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The Complete Book of Home Cleaning: 276 Green & Natural Tips, Tricks, and Strategies for a Clean & Happy Space

Toni Hammersley · Weldon Owen
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

The follow-up to the bestselling Complete Book of Home Organization, the Complete Book of Home Cleaning is a foolproof, eco-friendly guide to cleaning your home. From establishing routines, making schedules, and DIYing green cleaning solutions to help keep every area of your home neat,...
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Hygge & West Home: Design for a Cozy Life

Christiana Coop · Chronicle Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Tastemakers Christiana and Aimee of Hygge & West know that the key to making a house into a home is in the decoration - whether that means embracing natural elements, creating cozy spaces, making room for family, or finding your own personal charm in every space. Hygge & West Home...
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Pruning Simplified: A Step-by-Step Guide to 50 Popular Trees and Shrubs

Steven Bradley · Timber Press
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Paying a professional to prune your trees and shrubs is an unnecessary expense. You can tackle most trees and shrubs on your own, and Pruning Simplified by Steven Bradley makes it easier than ever to learn how to prune. He offers expert advice on the best tools for the job, specific...
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One-Day Room Makeovers: How to Get the Designer Look for Less with Three Easy Steps

MARLA MERIDITH · Page Street Publishing
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

By painting the walls, rearranging key pieces of furniture and adding new decorative accessories to complete the style, your boring living room will beautifully come to life at practically no cost. No need to bust down walls or buy a whole new living room set. Martin Amado is a home...

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The Flower Fix: Modern arrangements for a daily dose of nature

Anna Potter · White Lion Publishing
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

The Flower Fix presents wild inspiration and modern arrangements by Swallows and Damsons florist Anna Potter, with beautiful photography by India Hobson.

Blousy blooms, speckled branches, rich foliage, and delicate petals; nature has the power to inspire and energize, calm...
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The Encyclopedia of Country Living, 50th Anniversary Edition: The Original Manual for Living off the Land & Doing It Yourself

Carla Emery · Sasquatch Books
Pages: 736
Format: Paperback

This is an update of the #1 best-selling title on the Sasquatch Books list with an incredible backlist rate of sale that shows this book's ability to constantly appeal to new audiences. The Encyclopedia of Country Living is the original manual of basic skills and country wisdom for living...
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SAM: One Robot, a Dozen Engineers, and the Race to Revolutionize the Way We Build

Jonathan Waldman · Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A true story of innovation, centered on a scrappy team of engineers - far from the Silicon Valley limelight - and their quest to achieve a surprisingly difficult technological feat: building a robot that can lay bricks.

Humans have landed men on the moon, programmed cars to drive...
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A Garden Miscellany: An Illustrated Guide to the Elements of the Garden

Suzanne Staubach · Timber Press
Pages: 220
Format: Hardcover

See the garden in a whole new way! Gardens across the globe come in many sizes and styles, but they share a remarkable number of similar components. Suzanne Staubach revels in this connection in A Garden Miscellany. In short essays meant to be dipped in and out of, Staubach shares the history,...
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The Pollinator Victory Garden: Win the War on Pollinator Decline with Ecological Gardening; Attract and Support Bees, Beetles, Butterflies, Bats, and Other Pollinators

Kim Eierman · Quarry Books
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

The passion and urgency that inspired WWI and WWII Victory Gardens is needed today to meet another threat to our food supply and our environment - the steep decline of pollinators. The Pollinator Victory Garden offers practical solutions for winning the war against the demise of these essential...
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Family Handyman Ultimate Storage Solutions: Solve Storage Issues with Clever New Space-Saving Ideas

Family Handyman · Reader's Digest
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

De-Clutter & De-Stress...Decide to Organize the Mess with Family Handyman Ultimate Storage Solutions.Tackle your biggest storage problems with our all-new organization book, The Family Handyman Ultimate Storage Solutions. Inside you'll discover 450 clever projects & tips that...
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The New Plant Parent: Develop Your Green Thumb and Care for Your House-Plant Family

Darryl Cheng · Abrams Image
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback

For indoor gardeners everywhere, Darryl Cheng offers a new way to grow healthy house plants. He teaches the art of understanding a plant's needs and giving it a home with the right balance of light, water, and nutrients. After reading Cheng, the indoor gardener will be far less the passive...
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Encyclopedia of Landscape Design: Planning, Building, and Planting Your Perfect Outdoor Space

INC DORLING KINDERSLEY · DK
Pages: 392
Format: Hardcover

Be inspired to imagine the garden of your dreams with this guide that will help you plan, build, and plant your perfect outdoor space.

Whether you're aiming for a total redesign or targeting a specific area, Encyclopedia of Landscape Design offers fresh and achievable ideas...

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Good Housekeeping Simple Cleaning Wisdom: 450 Easy Shortcuts for a Fresh & Tidy Home

GOOD HOUSEKEEPING. · Hearst
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

This Good Housekeeping guide is so simple and smart it will make you WANT to clean! Get a sparkling home in a snap! Whether you're a cleaning enthusiast or a procrastinator, you're in luck, because no one knows how to keep a home fresh and tidy like the experts at Good Housekeeping....
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Outdoor Paint Techniques and Faux Finishes, Revised Edition: 25 Great Outdoor Finishes for Plaster, Wood, Cement, Metal, and Stone

MARINA HENNIGS LOUISE NIVEN · Creative Homeowner
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

This practical guide to exterior decorating will inspire both beginning and more advanced decorators to revitalize your outdoor environment!25 weatherproof paint effects ideal for external walls, floors, and woodwork in your garden, patio, or porch5 surface options: plaster, cement, wood,...
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Essential Pruning Techniques: Trees, Shrubs, and Conifers

Tony Kirkham · Timber Press
Pages: 404
Format: Print book

A master class on pruning

Pruning is an essential part of garden maintenance; it is necessary to regulate and control growth and to encourage flowering and fruiting on trees and shrubs. It is also one of the most difficult parts of garden maintenance. To prune well, gardeners must...
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