your garden, and various projects for the garden and home.