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Colour Your Garden: Exciting Mixtures of Bulbs and Perennials

Jacqueline van der Kloet · Lannoo Publishers
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

* Practical guide for big gardens and small balconies on how to combine bulbs with existing flowers* Discover different color combinations and astonishing mini gardensSpring-flowering bulbs are the quintessential start of the gardening season. But bulbs are not only for spring, they can add color...
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Color Me Floral: Stunning Monochromatic Arrangements for Every Season

Kiana Underwood · Chronicle Books
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Learn the secrets to designing showstopping monochromatic arrangements in this spectacular guide from floral artist Kiana Underwood. Underwood shares her techniques for creating dazzling single-color displays using inspired ingredients, dramatic textures, and vibrant colors. Organized by season,...
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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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Gardening Without Work: For the Aging, the Busy, and the Indolent

Ruth Stout · Echo Point Books & Media
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

While everyone loves eating fresh garden produce, not everyone has the time and energy to create a productive garden. But what if growing delicious crops required hardly any effort? What if you could have succulent strawberries, perfect peas, and terrific tomatoes without needing to touch...
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Planting Native to Attract Birds to Your Yard

Sharon Sorenson · Stackpole Books
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Welcoming birds to your yard isn't about choosing the right feeders and bird food. If you want to attract the widest range of birds to your home, you need to plant a diversity of native plants. Why go green? Native plants live longer; they are drought resistant, take less water and fertilizer,...
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Success with Succulents: Choosing, Growing, and Caring for Cactuses and Other Succulents

John Bagnasco · Cool Springs Press
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Cactuses and other succulents are wildly popular in homes the world over, regardless of climate. They're resilient, beautiful, and easy to care for as long as you know what you're doing. Whether you live in a warm, dry climate and want to grow a whole cactus garden outdoors or you'd...
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Air Plant Care and Design: Tips and Creative Ideas for the World's Easiest Plants

Ryan Lesseig · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 176
Format: Print book

Air plants, also known as tillandsias, are some of the easiest plants to grow, which helps explain why they're popping up in stores across the country and appearing in magazines, on blogs, and all over Pinterest. The amazing thing about air plants is that they use their roots to anchor...
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French Vintage Decor: Easy and Elegant DIY Projects for Any Home

JAMIE LUNDSTROM · Page Street Publishing
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

Chic and elegant French décor never goes out of style. Crafters will delight in the easy yet stunningly sophisticated projects that take a minimal amount of time and will transform your home. Jamie Lundstrom's classic French style is effortless to achieve with these 60 incredible projects,...
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Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up

Marie Kondo · Ten Speed Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Japanese decluttering guru Marie Kondo's The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up has revolutionized homes - and lives - across the world. Now, Kondo presents an illustrated guide to her acclaimed KonMari Method, with step-by-step folding illustrations for everything from shirts to socks,...
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From Classic to Contemporary: Decorating with Cullman & Kravis

ELISSA CULLMAN · The Monacelli Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

Interior design firm Cullman & Kravis infuses traditional interiors with a modern perspective, embracing historicism and referencing a wide range of cultures and contemporary design motifs. In From Classic to Contemporary: Decorating with Cullman & Kravis, Ellie Cullman and Tracey...
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Veranda Decorating

CLINTON SMITH · Hearst
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

From beautiful design details that inspire to pretty personal spaces you'll want to call your own, this stunning volume from Veranda captures the allure of luxurious decorating. Learn all there is to know about creating a glorious home. VerandaDecorating takes you on an A-Z journey...
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Rainy Lake House: Twilight of Empire on the Northern Frontier

Theodore Catton · Johns Hopkins University Press
Pages: 424
Format: Hardcover

In September 1823, three men met at Rainy Lake House, a Hudson's Bay Company trading post near the Boundary Waters. Dr. John McLoughlin, the proprietor of Rainy Lake House, was in charge of the borderlands west of Lake Superior, where he was tasked with opposing the petty traders who operated...
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The Pallet Book: DIY Projects for the Home, Garden, and Homestead

Chris Peterson · Voyageur Press
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

The Pallet Book is an inspiring and ingenious project-oriented book for the home DIY enthusiast! Author Chris Peterson presents everything the enterprising handyperson needs to know to reclaim and reuse pallets in innovative, useful ways. Just some of the projects included are: -A handy...
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The Tool Book: A Tool Lover's Guide to Over 200 Hand Tools

Phil Davy · DK
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

This user's guide to over 200 hand tools highlights how to use tools effectively, understand them better, and how to properly care for them.Salute generations of craftsmanship, ingenuity, and know-how with The Tool Book . Explore tools from every angle, with detailed patent drawings, exploded...
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Beautiful: All-American Decorating and Timeless Style

Mark D Sikes · Rizzoli
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

The first book from interior designer Mark D. Sikes is a celebration of American style today, showcasing chic and accessible ideas for every home. Modern and unfussy, Mark D. Sikes's interiors are classic takes on California indoor/outdoor living, with natural fibers and crisp coloration,...
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