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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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The Visual Handbook of Building and Remodeling

Charles Wing · Taunton Press
Pages: 688
Format: Paperback

Here's the updated and enlarged fourth edition of our classic reference on how to choose systems and materials for every part of a home. With brand new chapters on transforming a home with green practices and creative storage solutions -- plus the latest code information and over 400 new full-color...
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A Tapestry Garden: The Art of Weaving Plants and Place

ERNIE O'BYRNE · Timber Press
Pages: 252
Format: Hardcover

Lessons from one of America's most outstanding gardens Marietta and Ernie O'Byrne's garden - situated on one and a half acres in Eugene, Oregon - is filled with an incredible array of plants from around the world. By consciously leveraging the garden's many microclimates, they have created...
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The Ultimate Guide to Urban Farming: Sustainable Living in Your Home, Community, and Business

Nicole Faires · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

How to maximize your food production in an urban environment.The idea of bringing agriculture into the city has been promoted by many on both sides of the political fence: proponents of sustainability and prevention of climate change as well as those who worry about government and social...
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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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The Clean 20: 20 Foods, 20 Days, Total Transformation

Ian Smith · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 260
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestsellerFrom the New York Times bestselling author of SHRED and Blast the Sugar Out, the ultimate guide to clean eating!What is clean eating? In his newest diet book, Dr. Ian K. Smith teaches readers the benefits of clean eating and how to implement it in their own lives....
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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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Crepe Paper Flowers: The Beginner's Guide to Making and Arranging Beautiful Blooms

Lia Griffith · Clarkson Potter
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

With 30 projects and an introduction to both crafting paper flowers and working with crepe paper, this book is full of inspiration and expert advice for beginners. If you have a Cricut Maker, you can download the templates to your machine so you can enjoy your own homemade bouquets in no time.Crepe...
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Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness

INGRID FETELL LEE · Little, Brown Spark
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

Designer Ingrid Fetell Lee explains how to cultivate a happier, healthier life by making small changes to your surroundings. Have you ever wondered why we stop to watch the orange glow that arrives before sunset, or why we flock to see cherry blossoms bloom in spring? Is there a reason...
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Vegetables Love Flowers: Companion Planting for Beauty and Bounty

Lisa Mason Ziegler · Cool Springs Press
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

Fight garden pests and increase your yields the natural way with this tried and true technique! Planting vegetables and flowers together is one of the oldest ways to create a healthy, bountiful garden, but there's more to the method than you might think. Vegetables Love Flowers will...
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The Minimalist Home: A Room-by-Room Guide to a Decluttered, Refocused Life

Joshua Becker · WaterBrook
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

A popular minimalist blogger and author of The More of Less shows you how to methodically turn your home into a place of peace, contentment, and purposeful living.One of today's most influential minimalist advocates takes us on a decluttering tour of our own houses and apartments, showing...
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Gardening for Butterflies: How You Can Attract and Protect Beautiful, Beneficial Insects

Scott Hoffman Black · Timber Press
Pages: 287
Format: Print book

Library Journal Starred Review Welcome the world's most exquisite visitors to your garden! Gardening for Butterflies, by the experts at the Xerces Society, introduces you to a variety of colorful garden guests who need our help, and shows you how to design a habitat where they will thrive....
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Handpicked: Simple, Sustainable, and Seasonal Flower Arrangements

INGRID CAROZZI · HARRY N ABRAMS
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

Brooklyn-based florist Ingrid Carozzi reveals her secrets for creating flower arrangements that are modern, original, and organic in style. Organized by season, the book presents simple step-by-step instruction (how to measure, cut, and place each bloom) for making more than 35 arrangements....
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How to Window Box: Small-Space Plants to Grow Indoors or Out

Chantal Aida Gordon · Clarkson Potter
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

From the founders of the popular gardening blog The Horticult comes a guide to the window box, the container garden that is by far the most accessible for any skill level, space, or quality of light. The 16 indoor and outdoor projects range from succulents to veggies, and showcase a variety...
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House Beautiful Style Secrets: What Every Room Needs

SOPHIE DONELSON · Harry N. Abrams
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

From the country's most popular interior design magazine comes a stylish, in-depth look at what it takes to make any room beautiful. House Beautiful Style Essentials: What Every Room Needs is an inspiring and hardworking handbook that shows readers how to create the rooms of their dreams...
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