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Modern Homesteading
LIVING THE COUNTRY LIFE. · Weldon Owen
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover
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An accessible guide for the aspiring modern homesteader from the craftsmen at Living the Country Life magazine! Grow your own crops, raise backyard animals, and preserve your bounty for the winter months and beyond. Once upon a time, people had a real connection with the land. Instead... |
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Duct Tape Engineer: The book of big, bigger, and epic duct tape projects
Lance Akiyama · Rockport Publishers
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
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In Duct Tape Engineer, hands-on educator, master tinkerer, and author of Rubber Band Engineer, Lance Akiyama will show you how to design, sculpt, and build backpacks, kayaks, catapults, and queen-size beds out of duct tape in your own backyard.These fourteen projects are designed to be long-lasting... |
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The Long, Long Life of Trees
Fiona J Stafford · Yale University Press
Pages: 287
Format: Print book
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A lyrical tribute to the diversity of trees, their physical beauty, their special characteristics and uses, and their ever-evolving meanings Since the beginnings of history trees have served humankind in countless useful ways, but our relationship with trees has many dimensions beyond mere... |
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Beautiful: All-American Decorating and Timeless Style
Mark D Sikes · Rizzoli
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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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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Harvest: Unexpected Projects Using 47 Extraordinary Garden Plants
Stefani Bittner · Ten Speed Press
Pages: 224
Format: Print book
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Harvest is a beautifully photographed guide to growing, harvesting, and utilizing 47 unexpected garden plants to make organic pantry staples, fragrances, floral arrangements, beverages, cocktails, beauty products, and more.Every garden--not just vegetable plots--can produce a bountiful... |
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Love the House You're In: 40 Ways to Improve Your Home and Change Your Life
Paige Rien · Roost Books
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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Stop hating your house and start adoring it - 40 steps to make your home express who you are and work for how you really live.With humor and a dose of reality, Paige gives readers actionable steps to adapt and make their homes work for them, imploring them to ignore outside influences and look... |
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Change Your Home, Change Your Life with Color: What's Your Color Story?
Moll Anderson · Post Hill Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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What is your color story? There is a reason we dream in color. Color speaks louder than words - it can not only brighten your home; it can brighten your life. Color can transform a room - your mood, your family, and even your well-being. Are you living life in color - or living in neutral?... |
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Musings of an Energy Nerd: Toward an Energy-Efficient Home
Martin Holladay · The Taunton Press
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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In this fascinating collection of postings from his popular "Musings of an Energy Nerd" blog, Green Building Advisor's Martin Holladay cuts through the hype and myths about energy efficiency, sustainability, and green building to present the very best ways to make your home... |
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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
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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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Prefabulous World: Energy-Efficient and Sustainable Homes Around the Globe
Sheri Koones · Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover
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The rising cost of fuel and the growing commitment to protect the environment have sparked exciting innovations in prefab home construction Showcasing the unlimited possibilities offered by prefabrication to build incredibly energy-efficient green homes Prefabulous World features sophisticated... |
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Coastal Living Beach House Happy: The Joy of Living by the Water
Antonia van der Meer · Oxmoor House, 2015.
Pages: 223
Format: Print book
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Beach people are not only "house proud, " but they are irrevocably "house "happy. "" With a unique attachment to their homes, coastal dwellers and their homes exude a certain warmth and beauty found nowhere else. "Beach House Happy "reveals six routes... |
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The Rockefeller Family Gardens: An American Legacy
Larry Lederman · The Monacelli Press
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover
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Larry Lederman takes readers on a privileged photographic tour through the Rockefeller family gardens in the Hudson Valley and Maine. The Rockefeller family is synonymous with great wealth, extraordinary philanthropy, and exceptional stewardship of unspoiled landscapes. In their private... |
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