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Five-Plant Gardens: 52 Ways to Grow a Perennial Garden with Just Five Plants
Nancy J. Ondra - Workman Pub Co Format: Paperback
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Selecting perennial plants can be overwhelming - there are hundreds of choices, and it's difficult to know when your plants will bloom, whether they'll thrive in sunny or shady spots, and which ones will look well together. In Five-Plant Gardens, Nancy Ondra eliminates the guesswork... |
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Room Recipes: A Creative and Stylish Guide to Interior Design
Tonya Olsen - Cedar Fort, Inc. Format: Hardcover
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From exciting entryways to DIY dining rooms, these tried-and-true interior design recipes are the ultimate resource for homeowners looking to spice things up or decorate a space from scratch. With this book, creating a show-stopping master suite or home office is as simple as cooking dinner---just... |
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New Small Garden: Contemporary principles, planting and practice
Noël Kingsbury - Frances Lincoln Ltd Format: Print book
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Small gardens are a challenge to design and to keep looking good. This title aims to inspire and inform gardeners to make the most of their small spaces by looking at more than 50 contemporary and inspirational gardens, at how their designers have created them and how their owners use and develop... |
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Designing Your Perfect House: Lessons from an Architect
William J. Hirsch Jr. AIA - Dalsimer Press, Inc; 1 edition Format: Book
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Designing Your Perfect House is the ideal guidebook for navigating the often mystifying process of house design and building. Its full of sage advice from a master architect about how to design the perfect house for you.Presented in twelve understandable lessons, this book moves from wonderful... |
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Raised Bed Revolution: Build It, Fill It, Plant It ... Garden Anywhere
Tara Nolan - Cool Springs Press Format: Hardcover
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Join the revolution and create a beautiful raised bed garden with inspiration from the ultimate raised bed gardening guidebook! Raised bed gardening is the fastest-growing garden strategy today, and Raised Bed Revolution is its ultimate guidebook. The book includes information about... |
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Vern yip's design wise : your smart guide to a beautiful home
Vern Yip - Running Press Format: Print book
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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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Siding, Roofing, and Trim: Completely Revised and Updated
Editors of Fine Homebuilding - Taunton Press Format: Paperback
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Details, details, details ... they're what make the exterior of your home stand out from the crowd. This new edition of Siding, Roofing, and Trim -- the latest installment in the FOR PROS BY PROS series from the editors of Fine Homebuilding -- provides you with all the expert advice... |
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The Seed Garden: The Art and Practice of Seed Saving
Jared Zystro - Seed Savers Exchange Format: Print book
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Filled with advice for the home gardener and the more seasoned horticulturist alike, The Seed Garden: The Art and Practice of Seed Saving provides straightforward instruction on collecting seed that is true-to-type and ready for sowing in next year's garden. In this comprehensive book,... |
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Masonry Complete: Expert Advice from Start to Finish
Cody Macfie - Taunton Press Format: Paperback
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Installing a beautiful walkway made of pavers, creating a dramatic brick-covered wall, or even repairing foundational cracks to preserve your home--projects like these are easier than ever for DIY-ers with "Masonry Complete," today's most comprehensive reference on masonry.... |
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Year of No Clutter: A Memoir
Eve O Schaub - Sourcebooks Format: Print book
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Eve has a problem with clutter. Too much stuff and too easily acquired, it confronts her in every corner and on every surface in her house. When she pledges to tackle the worst offender, her horror of a "Hell Room," she anticipates finally being able to throw away all of the unnecessary... |
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101 Organic Gardening Hacks: Eco-friendly Solutions to Improve Any Garden
Shawna Coronado - Cool Springs Press Format: Paperback
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Shawna Coronado, one of Americas most creative gardeners, gives you her library of clever gardening tricks in 101 Organic Gardening Hacks.. If you ask garden author Shawna Coronado what a hack is, she might just wave her hand toward her own back yard. She could be pointing at the garden... |
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Let It Go: Downsizing Your Way to a Richer, Happier Life
Peter Walsh - Rodale Format: Print book
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Sorting through a lifetime's worth of accumulated possessions can be a daunting and stressful process that millions of Americans confront every year. The need to downsize often arises at a momentous life change, whether you're an empty nester or retiree selling your family home, a newlywed... |
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The Home Decluttering Diet: Organize Your Way to a Clean and Lean House
Jennifer Lifford - Page Street Publishing Format: Paperback
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Put Your House on a Diet for Long-Term Results If you're sick of the clutter around your home and can't find any organization systems that work for you, it's time to put your house on a diet. Starting with a 30-day home detox to quickly shed some of that excess weight, you will gain the confidence,... |
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Wood Pallet Projects: Cool and Easy-to-Make Projects for the Home and Garden
Chris Gleason - Fox Chapel Publishing Format: Paperback
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Wood Pallet Projects shows how anyone can upcycle salvaged pallet wood to create truly one-of-a-kind furniture and accessories. Maverick craftsman Chris Gleason combines sound woodworking techniques with a hip designer's sensibility to unleash the limitless possibilities of the common... |
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Pruning Simplified: A Step-by-Step Guide to 50 Popular Trees and Shrubs
Steven Bradley - Timber Press Format: Paperback
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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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Plumbing
Steve Cory - The Taunton Press Format: Print book
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Stanley's Plumbing: A Homeowner's Guide is a comprehensive, visual handbook packed with step-by-step photographs and authoritative, reliable information. Eventually, every homeowner needs to repair, replace, or upgrade a plumbing fixture. Save heaps of money by learning... |
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Tiling
Joseph Truini - The Taunton Press, Inc. Format: Print book
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With a little time and even less money, DIYers can update and transform their home by tiling kitchens, bathrooms, and other spaces. Stanley's Homeowners Guide to Tiling clearly explains the tiling process with hundreds of step-by-step photographs offering accurate, dependable, and easy-to-understand... |
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The Magnolia Story
Chip Gaines - Thomas Nelson Format: Hardcover
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National Bestseller--New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Publisher's WeeklyAre you ready to see your fixer upper?These famous words are now synonymous with the dynamic husband-and-wife team Chip and Joanna Gaines, stars of HGTV's Fixer Upper. As this question fills the airwaves... |
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The All New Illustrated Guide to Everything Sold in Hardware Stores
Steve Ettlinger - Cool Springs Press Format: Paperback
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Learn aboutthe most essential tools and hardware needed for everyday home repair and improvement with The All New Illustrated Guide to Everything Sold in Hardware Stores.From first-time homebuyers to frequent hardware store customers, anyone who owns or rents a home will benefit from knowing... |
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Home Repair Wisdom & Know-How: Timeless Techniques to Fix, Maintain, and Improve Your Home
EDITORS OF FINE HOMEBUILDING - Black Dog & Leventhal Format: Paperback
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Home Repair Wisdom & Know-How is the essential go-to book for every project homeowners encounter, from basic wiring to kitchen renovations. Featuring step-by-step instructions from the pages of Fine Homebuilding magazine, one of the most trusted sources on home repair and construction,... |
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Deer-Resistant Design: Fence-free Gardens that Thrive Despite the Deer
Karen Chapman - Timber Press Format: Paperback
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"Fear deer no more! The best source I've seen on the topic!" - Tracy DiSabato-Aust, award-winning garden designer and best-selling author Deer are one of the most common problems a gardener can face. These cute but pesky animals can quickly devour hundreds of dollars' worth of plants.... |
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Rock Gardening: Reimagining a Classic Style
Joseph Tychonievich - Timber Press Format: Print book
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Rediscover a classic garden technique! Rock gardening - the art of growing alpines and other miniature plants in the company of rocks in order to recreate the look of a rugged mountaintop - has been surging in popularity. Time and space constraints, chronic drought in the American West,... |
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The Plant Recipe Book: 100 Living Arrangements for Any Home in Any Season
Baylor Chapman - Artisan Format: Book
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A follow-up to the widely popular "Flower Recipe Book, " "The Plant Recipe Book" is the next great thing in interior plant design, providing simple steps showing anyone how to create stunning living plant decor. Each one of the 100 recipes specifies the type and quantity... |
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Attracting Beneficial Bugs to Your Garden: A Natural Approach to Pest Control
Jessica Walliser - Timber Press Format: Book
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It may seem counterintuitive to want bugs in a garden, but insects are indeed valuable garden companions. Especially those species known for eating the bugs that eat plants. Assassin bugs, damsel bugs, and predatory stink bugs are all carnivores that devour the bugs that dine on a garden.Attracting... |
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Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Roofing & Siding: Updated 3rd Edition - Choose, Install & Maintain Roofing & Siding Materials
Editors of Creative Publishing - Cool Springs Press; Third edition Format: Paperback
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The Complete Guide to Roofing & Siding covers all traditional materials, from wood lap siding, brick, concrete block, stucco, stone veneer, and wooden shakes to vinyl, raised-ridge metal roofing, and fiber/cement lap siding. Less traditional roof-covering materials, such as EPDM rubber,... |
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Easy Birdhouses & Feeders: Simple Projects to Attract & Retain the Birds You Want
Michael Berger - Cool Springs Press Format: Paperback
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"Discover tested, reliable (and easy) plans for building houses and feeders that attract the most popular backyard birds in North America. DIY birdhouses and feeders are inexpensive and relatively easy to make, even if you don't own a shop's worth of tools or you have very... |
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The Art of the Stonemason
Ian Cramb - Alan C. Hood & Company, Inc. Format: Paperback
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Drawing on five generations of family tradition as stonemasons in his Native Scotland, Ian Cramb created this masterful work to pass on his knowledge and experience to craftsmen who wish to learn the ancient, but still necessary, principles of the stonemason's art. |
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Styled: Secrets for Arranging Rooms, from Tabletops to Bookshelves
Emily Henderson - Potter Style Format: Print book
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NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLERThe ultimate guide to thinking like a stylist, with 1,000 design ideas for creating the most beautiful, personal, and livable roomsIt's easy to find your own style confidence once you know this secret: While decorating can take months and tons of money,... |
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Fine Gardening Beds & Borders: design ideas for gardens large and small
Editors & Contributors of Fine Gardening - Taunton Press Format: Paperback
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A collection of the most popular design ideas, planting solutions, and quick front- and backyard fixes that the editors of Fine Gardening have to offer. Fine Gardening Beds and Borders offers easy planting solutions for creating gardens that add color and texture, help zone a property,... |
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Decks
David Toht - Taunton Press Format: Paperback
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Building a deck is one of the most popular outdoor projects for home DIYers. The job takes time and effort, but if you have some basic carpentry skills and the right tools, and you work slowly, carefully, and safely, you can produce a great-looking deck that you can be proud of. Author... |
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New Bathroom Idea Book
Jamie Gold - Taunton Press Format: Paperback
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The bathroom continues to be one area of the house that homeowners are willing to spend money on. This all-new edition of Bathroom Idea Book--a virtual designer's notebook of ideas, inspiration, and information--will bea homeowner's first step in turning a dream bath into a real one, whether... |
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Handpicked: Simple, Sustainable, and Seasonal Flower Arrangements
INGRID CAROZZI - HARRY N ABRAMS Format: Print book
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Brooklyn-based florist Ingrid Carozzi reveals her secrets for creating flower arrangements that are modern, original, and organic in style. Organized by season, the book presents simple step-by-step instruction (how to measure, cut, and place each bloom) for making more than 35 arrangements.... |
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Woman-Powered Farm: Manual for a Self-Sufficient Lifestyle from Homestead to Field
Audrey Levatino - Countryman Press; 1 edition Format: Print book
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To go-to guide for women who want to be part of the farming revolution.Women are leading the new farming revolution in America. Much of the impetus to move back to the land, raise our own food, and connect with our agricultural past is being driven by women. They raise sheep for wool, harvest... |
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The Energy-Smart House
Editors of Fine Homebuilding - Taunton Press Format: Print book
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Energy efficiency begins at home. Nobody knows this better than homeowners, remodelers, builders, and designers looking to cut back and save more. This is the place to start--"The Energy-Smart House" is a must-have for those concerned about rising home energy costs. Written by builders... |
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Build It Yourself: Weekend Projects for the Garden
Frank Perrone - Princeton Architectural Press Format: Paperback
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Are you into gardening, DIY, or organic living? Looking to branch into woodworking? Build It Yourself: Weekend Projects for the Garden will help you to do just that. Accompanying you every step of the way, from the local home goods store to your workshop or table, Build It Yourself is a fun,... |
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Epic Tomatoes: How to Select and Grow the Best Varieties of All Time
Craig LeHoullier - Storey Publishing, LLC Format: Print book
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Savor your best tomato harvest ever! Craig LeHoullier, tomato adviser for Seed Savers Exchange, offers everything a tomato enthusiast needs to know about growing more than 200 varieties of tomatoes--from sowing seeds and planting to cultivating and collecting seeds at the end of the season.... |
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Gardenista: The Definitive Guide to Stylish Outdoor Spaces
Michelle Slatalla - Artisan Format: Print book
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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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How to Grow More Vegetables, Ninth Edition:
JOHN JEAVONS - Ten Speed Press Format: Paperback
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The world's leading resource on biointensive, sustainable, high-yield organic gardening is thoroughly updated throughout, with new sections on using 12 percent less water and increasing compost power. Long before it was a trend, How to Grow More Vegetables brought backyard ecosystems... |
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Kitchen Upgrades
Taunton Press - Taunton Press Format: Paperback
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Kitchen Upgrades is a compilation of the very best expert design and product advice, using real-world remodels to help professionals and passionate amateurs remodel a kitchen of any shape and size, on any budget. The pros take you through every step of the remodeling process, with over... |
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Makeovers: Room by Room Solutions
Better Homes and Gardens - Better Homes & Gardens; 1 edition Format: Paperback
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If you're like most people, you have trouble envisioning a room's possibilities, even if you've lived in a space for years. That's one of the reasons room makeovers are so popular in print, on TV, and online: they give people ideas for solving their own decorating challenges.... |
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Mid-Atlantic Fruit & Vegetable Gardening: Plant, Grow, and Harvest the Best Edibles - Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, ... Virginia
Katie Elzer-Peters - Cool Springs Press; First edition Format: Paperback
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If you're interested in growing your own fruits and vegetables, you've joined the ranks of a blossoming group of DIY gardeners who place a premium on the idea of self-reliance. But like any other kind of gardening, growing edibles is not a one-size-fits-all pursuit: in order to be successful,... |
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Teaming with Nutrients: The Organic Gardener's Guide to Optimizing Plant Nutrition
Jeff Lowenfels - Timber Press Format: Book
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Just as he demystified the soil food web in his ground-breaking book Teaming with Microbes, in this new work Jeff Lowenfels explains the basics of plant nutrition from an organic gardener's perspective. Where Teaming with Microbes used adeptly used microbiology; Teaming with Nutrients... |
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The Big Book of Hacks
Doug Cantor - Weldon Owen Format: Print book
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In this reboot of the popular 2012 title, readers will find a collection of the most up-to-date and thrilling DIY tech projects around - straight from the experts at Popular Science magazine. Updated with new and more modern projects, the Big Book of Hacks the perfect... |
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