In the usual user-friendly "Dummies" fashion, Eric Tyson and Ray Brown take the novice house-buyer through the stages of the process with lucid advice, practical step-by-step guidelines, and plenty of cartoons and sidebars. Beginning with the dilemma of whether you should be thinking about the subject at all "to buy or not to buy"), they then go ...
Domino: The Book of Decorating follows a straightforward, room-by-room chapter structure featuring a run of lusciously photographed, beautiful interiors forming the centrepiece of each chapter. Large double-page images punctuate more densely packed spreads; richly composed full rooms alternate with sensuous details. This sequence of spreads puts ...
In more than 3,000 instructional photos, illustrations, charts and diagrams, the New Fix-it-Yourself Manual shows you how to troubleshoot faulty appliances, repair them, and put them back together so they work as good as new. It gives you the same essential information on furniture and other household items as well, providing homeowners with ...
Clearing clutter can radically transform your life. Drawing on her wealth of experience as a feng shui and space clearing consultant, Karen Kingston explains how clutter is trapped energy with far-reaching physical, mental, emotional and spiritual effects. This book will motivate you to clutter-clear as never before, once you realise just how much ...
Do you love to sew - or want to learn how? Then this book will have you in stitches in no time. There's nothing like the feeling of completing a project using beautiful fabrics and great timesaving tools and then sharing it with your family and friends. Plus, learning to sew will save you money too! Before long, you'll be stitching your own hems, ...
Home-produced food almost always begins in the vegetable garden. So, too, begins "The Backyard Homestead". Planning charts and a thorough vegetable-by-vegetable growing guide are accompanied by simple techniques for canning, drying, and freezing the garden's bounty. The plant section continues with the hows, whens, and wheres of growing fruits, ...
Want to take advantage of solar power in your home? Whether you're looking to save on your energy costs by adding a few solar components or you want to build a solar-powered house from the ground up, "Solar Power For Dummies" takes the mystery out of this energy source and shows you how to put it to work for you! This friendly, hands-on guide is ...
This is the classic visual guide to the basics of building construction, now with the most current information. For nearly three decades, "Building Construction Illustrated" has offered an outstanding introduction to the principles of building construction. This new edition of the revered classic remains as relevant as ever - providing the latest ...
With Martha Stewart's unparalleled expertise and signature style on every page, this is the ultimate guide to caring for one's home. From home office to bedroom and every room in between, readers will want this reference at their fingertips every time they'd like Stewart's opinion on any household task. 350 photos.
The most complete source of information available about growing, processing, cooking, and preserving homegrown foods from the garden or field, this revised and updated edition of the classic text is an indispensable resource on country living. Illustrated.
A previously self-published success, "Sink Reflections" outlines The FlyLady's effective BabyStep guide to overcoming chaos, disorder, and clutter in the home and features her motivational lessons on how to get one's home and life in order. 7
Peter Walsh has won over millions of people, including Oprah, with his good humour and reassuring advice as he's coached viewers through the process of de-cluttering their homes and reclaiming their space and their lives. Now, in It's All Too Much, he challenges you to answer a very simple but scary question: Does the stuff you own contribute to ...
"Carpentry and Building Construction" is widely used for vocational building construction programs in secondary and post-secondary schools. The fifth edition has been completely updated and expanded, so you can be sure your teaching is technically correct and state of the art. This comprehensive text covers everything from print reading to ...
UGLY'S Electrical References is designed to be used as an on-the-job reference. Used worldwide by electricians, engineers, contractors, designers, maintenance workers, instructors, and the military; UGLY'S contains the most commonly required electrical information in an easy-to-read and easy-to-access format. UGLY'S presents a succinct portrait of ...
Just in time for spring and summer, this creative collection of ideas is the perfect guide to constructing outdoor cooking centers, from simple grills to elaborate outdoor kitchens. Includes 15 do-it-yourself plans, including basic surrounds for portable grills, smokers, and fire pits.
Save the day with more than 2,300 clever, ingenious, smart ways to use everyday household products--all guaranteed to save time and money. Readers will discover the untold value of hundreds of items from baby shampoo to pepper, vinegar to yogurt and more.
"Weekend Sewing", inspired by the STC bestseller "Weekend Knitting", features unique sewing projects that can be completed in a weekend or less, plus fun ideas for incorporating sewing into a relaxed, creative lifestyle. Projects for both beginning and intermediate sewers include dresses for girls and women, pyjamas sized for the family, ...
Shabby chic uses muted pastels, slightly wilted roses, chipped paint and pure white to create a blend of old fashioned aesthetic appeal and modern practicality. This guide offers simple instructions on how to create this inviting look including tips on using lighting and shopping in flea markets.
Illustrates a huge variety of axes, hammers, chisels, etc.--each one perfectly suited to a specific task and carefully made to individual specifications.
In this new book, the bestselling architectural design author Sarah Susanka expands her familiar and popular message once again: personalised well-crafted small spaces result in a home that comforts and nourishes those who live there. This book concentrates on the tangible and sometimes intangible details that bring an otherwise ordinary home to ...
Readers Digest has performed a great service for homeowners with their venerable do-it-yourself manual. Revised and updated in 1996, this classic guide is an easy-to-use, colorfully illustrated, satisfyingly comprehensive, and immensely comforting adjunct to anyone's library. Covering everything from wrenches to respirators, and from how to load a ...
Simpler lifestyles, higher quality leisure time with family and friends - these and other trends in society lay the foundation for this important, thought-provoking design and architecture book. In it, Sarah Susanka, LIFE Magazine's Architect of the Year, offers thoughtful guidelines for designing homes that more accurately reflect our lifestyles ...
"Outside the Not So Big House" offers a unified source of design advice about making the indoors and outdoors work together. Through the unique pairing of bestselling author and residential architect Sarah Susanka and landscape designer and award-winning writer Julie Moir Messervy, two highly qualified experts teach us how to think in a new way ...
Anyone who wants to learn basic living skills--and enjoy a healthier, greener, and more self-sufficient lifestyle--need look no further than this eminently useful guide that features hundreds of projects and old-fashioned fun. Full-color and b&w photographs throughout.
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