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Lone Star Living: Texas Homes and Ranches

Tyler Beard · Bulfinch
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

The definitive book on Taxas interior design and architecture--from log cabins to urban lofts to sprawling Hill Country ranches--by the expert on Taxas style.
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Build Stuff with Wood: Make Awesome Projects with Basic Tools

Asa Christiana · Taunton Press
Pages: 202
Format: Paperback

Build Stuff with Wood is a true beginner's guide to woodworking, aimed at anyone who is interested in the craft but has little to no tools and no real idea where to start. The idea behind the book is to begin with a few portable power tools (cordless drill, jigsaw, etc.) , build a bunch...
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The Complete Guide to Growing Vegetables, Flowers, Fruits, and Herbs from Containers: Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply

Lizz Shepherd · Atlantic Publishing Group Inc.
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

Not everyone has the benefit of a plot of land where they can create a garden. In fact, almost 25% of city homeowners lack the yard space needed to cultivate and grow a decent sized garden (according to Seattle Lawn and Garden) meaning more and more people interested in harvesting flowers,...
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New Complete Guide to Gardening

Susan A Roth · Better Homes and Gardens Books
Pages: 600
Format: Book

An invaluable reference for both novice and experienced gardeners with 600 full-color pages packed with over 750 photos of overall gardens and individual plants.Readers will find complete information on perennials, roses, bulbs, annuals, lawns, trees, shrubs, vines, ground covers, fruits,...
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How to Build, Maintain, and Use a Compost System: Secrets and Techniques You Need to Know to Grow the Best Vegetables

Kelly M Smith · Atlantic Publishing Group, Inc., 2015.
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

Some of the best fertilizer on the planet can be made with your very own garbage. Starting with something as simple as coffee grounds a top composting product and including all of your old banana peels, bread crusts, and leftover meals, you can start creating a garden with your food waste...
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Outer Order, Inner Calm: Declutter and Organize to Make More Room for Happiness

Gretchen Rubin · Harmony
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

With clarity and humor, bestselling author of The Four Tendencies and The Happiness Project Gretchen Rubin illuminates one of her key realizations about happiness: For most of us, outer order contributes to inner calm. And for most of us, a rigid, one-size-fits-all solution doesn't work....
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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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Complete Beading for Beginners

Karen Rempel · Harbour
Pages: 158
Format: Paperback

Everybody's beading! It's easy, it's fun, it doesn't cost much, and in one evening you can make something gorgeous to wear or give, just by learning a few simple techniques.Complete Beading for Beginners shows you how to make your own pins, rings, necklaces, dream catchers,...
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Woodworking with Hand Tools: Tools, Techniques & Projects

Eden Phillpotts · Taunton Press
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

For woodworkers, hand tools put the emphasis on the process of woodworking rather than the result. Yet hand tools also are essential to the highest level of craftsmanship, bringing a refinement to work that machines alone cannot produce. Whether using hand tools alone as a source of pleasure,...
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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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The Complete Book of the Greenhouse

Ian G Walls (Ian Gascoigne) · Ward Lock Ltd
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

The acknowledged classic on the subject. Covers everything about greenhouse gardening, from construction of the building to cultivation of hundreds of plants, including pest and disease control. Learn successful greenhouse management, from siting, heating and ventilation through to the merits...
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American Horticultural Society New Encyclopedia of Gardening Techniques

American Horticultural Society · Mitchell Beazley
Format: Hardcover

A flagship practical book of step-by-step gardening techniques from the AHS that shows up-to-date skills to a new generation of gardeners. The AHS New Encyclopedia of Gardening Techniques is the new definitive guide to explaining all the essential techniques you are ever likely to need....
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Garden Wild: Wildflower Meadows, Prairie-Style Plantings, Rockeries, Ferneries, and other Sustainable Designs Inspired by Nature

Andre Baranowski · Rizzoli
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

This book is a survey of 12 breathtakingly beautiful gardens by award-winning photographer Andre Baranowski, whose eye for beauty will embolden readers the world over to embrace their inner instincts and create their own garden wild.The new movement in contemporary gardening is about going...
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Essential Joinery: The Five Most Important Joints Every Woodworker Should Know

Marc Spagnuolo · Spring House Press
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

With the knowledge of only a handful of essential joints, a woodworker can build anything he can imagine ... Whether it's a kitchen cabinet or an 18th century highboy, the foundation for all types of woodworking can be boiled down to a handful of essential joinery skills. Once learned,...
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Great Book of Woodworking Tips

Randy Johnson · Fox Chapel Publishing
Pages: 335
Format: Paperback

World's biggest collection of reader-written, shop-tested, photo-illustrated woodworking tips and techniques. One, two or three to a page. 730 total, more available in recent issues.
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