A practical and attractive handbook with more than 850 essential life skills to get anything done faster and easier
The editors and scientists at Good Housekeeping and its lab, the Good Housekeeping Institute, share genius solutions and trusted, expert advice in this how-to guide to making life simpler. With chapters on the kitchen, organizing and cleaning, decorating, home maintenance, outdoor living, and entertaining and celebrating, this go-to resource offers step-by-step illustrated instructions, inspiring photos and sometimes surprising but always practical guidance to get things done. Plus, you'll save time and money and even have fun along the way.
The 850+ skills include how to:
* Store and make your own spice mixes
* Clean your house in 15 minutes
* Seal a drafty window
* Remove water rings from your tables
* Perk up a grocery-store bouquet
* Sew a button
* Plant an outdoor herb garden (and keep herbs fresh after they are picked!)
* Make the perfect boiled egg
* Uncork champagne
* Cure a hangover and so much more!
QR codes throughout the pages offer additional lessons and video instruction. Whatever home means to you, this book is brimming with invaluable know-how to keep your home in tip-top shape and to help you inject more fun and flair into your every day.
Hearst Home
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9781950785209
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Hardcover
Kitchen Upgrades
By Press, Taunton
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 300 photographs and illustrations -- from identifying the best layout; choosing the best fixtures and materials; installing flooring, countertops, and backsplash; maximizing storage; and more. Site-tested tips and professional techniques will help you handily hammer out the kitchen of your dreams.All the contributing authors are seasoned professionals whose articles have appeared in FineHomebuilding magazine. With a circulation of over 200,000, the magazine provides expertinformation and inspiration to everyone who cares about quality home improvement and construction. *Fine Homebuilding is the best source of home improvement information to help readers build projects better, faster, and more efficiently. *Kitchen remodeling was one of the two most popular remodeling projects in the latest NAHB survey of professional remodelers.
The Taunton Press
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9781631868450
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Paperback
Pests and Diseases
By Halstead, Andrew
Diagnose your fruit, vegetable, or ornamental plant problem visually using more than 350 full-color photos--or find it by plant, pest, or disease type--and get organic recommendations for solving 1,000 different pest, disease, and cultivation issues.Protect your harvest and keep your yard beautiful by following three easy routes to diagnosing and curing fruit, vegetable, and ornamental plant problems: Look up possible ailments in the plant-by-plant listings; make a visual identification from more than 350 photos in the gallery of symptoms; then follow detailed advice for 1,000 plant problems in the A-Z directory to remedy the issue. This unrivaled practical reference has been updated for this latest edition with more than 25 additional pests and diseases newly prevalent in gardens.
DK
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9781465468383
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Hardcover
Black & Decker The Complete Photo Guide to Decks 7th Edition
By Press, Cool Springs
Cool Springs Press; 7th edition
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9780760371534
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Paperback
Annuals, Perennials, and Bulbs
By Press, Creative Homeowner
A stunning flower garden that blooms throughout the seasons depends on the artful combination of annuals, perennials, and bulbs!600 photographs illustrate flowers, gardening tips, and techniquesOver 40 step-by-step photo sequences take you through practical techniquesEssential information to help you design gardens and borders, improve your soil, and maintain your plantsHelpful advice on how to care for the soil, start plants from seeds, and grow and care for plants in containersUseful tips on saving annual seeds, dividing perennial plants, lifting bulbs, forcing bulbs for indoor winter flowering, and preparing your garden for winterThis lavishly illustrated book shows how to grow plants from the "great garden triumvirate" and provides foolproof design techniques for any garden or landscape.
Creative Homeowner
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9781580118156
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Paperback
Tiling Complete
By Schweit, Michael
Tiling Complete is a comprehensive, authoritative, and easy-to-use reference for homeowners, covering all tiling projects from the most basic to advanced. This highly visual book is focused on real-world situations faced by homeowners and offers real-world advice, including how to deal with the inevitable issues that can arise during a project. Now in its second edition, the book has been updated with the latest information on new types of tile -- including large-format tiles and wood-plank tiles -- project preparation, and setting materials. Plus, 125 new photos have been added, for a total of 875 photos that take the guesswork out of every step of the tiling process. From buying the right tile to understanding installation materials, Tiling Complete, 2nd Edition familiarizes readers with the basics before explaining how to prepare the subsurface, lay out the project, and tile floors, countertops, walls, and backsplashes -- in short, everything that a homeowner needs to know.
Taunton Press
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9781631868801
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Paperback
Ultimate Guide to Basements, Attics & Garages, 3rd Revised Edition
By Homeowner, Creative
Find more space without moving or investing in an expensive addition!Over 50 step-by-step procedures for the DIY construction processMore than 580 photographs and illustrations to inform and inspire youLearn to plan, design, and remodel unused areas in your home to maximize living spaceEasy-to-follow techniques to help you make the conversion yourselfFound space... that's what this book is all about!Learn how to maximize the usable but unfinished areas in your house as new living space for your growing family. No need for an expensive addition or going through the trouble of moving to a larger house.With more than 50 detailed step-by-step sequences and 580 full-color drawings and photographs to illustrate construction techniques, this book contains dozens of delightful design alternatives for your basement, attic, and garage.
Creative Homeowner
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9781580118422
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Paperback
The New Organic Grower, 3rd Edition
By Coleman, Eliot
The Book that Started the Organic Farming Revolution Since its original publication in 1989, The New Organic Grower has been one of the most important farming books available, with pioneer Eliot Coleman leading the charge in the organic movement in the United States. Now fully illustrated and updated, this 30th Anniversary Edition is a must-have for any agricultural library. Eliot Coleman's books and innovative methods have helped innumerable organic farmers build successful farms in deep accordance with nature. The wisdom in this seminal book holds true even as the modern agricultural canon has grown -- in large part due to Coleman's influence as a wise elder with decades of experience. New information has been included in this edition to showcase the new tools and techniques that Eliot has been developing over the last thirty-five years. Inspired by the European intensive growers, The New Organic Grower, 30th Anniversary Edition, offers a very approachable and productive form of farming that has proven to work well for the earth and its stewards for centuries. Gardeners working on 2.5 acres or less will find this book especially useful, as it offers proof that small-scale market growers and serious home gardeners can live good lives close to the land and make a profit at the same time. The New Organic Grower is ideal for young farmers just getting started, or gardeners seeking to expand into a more productive enterprise. New material in this edition includes: Beautiful color photographs throughout, taken by master gardener and author Barbara Damrosch (Eliot's wife and co-farmer) Updated information throughout on how Eliot's practices have changed through his experiments over the years A new section from Damrosch about incorporating flowers on the small farm More information on new tools Eliot has invented that don't appear in any of his other books
CHELSEA GREEN
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9781603588171
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Paperback
Decks
By Toht, David
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 Dave Toht takes you through every step of the way, from design and planning, choosing tools and materials, installing footings and ledgers, framing, installing decking, building stairs and railings, and adding benches, planters, and other built-ins. The heart of the book is a step-by-step guide to building four different types of deck--a patio deck, a first-story deck, a raised deck, and a multi-feature deck--which include a range of decking and railing types and special features. Decks concludes with a chapter on deck maintenance and repair.
The Taunton Press
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9781631864506
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Paperback
The Martha Manual
By Stewart, Martha
Essential life skills from America's most trusted lifestyle expert - together in one beautiful and practical handbook, with hundreds of ideas, instructions, and inspirations Martha Stewart is America's go-to source for the best answers to nearly every question. As an authority on the many worlds upon which she's built her domestic empire, she can advise on everything from creating a cutting garden and setting the table to playing classic lawn games or building a campfire. Whether it's organizing, celebrating, cleaning, decorating, or any number of other life skills, these are the time-tested, Martha-approved strategies for frequent challenges and basic how-to knowledge that everyone should have at the ready. Also included are plenty of solutions for the not-so-common conundrums, such as how to transport a decorated cake, bathe a cat, or fold an American flag. With hundreds of expert tips and useful insights in an easy-to-follow format, this is the manual you need to learn how to do everything - the Martha way.
Good Housekeeping Home Skills
By Housekeeping, Good
A practical and attractive handbook with more than 850 essential life skills to get anything done faster and easier
The editors and scientists at Good Housekeeping and its lab, the Good Housekeeping Institute, share genius solutions and trusted, expert advice in this how-to guide to making life simpler. With chapters on the kitchen, organizing and cleaning, decorating, home maintenance, outdoor living, and entertaining and celebrating, this go-to resource offers step-by-step illustrated instructions, inspiring photos and sometimes surprising but always practical guidance to get things done. Plus, you'll save time and money and even have fun along the way.
The 850+ skills include how to:
* Store and make your own spice mixes
* Clean your house in 15 minutes
* Seal a drafty window
* Remove water rings from your tables
* Perk up a grocery-store bouquet
* Sew a button
* Plant an outdoor herb garden (and keep herbs fresh after they are picked!)
* Make the perfect boiled egg
* Uncork champagne
* Cure a hangover and so much more!
QR codes throughout the pages offer additional lessons and video instruction. Whatever home means to you, this book is brimming with invaluable know-how to keep your home in tip-top shape and to help you inject more fun and flair into your every day.
Kitchen Upgrades
By Press, Taunton
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 300 photographs and illustrations -- from identifying the best layout; choosing the best fixtures and materials; installing flooring, countertops, and backsplash; maximizing storage; and more. Site-tested tips and professional techniques will help you handily hammer out the kitchen of your dreams.All the contributing authors are seasoned professionals whose articles have appeared in FineHomebuilding magazine. With a circulation of over 200,000, the magazine provides expertinformation and inspiration to everyone who cares about quality home improvement and construction. *Fine Homebuilding is the best source of home improvement information to help readers build projects better, faster, and more efficiently. *Kitchen remodeling was one of the two most popular remodeling projects in the latest NAHB survey of professional remodelers.
Pests and Diseases
By Halstead, Andrew
Diagnose your fruit, vegetable, or ornamental plant problem visually using more than 350 full-color photos--or find it by plant, pest, or disease type--and get organic recommendations for solving 1,000 different pest, disease, and cultivation issues.Protect your harvest and keep your yard beautiful by following three easy routes to diagnosing and curing fruit, vegetable, and ornamental plant problems: Look up possible ailments in the plant-by-plant listings; make a visual identification from more than 350 photos in the gallery of symptoms; then follow detailed advice for 1,000 plant problems in the A-Z directory to remedy the issue. This unrivaled practical reference has been updated for this latest edition with more than 25 additional pests and diseases newly prevalent in gardens.
Black & Decker The Complete Photo Guide to Decks 7th Edition
By Press, Cool Springs
Annuals, Perennials, and Bulbs
By Press, Creative Homeowner
A stunning flower garden that blooms throughout the seasons depends on the artful combination of annuals, perennials, and bulbs!600 photographs illustrate flowers, gardening tips, and techniquesOver 40 step-by-step photo sequences take you through practical techniquesEssential information to help you design gardens and borders, improve your soil, and maintain your plantsHelpful advice on how to care for the soil, start plants from seeds, and grow and care for plants in containersUseful tips on saving annual seeds, dividing perennial plants, lifting bulbs, forcing bulbs for indoor winter flowering, and preparing your garden for winterThis lavishly illustrated book shows how to grow plants from the "great garden triumvirate" and provides foolproof design techniques for any garden or landscape.
Tiling Complete
By Schweit, Michael
Tiling Complete is a comprehensive, authoritative, and easy-to-use reference for homeowners, covering all tiling projects from the most basic to advanced. This highly visual book is focused on real-world situations faced by homeowners and offers real-world advice, including how to deal with the inevitable issues that can arise during a project. Now in its second edition, the book has been updated with the latest information on new types of tile -- including large-format tiles and wood-plank tiles -- project preparation, and setting materials. Plus, 125 new photos have been added, for a total of 875 photos that take the guesswork out of every step of the tiling process. From buying the right tile to understanding installation materials, Tiling Complete, 2nd Edition familiarizes readers with the basics before explaining how to prepare the subsurface, lay out the project, and tile floors, countertops, walls, and backsplashes -- in short, everything that a homeowner needs to know.
Ultimate Guide to Basements, Attics & Garages, 3rd Revised Edition
By Homeowner, Creative
Find more space without moving or investing in an expensive addition!Over 50 step-by-step procedures for the DIY construction processMore than 580 photographs and illustrations to inform and inspire youLearn to plan, design, and remodel unused areas in your home to maximize living spaceEasy-to-follow techniques to help you make the conversion yourselfFound space... that's what this book is all about!Learn how to maximize the usable but unfinished areas in your house as new living space for your growing family. No need for an expensive addition or going through the trouble of moving to a larger house.With more than 50 detailed step-by-step sequences and 580 full-color drawings and photographs to illustrate construction techniques, this book contains dozens of delightful design alternatives for your basement, attic, and garage.
The New Organic Grower, 3rd Edition
By Coleman, Eliot
The Book that Started the Organic Farming Revolution Since its original publication in 1989, The New Organic Grower has been one of the most important farming books available, with pioneer Eliot Coleman leading the charge in the organic movement in the United States. Now fully illustrated and updated, this 30th Anniversary Edition is a must-have for any agricultural library. Eliot Coleman's books and innovative methods have helped innumerable organic farmers build successful farms in deep accordance with nature. The wisdom in this seminal book holds true even as the modern agricultural canon has grown -- in large part due to Coleman's influence as a wise elder with decades of experience. New information has been included in this edition to showcase the new tools and techniques that Eliot has been developing over the last thirty-five years. Inspired by the European intensive growers, The New Organic Grower, 30th Anniversary Edition, offers a very approachable and productive form of farming that has proven to work well for the earth and its stewards for centuries. Gardeners working on 2.5 acres or less will find this book especially useful, as it offers proof that small-scale market growers and serious home gardeners can live good lives close to the land and make a profit at the same time. The New Organic Grower is ideal for young farmers just getting started, or gardeners seeking to expand into a more productive enterprise. New material in this edition includes: Beautiful color photographs throughout, taken by master gardener and author Barbara Damrosch (Eliot's wife and co-farmer) Updated information throughout on how Eliot's practices have changed through his experiments over the years A new section from Damrosch about incorporating flowers on the small farm More information on new tools Eliot has invented that don't appear in any of his other books
Decks
By Toht, David
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 Dave Toht takes you through every step of the way, from design and planning, choosing tools and materials, installing footings and ledgers, framing, installing decking, building stairs and railings, and adding benches, planters, and other built-ins. The heart of the book is a step-by-step guide to building four different types of deck--a patio deck, a first-story deck, a raised deck, and a multi-feature deck--which include a range of decking and railing types and special features. Decks concludes with a chapter on deck maintenance and repair.
The Martha Manual
By Stewart, Martha
Essential life skills from America's most trusted lifestyle expert - together in one beautiful and practical handbook, with hundreds of ideas, instructions, and inspirations Martha Stewart is America's go-to source for the best answers to nearly every question. As an authority on the many worlds upon which she's built her domestic empire, she can advise on everything from creating a cutting garden and setting the table to playing classic lawn games or building a campfire. Whether it's organizing, celebrating, cleaning, decorating, or any number of other life skills, these are the time-tested, Martha-approved strategies for frequent challenges and basic how-to knowledge that everyone should have at the ready. Also included are plenty of solutions for the not-so-common conundrums, such as how to transport a decorated cake, bathe a cat, or fold an American flag. With hundreds of expert tips and useful insights in an easy-to-follow format, this is the manual you need to learn how to do everything - the Martha way.