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All the Presidents' Gardens: Madison's Cabbages to Kennedy's Roses, How the White House Grounds Have Grown with America

Marta McDowell · Timber Press
Pages: 328
Format: Print book

"This informative gem of a book is for readers fascinated by either gardening or presidential history." - Library Journal The eighteen acres that surround the White House have been an unwitting witness to history--a backdrop for soldiers, suffragettes, protestors, and activists....
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Gardenista: The Definitive Guide to Stylish Outdoor Spaces

Michelle Slatalla · Artisan
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

Our homes' outdoor spaces can - and should - be as welcoming and carefully considered as our living rooms; when treated as extensions of our homes, these spaces enrich our lives immeasurably. That was the guiding principle when, under the direction of editor in chief Michelle Slatalla (whose...
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Country Living American Style: Decorate * Create * Celebrate

Country Living · Hearst
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

Country Living celebrates all-American design from sea to shining sea: quaint New England towns, dusty Texas ranches, woodsy log cabins, and Main Street, Anywhere, USA. Here are our country's most beloved styles on vivid display - its architecture, ornaments, textiles, and other more...
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Homegrown Tea: An Illustrated Guide to Planting, Harvesting, and Blending Teas and Tisanes

Cassie Liversidge · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 270
Format: Paperback

Homegrown Tea explains how to grow a large variety of plants in your own garden, on a balcony or even on a window sill could become your tea cupboard. It shows you how to grow your tea from seeds, cuttings, or small plants, as well as which parts of the plant are used to make tea. Liversidge...
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Herbs & Spices: The Cook's Reference

Jill Norman · DK; Revised edition
Format: Hardcover

Herbs & Spices is the essential cook's companion, now redesigned and updated with all new recipes. A classic reference, the best-selling Herbs & Spices is a trusted resource in the kitchen, with more than 200 unique herbs and spices from around the world showcased alongside...
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Vern yip's design wise : your smart guide to a beautiful home

Vern Yip · Running Press
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Vern Yip is one of the most beloved and recognizable interior designers in America. Over the course of his near-decade at HGTV, he has counseled thousands of people on beautifying their homes on limited budgets. Through his shows, as well as in his regular column "Learn from Vern"...
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Home Sewn: Projects and Inspiration for Every Room

Cassandra Ellis · Clarkson Potter
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

Transform your home with fabric as your foundation This beautiful craft book features distinctive sewing projects dedicated to living, resting, eating, and sharing. Use quality materials - from rustic linen to leather - to create simple ottomans, pendant light shades, a voile bed skirt,...
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The Beginner's Guide to Building a Garden One Project at a Time: 326 Fast, Easy, Affordable Ways to Transform Your Yard

Sally Roth · Timber Press
Pages: 284
Format: Print book

A fresh approach and simple way to transform your yard! The prospect of revamping a yard is daunting. Where do you start? How do all the various areas come together in a beautiful, cohesive way? The Beginner's Guide to Starting a Garden simplifies the process by showing you how to spend...
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The Design Cookbook: Recipes for a Stylish Home

Kelly Edwards · Medallion Press
Format: Paperback

Through stunning photographs and step-by-step instructions designer and lifestyle expert Kelly Edwards brings a myriad of looks tastes and approaches to chic home design in this guidebook From the kitchen and the bedroom to the home office and the out-of-doors Kelly illustrates how to achieve...
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Unearthed: Love, Acceptance, and Other Lessons from an Abandoned Garden

Alexandra Risen · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

In this moving memoir, a woman digs into a garden and into the past and finds secrets, beauty, and acceptance. Alex's father dies just as she and her husband buy a nondescript house set atop an acre of wilderness that extends into a natural gorge in the middle of the city. Choked with weeds...
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Fairy Gardening: Creating Your Own Magical Miniature Garden

Julie Bawden-Davis · Skyhorse Publishing; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

Fairy gardens are enjoying an astonishing surge in popularity and now you can begin making your own enchanting miniature landscapes, complete with pint-sized accessories, diminutive plants, and quaint fairy figures. Gardeners Julie Bawden-Davis and Beverly Turner provide you with step-by-step...
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Inside the Flame: The Joy of Treasuring What You Already Have

Christina Waters · Parallax Press
Pages: 335
Format: Print book

Inside the Flame invites readers to unplug their computers, cell phones, and televisions and plunge back into overlooked nooks and crannies of everyday experience. This jewelbox of an illustrated book offers anecdotes and adventures from the author's wide-ranging personal biography...
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Finbar and Fiona

Bridget K. Hubbard · Mirror Publishing
Pages: 26
Format: Paperback

For ages 3-9... Finbar is a shy houseplant who enjoys stretching his leaves and sitting in sunlight. Fiona is an adventurous black kitten who loves to wrestle and snuggle. Can the two become friends despite being so different? This item is Non-Returnable.
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150 Best of the Best House Ideas

Francesc Zamora Mola · Harperdesign
Pages: 480
Format: Print book

Packed with hundreds of pages of beautiful and inspirational color photographs of homes from around the world, a visually stunning resource and guide - part of the successful 150 Best series - featuring the latest in modern home construction and design.A comprehensive collection of single-family...
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Southern Living 50 Years: A Celebration of People, Places, and Culture

The Editors of Southern Living Magazine · Oxmoor House
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

For the last 50 years, Southern Living magazine has reported on and photographed what makes the South so very unique and how it has evolved; it's distinct regions, its music, its homes, its gardens, its food, and most importantly, its people. Now, to mark its Golden Anniversary, Southern...
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