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Family Handyman Do-It-Yourself Basics: Save Money, Solve Problems, Improve Your Home

FAMILY HANDYMAN. · Reader's Digest
Pages: 256
Format: Spiral-bound

Save Thousands! Tackle the Easy Fixes Yourself Over 120 Step-by-Step Secrets Revealed The Basics Everyone Can Master Don't pay a professional tons of money! We make it so easy for you to tackle the tasks yourself. Below are some of the everyday projects you will find in here to make...
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Wiring Complete: 3rd Edition

Michael W Litchfield · Taunton Press
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

The third edition of this best-selling volume is a comprehensive, authoritative, and easy-to-use reference for homeowners covering all home wiring situations from the most basic to advanced. Wiring Complete is a highly visual book focused on real world situations faced by homeowners and real...
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Micro Living: 40 Innovative Tiny Houses Equipped for Full-Time Living, in 400 Square Feet or Less

Derek "Deek" Diedricksen · Storey Publishing, LLC
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

For everyone who's ever dreamed of simplifying their life and downsizing their home, Micro Living offers an insider's look at what tiny house living is really like. Best-selling author and tiny house enthusiast Derek "Deek" Diedricksen profiles 40 tiny - but practical - houses...
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Turned Toys: 12 Fun Projects to Create for Children

Mark Baker · The Taunton Press
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

If you have woodturning experience, now you can create something truly special for family and friends. These beautiful hand-crafted toys are as enjoyable to make as they are to play with. Clear step-by-step instructions, detailed photographs, and easy-to-follow diagrams start with simple...
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Essential Rainwater Harvesting: A Guide to Home-Scale System Design

Rob Avis · New Society Publishers
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

Design a rainwater harvesting system for any home in any climate. Water is a crucial resource increasingly under stress. Yet rainfall, even in arid climates, can make up a sizable portion of any home, acreage, or farm's water requirements if harvested and utilized with care. The key is appropriate...
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Gardening Under Lights: The Complete Guide for Indoor Growers

LESLIE F HALLECK · Timber Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Gardening Under Lights details everything a gardener or hobbyist needs to know to garden indoors. Part One starts with the basics of photosynthesis, the science of light, and how to accurately measure how much light a plant needs. Part Two provides an overview of the most up-to-date tools...
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New Bathroom Idea Book

Jamie Gold · Taunton Press
Pages: 217
Format: Paperback

The bathroom continues to be one area of the house that homeowners are willing to spend money on. This all-new edition of Bathroom Idea Book--a virtual designer's notebook of ideas, inspiration, and information--will bea homeowner's first step in turning a dream bath into a real one, whether...
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The Homesteader's Herbal Companion: The Ultimate Guide to Growing, Preserving, and Using Herbs

Amy K Fewell · Lyons Press
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback

The Homesteader's Herbal Companion is a beautiful guide for the modern day homesteader. From learning how to incorporate herbs and essential oils around your home, to learning how to enhance your family's health and well-being, this book is the go-to guide for those wishing to live a more...
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Little House in the City: Living Small within City Limits

Marc Vassallo · Taunton Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

A change is taking place all across the country and especially on the West Coast, a shift led by the younger generations. People who in years past might have headed for the suburbs are instead moving to the city or choosing not to leave. Many will live in apartments or condos. But in cities...
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Fairy Houses: How to Create Whimsical Homes for Fairy Folk

Sally J Smith · Cool Springs Press
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

Add an exquisite flourish of design to your beloved green space or garden by adding tiny fairy homes inter-woven with nature. Fairy Houses gives you the instruction and inspiration you need! Have you ever seen a real fairy house? Not the ceramic ones at cavernous home improvement stores,...
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Magical Miniature Gardens & Homes: Create Tiny Worlds of Fairy Magic & Delight with Natural, Handmade Décor

Donni Webber · Page Street Pub Co
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

Celebrate the cute, tiny, magical and whimsical world of fairy gardens using this resourceful and inspiring book as the guide. Donni Webber crafter, fairy gardening guru and creator of FairyGardens. com takes readers on a journey to build unique gardens, houses and accessories for fairies....
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Let It Go: Downsizing Your Way to a Richer, Happier Life

Peter Walsh · Rodale
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Sorting through a lifetime's worth of accumulated possessions can be a daunting and stressful process that millions of Americans confront every year. The need to downsize often arises at a momentous life change, whether you're an empty nester or retiree selling your family home, a newlywed...
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Backyard Treehouses: Building Plans, Tips, and Advice

DAN WRIGHT · Lyons Press
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Expert advice on treehouse building An inspirational and informative guide to building treehousesThe author's company, Tree Top Builders, has built more than 400 treehouses worldwide.Includes plans, tips, and more than 100 color photographs Backyard Treehouses is an inspirational how-to...
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How Not to Kill Your Houseplant: Survival Tips for the Horticulturally Challenged

DK PUBLISHING. · DK
Pages: 142
Format: Hardcover

Can't keep a houseplant alive, no matter how hard you try and how good your intentions are? This is the book for you. You need this book. Give plants a chance.Help your plant live with survival tips and learn the simple ways not to kill your plants.With over 50 different types of popular...
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The Bee Book

Emma Tennant · Dk Publishing, 2016.
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

The Bee Book shows you step-by-step how to create a bee-friendly garden, get started in beekeeping, and harness the power of honey for well-being.Fully illustrated with full-color photographs throughout, this beautiful guide covers everything you need to know to start your own backyard...
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