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Fireplace: Design & Decorating Ideas

Paula Marshall · Better Homes & Gardens
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

This must-read planning tool covers fireplace building, layout, materials, accessories, and decorating. The revised edition provides updates on fireplace options that have come onto the market since the first edition was published.Easy-to-read, problem-solving text offers hundreds of helpful...
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Weeds in the Urban Landscape: Where They Come from, Why They're Here, and How to Live with Them

Richard Orlando · North Atlantic Books
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback

A comprehensive identification guide to 189 common weeds in the urban environment, explaining their families and characteristics, with strategies for managing their presence in the garden and fieldsThis engaging field guide for the urban explorer, gardener, or armchair enthusiast traces...
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The Complete Compost Gardening Guide: Banner batches, grow heaps, comforter compost, and other amazing techniques for saving time and money, and ... most flavorful, nutritous vegetables ever.

Barbara Pleasant · Storey
Pages: 319
Format: Paperback

Barbara Pleasant and Deborah L. Martin turn the compost bin upside down with their liberating system of keeping compost heaps right in the garden, rather than in some dark corner behind the garage. The compost and the plants live together from the beginning in a nourishing, organic environment....
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City Farmhouse Style: Designs for a Modern Country Life

KIM LEGGETT · Abrams
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Come along on the hunt to coveted country sources and the best secret antiquing spots, and learn how to create country farmhouse style in your city dwelling. Author Kim Leggett is the creator of City Farmhouse, an interior design business, pop-up antiquing fairs, and vintage store. She is also...
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The Book of Hygge: The Danish Art of Contentment, Comfort, and Connection

Louisa Thomsen Brits · Plume
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

When life gets hectic, work grows stressful, and the days fly by, unplug and tune in. Hygge (hoo-gah) is a Danish word but a universal feeling of being warm, safe, comforted, and sheltered - an experience of belonging to the moment and to each other. Hygge anchors us, reminding us to slow...
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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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All New Square Foot Gardening, Second Edition: The Revolutionary Way to Grow More In Less Space

Mel Bartholomew · Cool Springs Press
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

Square Foot Gardening is the most practical, foolproof way to grow a home garden, whether you're growing an urban garden, or have an entire backyard. That explains why author and gardening innovator Mel Bartholomew has sold more than two million books teaching how to become a successful...
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Audel HVAC Fundamentals: Volume 1: Heating Systems, Furnaces and Boilers

James E Brumbaugh · Audel; All New 4th Edition edition
Format: Paperback

A reference you'll warm up toFrom the background and basics of heating systems to the newest chip-based technology, this first volume of Audel's HVAC Library gives you comprehensive information you need on the job. Whether you're installing, servicing, repairing, or troubleshooting...
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Reese Witherspoon · Touchstone
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

Academy Award-winning actress, producer, and entrepreneur Reese Witherspoon invites you into her world, where she infuses the southern style, parties, and traditions she loves with contemporary flair and charm.Reese Witherspoon's grandmother Dorothea always said that a combination of beauty...
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Good Clean Fun: Misadventures in Sawdust at Offerman Woodshop

Nick Offerman · Dutton
Pages: 344
Format: Hardcover

After two New York Times bestsellers, Nick Offerman returns with the subject for which he's known best - his incredible real-life woodshop. Nestled among the glitz and glitter of Tinseltown is a testament to American elbow grease and an honest-to-god hard day's work: Offerman Woodshop....
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Survival Mom: How to Prepare Your Family for Everyday Disasters and Worst-Case Scenarios

Lisa Bedford · HarperOne; Original edition
Format: Paperback

From the creator of TheSurvivalMom.com comes this first-of-its-kind guidebook for all the "prepper" moms keen to increase their family's level of preparedness for emergencies and crises of all shapes and sizes. Publisher's Weekly calls Lisa Bedford's Survival Mom an "impressively...
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The Complete Photo Guide to Home Repair: 2000 Color How-To Photos (Black & Decker Home Improvement Library)

Creative Publishing International · Creative Publishing International; Bk&CD-Rom edition
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover

Filled with over 2000 color photographs, The Black & Decker Complete Photo Guide to Home Repair is unrivaled among home repair books. This refreshing and accessible guide offers more than 500 pages of the most reliable, up-to-date information available on exterior and interior do-it-yourself...
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A Modern Guide to Knifemaking: Step-by-step instruction for forging your own knife from expert bladesmiths, including making your own handle, sheath and sharpening

Laura Zerra · Quarry Books
Pages: 160
Format: Flexibound

In A Modern Guide to Knifemaking, well-known survivalist Laura Zerra shares her essential knifemaking tips and tricks, including step-by-step instructions for both forging and stock removal. We all use a knife pretty much every day, but for Zerra, her daily life often depends on the blade...
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Smart Guide®: Wiring, All New 2nd Edition: Step by Step

Creative Homeowner Editors · Creative Homeowner
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

Home wiring made simple! Smart Guide: Wiring, All-New 2nd Edition, has been entirely re-written and updated--and now features photographs instead of illustrations. It demystifies wiring and empowers do-it-yourselfers with the information they need to keep their home electrical system running...
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Once Upon a Farm: Lessons on Growing Love, Life, and Hope on a New Frontier

Rory Feek · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Sometimes, it's not only what we plant but where we're planted.Now raising their 3-year old daughter, Indiana, alone, after Joey's passing, Rory Feek digs deep into the soil of his life and career to share the choices made and lessons learned that helped turn a middle Tennessee farm into...
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