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30 Knit Ponchos and Capes: Easy-to-wear styles for any occasion

Rita Maassen - Stackpole Books
Format: Paperback

Ponchos and capes are so easy to wear! They dont slip and slide like shawls can; just toss one over a basic tee and you are ready to go and look anything but basic. They go with nearly anything and can be dressed up or down as you please. Add in the fun of knitting a variety of styles,...
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Travels with Foxfire: Stories of People, Passions, and Practices from Southern Appalachia

Phil Hudgins - Anchor
Format: Paperback

Since 1972, the Foxfire books have preserved and celebrated the culture of Southern Appalachia for hundreds of thousands of readers. In Travels with Foxfire, native son Phil Hudgins and Foxfire student Jessica Phillips travel from Georgia to the Carolinas, Tennessee to Kentucky,...
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The Secret Life of Cows

Rosamund Young - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

In this affectionate, heart-warming chronicle, Rosamund Young distills a lifetime of organic farming wisdom, describing the surprising personalities of her cows and other animalsAt her famous Kite's Nest Farm in Worcestershire, England, the cows (as well as sheep, hens, and pigs) all roam...
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The Martha Manual: How to Do

MARTHA STEWART - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

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...
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Outer Order, Inner Calm: Declutter and Organize to Make More Room for Happiness

Gretchen Rubin - Harmony
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * In this lovely, easy-to-use illustrated guide to decluttering, the beloved author of The Happiness Project shows us how to take control of our stuff - and, by extension, our lives. Gretchen Rubin knows firsthand that creating order can make...
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Ground Rules: 100 Easy Lessons for Growing a More Glorious Garden

KATE FREY - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover

100 rules to garden by Gardening doesn't have to be difficult, and Kate Frey - expert gardener and designer - makes it easier than ever with her new book, Ground Rules. Frey distills the vital lessons gardening into 100 simple rules that will yield a gorgeous, healthy, and thriving...
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Homebody: A Guide to Creating Spaces You Never Want to Leave

Joanna Gaines - Harper Design
Format: Hardcover

#1 New York Times BestsellerIn Homebody: A Guide to Creating Spaces You Never Want to Leave, Joanna Gaines walks you through how to create a home that reflects the personalities and stories of the people who live there. Using examples from her own farmhouse as well as a range of other homes,...
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TheDadLab: 50 Awesome Science Projects for Parents and Kids

Sergei Urban - TarcherPerigee
Format: Paperback

The ultimate collection of DIY activities to do with your kids to teach STEM basics and beyond, from a wildly popular online dad.With more than 3 million fans, TheDadLab has become an online sensation, with weekly videos of fun and easy science experiments that parents can do with their...
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How to Make a Plant Love You: Cultivate Green Space in Your Home and Heart

Summer Rayne Oakes - Optimism Press
Format: Hardcover

Potted plants aren't mere decoration; they offer a rare opportunity to find joy by caring for another living being. Summer Rayne Oakes keeps over 750 live houseplants spanning 400 species in her Brooklyn apartment. She's an environmental scientist, an entrepreneur, and (according to a New...
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Kitchen Ideas You Can Use, Updated Edition: The Latest Styles, Appliances, Features and Tips for Renovating Your Kitchen

Chris Peterson - Cool Springs Press
Format: Paperback

From the latest in backsplashes to elegant faucet fixtures, Kitchen Ideas You Can Use, Updated Edition helps you create the kitchen of your dreams. The kitchen is one of the most popular DIY home renovation projects, with simple upgrades and wholesale renovations both contributing to the value...
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The Fruit Tree Primer: An Organic Approach to Growing Fruit in Gardens Large and Small

ORIN MARTIN - Ten Speed Press
Format: Paperback

Written by the long-time manager of the renowned Alan Chadwick Garden at the University of California, Santa Cruz, this substantial, authoritative, and beautiful full-color guide covers everything you need to know about organically growing healthy, bountiful fruit trees.For more than forty...
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The DIY Style Finder: Discover Your Unique Style and Decorate It Yourself

KariAnne Wood - Harvest House Publishers
Format: Hardcover

Let Your Style Shine KariAnne Wood could tell you a lot about decorating. After all, she's an expert. But this book isn't about her. It's about you. It's about the colors, textures, and patterns that make your heart sing. It's about the creative ideas you can't wait to try in your...
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Seasonal Flower Arranging: Fill Your Home with Blooms, Branches, and Foraged Materials All Year Round

Ariella Chezar - Ten Speed Press
Format: Hardcover

This lavishly photographed book from renowned floral designer Ariella Chezar provides step-by-step instructions for 39 seasonal floral arrangements and projects that celebrate the splendor of flowers, the bounty of the changing seasons, and the wild beauty of nature in your home.Just as fruits...
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The New Cottage: Inspiration for America's Favorite Home

Katie Hutchison - Taunton Press
Format: Hardcover

The mere thought of "cottage" puts the mind at ease, as a cottage is where life is simple, comforting, and true. Cottages are an informal, often hardy subset of small houses, generally possessing a visceral grab on homeowners' imaginations. The New Cottage explores how our favorite...
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Crochet Animal Rugs: Over 20 Crochet Patterns for Fun Floor Mats and Matching Accessories

Ira Rott - SewandSo
Format: Paperback

Crochet decor your kids will be begging for! Bring their bedroom decor to life with this collection of seven sensational animal rug designs, by popular crochet designer Ira Rott. You will love making these unique and quirky designs that kids will simply adore. Choose from an amazing elephant,...
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Front Yard Gardens: Growing More Than Grass

Liz Primeau - Firefly Books; Second Edition, Updated and Expanded edition
Format: Paperback

Praise for the first edition: "The book is handsome, informative and amusingly written, and it should serve as an inspiration to those who are tired of old-fashioned lawns." -- Publishers Weekly Liz Primeau was ahead of her time when she transformed her manicured lawn...
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Small Space Style: Because You Don't Have to Live Large to Live Beautifully

Whitney Leigh Morris - Weldon Owen
Format: Paperback

Interior design maven and Instagram star Whitney Leigh Morris makes living in a mere 362 square feet look elegant and effortless - even with a husband, baby, and two Beagles in the mix. In her debut book, Whitney shares her best ideas for making any tiny space efficient and stylish - whether...
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Field Guide to Urban Gardening: How to Grow Plants, No Matter Where You Live: Raised Beds - Vertical Gardening - Indoor Edibles - Balconies and Rooftops - Hydroponics

Kevin Espiritu - Cool Springs Press
Format: Paperback

In Field Guide to Urban Gardening, author Kevin Espiritu of Epic Gardening shares the basics of growing plants, offers tips on how to choose the right urban gardening method, and troubleshoots the most common problems you'll encounter. If you think it's impossible to grow your...
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Llewellyn's 2020 Herbal Almanac: A Practical Guide to Growing, Cooking & Crafting

Llewellyn - Llewellyn Publications
Format: Paperback

Llewellyn's Herbal Almanac offers a wide variety of practical ideas on how to benefit from nature's most versatile plants. With hands-on projects, fresh ideas, and tips and techniques, this guide is designed for herb enthusiasts of all skill levels. It also features innovative herbal...
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The Anatomy of Treehouses: Stylish Hideaways and Retreats

Jane Field-Lewis - Gibbs Smith
Format: Hardcover

Classy and quirky treehouses from around the world. The treehouse in its most simple and fundamental form enables us to escape from the everyday pressures of modern life and feel closer to nature. It can also be an architectural wonder, showcasing the most creative of small space...
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Elements of Family Style: Elegant Spaces for Everyday Life

Erin Gates - Atria Books
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author and popular lifestyle blogger Erin Gates shares everything you need to know about designing a beautifully stylish - yet practical and functional - family home through candid advice, inspirational ideas, and lessons learned.Loved by her readers for her chic...
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Two Simple Shapes = 26 Crocheted Cardigans, Tops & Sweaters: If you can crochet a square and rectangle, you can make these easy-to-wear designs!

Salena Baca - Stackpole Books
Format: Paperback

Making crochet tops has never been so easy!Crocheted squares and rectangles can be shaped and combined to form a surprising array of pullovers, cardigans, lightweight tops, and wraps. Simple and easy-to-follow instructions will have you hooking up a whole new wardrobe of beautiful, creative...
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House Beautiful Colors for Your Home: The Ultimate Guide to Choosing Paint

House Beautiful - Hearst
Format: Flexibound

Based onHouse Beautiful's popular color column,thispocket-sized handbook shows how a simple coat of paint can set the mood and add a designer's touch in any room. This gorgeous primer showcases more than 450 colors selected by top interior designers who explain how and why they...
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Plants You Cant Kill: 101 Easy-to-Grow Species for Beginning Gardeners

Stacy Tornio - Skyhorse
Format: Paperback

"I kill everything I plant."Does this sound like you or someone you know? Give yourself a pat on the back because admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery. And lucky for you, you can easily turn your brown thumb into a green one with the help of Plants You Cant...
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Backyard Homesteading, Second Revised Edition: A Back-to-Basics Guide for Self-Sufficiency

David Toht - Creative Homeowner
Format: Paperback

Turn your backyard - no matter how small - into a sustainable and self-sufficient homestead for raising livestock and cultivating homegrown food!Take control of the food you eat and the products you use - even if you live in an urban or suburban homePractical instructions for growing fruit...
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Junk Beautiful: She Sheds: Hundreds of Inspired Ideas for Your Backyard Retreat

Sue Whitney - Taunton Press
Format: Paperback

Move over, Man Caves. She Sheds are coming to a house near you. Across the country, ladies are carving out a special place for themselves, one free from stress and concern. And they're doing it in their own backyards by turning spaces usually reserved for old tools and greasy car parts...
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Knitted Animal Friends: Over 40 knitting patterns for adorable animal dolls, their clothes and accessories (Knitted Animal Friends, 1)

Louise Crowther - David & Charles
Format: Paperback

Learn to make an adorable collection of knitted animal toys with these new patterns by the author of My Knitted Doll, Louise Crowther. Louise, brings her unique style of coordinated knitwear with cute colourwork details to this new collection of toy animal knitting patterns. There are a total...
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The Less Is More Garden: Big Ideas for Designing Your Small Yard

SUSAN MORRISON - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover

Small space, big solutions When it comes to gardens, bigger isn't always better. A larger space requires more plants, more furniture, more maintenance, and more time. A smaller space takes less time to design, install, and care for and makes it easier for gardeners to take advantage of every...
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Complete Pottery Techniques: Design, Form, Throw, Decorate and More, with Workshops from Professional Makers

DK - DK
Format: Hardcover

Discover how to develop your pottery design skills and bring your ideas to life from start to finish.Covering every technique from throwing pottery to firing, glazing to sgraffito, this pottery book is perfect for both hand-building beginners and potting pros.Step-by-step photographs...
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The New Americana: Interior Dcor with an Artful Blend of Old and New

Holly Kuhn - Gibbs Smith
Format: Hardcover

Spirited interior dcor inspired by a love of old, a quest for authenticity, and the artful blending of old with new. Holly Kuhn's signature style combines patina finishes, leather, classic home furnishings, and personal collections with ease and sophistication. Her style captures...
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Best Roses, Herbs, and Edible Flowers

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Paperback

A quick-reference guide to roses, herbs, and edible flowers for gardeners with little experience and time.Roses represent love and beauty. Their colors and fragrance create the standard by which many other flowers are measured. Cultivated around the world for perfume, roses have a sweet...
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Beginner Gardening Step by Step: A Visual Guide to Yard and Garden Basics

DK - DK
Format: Paperback

Is your lawn full of weeds? Are your plants diseased? Is your flower bed forlorn? Do you long to create an outdoor space you can enjoy with friends--or even a garden you can show off with pride?This book shows you the basics you need to get your yard or green space under control and keep...
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All New Bathroom Ideas that Work

David Schiff - Taunton Press
Format: Paperback

Bathroom remodeling continues to top the list of the most common remodeling projects. All New Bathroom Ideas that Work contains essential information on all aspects of a bathroom update or complete remodel, from fixtures to lighting and cabinetry to flooring, so homeowners can make smart...
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Nora Murphy's Country House Style: Making Your Home a Country House

NORA MURPHY - Vendome Press
Format: Hardcover

Nora Murphy has turned her passion for country house style and its embodiment - her own home in Newtown, Connecticut - into a multimedia juggernaut. Her blog, website, e-magazine, strong presence on social media, and increasing visibility in print media and on TV have earned her a devoted...
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Little House in the City: Living Small within City Limits

Marc Vassallo - Taunton Press
Format: Hardcover

A change is taking place all across the country and especially on the West Coast, a shift led by the younger generations. People who in years past might have headed for the suburbs are instead moving to the city or choosing not to leave. Many will live in apartments or condos. But in cities...
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The Farm Girl's Guide to Preserving the Harvest: How to Can, Freeze, Dehydrate, and Ferment Your Garden's Goodness

Ann Accetta-Scott - Lyons Press
Format: Paperback

Food preservation is one of the most intimidating aspects of homesteading, yet one of the most important. Although there is a plethora of websites, books and blogs dedicated to learning how to preserve the harvest, people must search multiple places in order to gather the necessary information....
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Easy Wire Art: How to Make 21 Stylish & Decorative Projects (Fox Chapel Publishing) Learn the Techniques with Beginner-Friendly Diagrams and Clear Instructions, then Personalize for Your Home

Susanne Schaadt - Fox Chapel Publishing
Format: Paperback

Learn wire art, the DIY art form thats taking the craft community by storm!21 beautiful projects from elegant flamingos to delicate flowersEasy-to-follow diagrams and clear, beginner-friendly instructionsLearn the basic techniques and then you can personalize any project to your own tasteUses...
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The New Organic Grower, 3rd Edition: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener, 30th Anniversary Edition

ELIOT COLEMAN - Chelsea Green Publishing
Format: Paperback

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...
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2020 Standard Catalog of World Coins 1901-2000

Tracy L Schmidt - Krause Publications
Format: Paperback

Impressive in size, scope and detail unparalleled in the market, the 2020 Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, provides the most compelling and complete catalog to 20th Century coins in the world. You've come to rely on this mammoth reference for the most up-to-date pricing and coin...
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Prepping 101: 40 Steps You Can Take to Be Prepared: Protect Your Family, Prepare for Weather Disasters, and Be Ready and Resilient when Emergencies Arise

KATHY HARRISON - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Paperback

The next severe storm, power outage, or financial meltdown could hit at any time. Having a household contingency plan and being part of a strong, resilient community could mean the difference between life and death. This friendly and highly accessible guide introduces the most important,...
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Hypertufa Containers: Creating and Planting an Alpine Trough Garden

LORI CHIPS - Timber Press
Format: Paperback

Hypertufa containers - also known as troughs - are rustic, striking, versatile, and perfect for small, Alpine plants. A mix of cement, perlite, peat, and water, they are simple and affordable to make at home. Hypertufa Containers details everything a home gardeners needs to know...
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The Kitchen Garden: A Month by Month Guide to Growing Your Own Fruits and Vegetables

Alan Buckingham - DK
Format: Paperback

In tune with the popular move toward fresh, local, and homegrown food, The Kitchen Garden lets you get the most from your garden and helps to dramatically reduce the amount you spend on produce at the supermarket. The Kitchen Garden is the perfect companion for gardeners who want...
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Annuals, Perennials, and Bulbs: 377 Flower Varieties for a Vibrant Garden

Creative Homeowner Press - Creative Homeowner
Format: Paperback

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...
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Botanical Inks: Plant-to-Print Dyes, Techniques and Projects

Babs Behan - Quadrille Publishing
Format: Paperback

Learn how to transform foraged wild plants, plants, garden produce, and recycled food into dyes and inks with Botanical Inks. The book shows you how to extract environmentally sustainable color from the landscape and use it to create natural dyes for textiles, clothing, paper, and other...
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Cozy Minimalist Home: More Style, Less Stuff

Myquillyn Smith - Zondervan
Format: Hardcover

More Style, Less StuffCozy Minimalism isn't about going without or achieving a particular new, modern style. Nope. It's simply a mindset that helps you get whatever style YOU LOVE with the fewest possible items.You want a warm, cozy, inviting home, without using more resources, money, and stuff...
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Stitch and String Lab for Kids: 40 Creative Projects to Sew, Embroider, Weave, Wrap, and Tie

Cassie Stephens - Quarry Books
Format: Flexibound

In Stitch and String Lab for Kids, art teacher and winner of the Netflix bake-off show Nailed It! Cassie Stephens presents 40+ inventive projects that explore everything from simple sewing, embroidery, and weaving to string art, needle felting, and yarn crafts.Stitch and String...
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Countertop Gardens: Easily Grow Kitchen Edibles Indoors for Year-Round Enjoyment

Shelley Levis - Cool Springs Press
Format: Paperback

Whether you have a huge yard in a warm climate or a tiny apartment in a city with harsh winters, you can grow edibles year-round in the comfort and convenience of your own kitchen!Countertop Gardens will make you an expert in the world of indoor gardening, walking you through the challenges,...
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Best Perennials for Sun and Shade

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Paperback

A quick-reference guide to planting perennials for gardeners with little experience and time Choosing perennials for a garden can be a daunting task, considering that there are thousands of choices. Yarrow? Columbine? Aster? To make the selection easier, this guide profiles the easiest-to-grow...
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Auto Repair For Dummies

Deanna Sclar - For Dummies
Format: Paperback

Auto Repair For Dummies, 2nd Edition (9781119543619) was previously published as Auto Repair For Dummies, 2nd Edition (9780764599026) . While this version features a new Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as the prior release and should not be considered...
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French Country Cottage

Courtney Allison - Gibbs Smith
Format: Hardcover

A romantic interpretation of French country style in a California cottage. With beautiful photography and tale about a little forgotten house that could, Courtney shares the story of her renovation of a 1940's cottage in the California countryside. An abandoned vacation house,...
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Container Gardener's Handbook: Pots, Techniques, and Projects to Transform Any Space

Frances Tophill - CompanionHouse Books
Format: Paperback

Add Some Greenery to Your Life! This book will show you how to use overlooked pots to their full potential and transform your garden -- whether you've only got a modest balcony, a small square of patio or just a windowsill. Container Gardener's Handbook covers a range of different planting...
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Backyard Medicine: Harvest and Make Your Own Herbal Remedies

Julie Bruton-Seal - Skyhorse
Format: Paperback

An Updated and Expanded New Edition of Backyard Medicine! Modern medicine is truly a blessing. Advances are made with astonishing speed every day, using both science and technology to make our lives longer and healthier. But if the era of modern medicine began less than two hundred years...
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DIY Crafts & Projects for Your Instant Pot: Lip Balm, Tie-Dye, Candles, and Dozens of Other Amazing Ideas!

David Murphy - Racehorse
Format: Hardcover

"Just when we thought all the possibilities of the Instant Pot had been discovered, a creative home cook has done the impossible." - Today.com The Instant Pot is no longer just for food! This revolutionary home appliance is taking DIY to a whole new level. After going viral with...
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Terrain: Ideas and Inspiration for Decorating the Home and Garden

GREG LEHMKUHL - Artisan
Format: Hardcover

Named one of the Wall Street Journals Best Interior-Design Books to Give as Holiday Presents Founded in a historic nursery in southeast Pennsylvania, Terrain is a nationally renowned garden, home, and lifestyle brand with an entirely fresh approach to living with nature. Its an approach...
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Natural and Home Remedies for Aging Well: 196 Alternative Health and Wellness Secrets That Will Change Your Life

Bottom Line Books (Firm) - Sourcebooks
Format: Paperback

The editors of Bottom Line Inc. present Natural and Home Remedies for Aging Well, the best and most extensive book for mature men and women looking to make the most out of their lives with alternative and complementary practices, healing foods, and proper exercise.Americans spend a fortune...
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Creative Beading Vol. 14

Bead& Button magzine - Kalmbach Books
Format: Hardcover

Jewelry makers in search of stitching projects love Kalmbach's Creative Beading series, back for 2019 with its 14th volume. Inside this high-quality hardcover book, beaders will find 65 projects from the latest year of Bead&Button magazine. All the projects are designed by the magazine's...
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Kaffe Fassett's Sew Simple Quilts & Patchworks: 17 Designs Using Kaffe Fassett's Artisan Fabrics

Kaffe Fassett - Taunton Press
Format: Paperback

Heralded as the King of Color, fabric designer and quilter Kaffe Fassett showcases his glorious range of Artisan fabrics in Kaffe Fassett's Sew Simple. Along with his team of designers, Kaffe has created a varied selection of striking and simple designs that are ideal for practicing...
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The Lifelong Gardener: Garden with Ease and Joy at Any Age

Toni Gattone - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover

"The secret to making the most of later life is to keep doing what you love. With practical advice and gentle inspiration, Gattone shows us how gardening can work for people of any age." - Carl Honor, author of In Praise of Slowness You can keep gardening for life, you just...
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Renovation 5th Edition: Completely Revised and Updated

Michael Litchfield - Taunton Press
Format: Hardcover

Renovation has been the standard reference on the subject of renovation for 40 years. This revised edition will address the new realities of the housing industry in the 21st century, where homeowners are spending more cautiously, staying put longer in their homes, and becoming more savvy...
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The Complete Book of Clean: Tips & Techniques for Your Home

Toni Hammersley - Weldon Owen
Format: Paperback

The follow-up to the bestselling Complete Book of Home Organization, the Complete Book of Home Cleaning is a complete, eco-friendly guide to cleaning your home. From establishing routines, making schedules, and DIYing green cleaning solutions to help keep every area of your home neat, safe...
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How To Build Your Own Tiny House

Roger Marshall - Taunton Press
Format: Paperback

Tiny homes are all the rage these days, especially among young people new to the housing market, for people wanting a small dwelling as a second home or as a studio, and among singles and empty nesters. As millions are experiencing the "magic" of tidying up and reducing the number...
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Grow Something Different to Eat: Weird and wonderful heirloom fruits and vegetables for your garden

MATTHEW BIGGS - DK
Format: Paperback

Discover more than 50 out-of-the-ordinary edibles, from cucamelons to strawberry popcorn, in this seed-to-plate guide that inspires you to cultivate amazing new fruit and vegetable crops.Whether you're a beginner and determined to make the most of limited space with a truly unique and heirloom...
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Patchwork Picnic: Simple-to-Piece Blocks That Celebrate the Outdoors

Gracey Larson - That Patchwork Place
Format: Paperback

Let's go on a picnic . . . and return inspired to quilt! Sew cute critters, fancy flowers, birds and bugs, trees and turtles, and other odes to the out-of-doors with 30 adorable quilt blocks, each in two sizes: 6" and 12" square. The secret to making these charming designs?...
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The Crafty Gardener: Inspired Ideas and DIY Crafts From Your Own Backyard

Becca Anderson - Mango
Format: Paperback

100 Ideas, Crafts and How-tos for GardenersFans of Square Foot Gardening, Floret Farm's Cut Flower Garden, Welcome to the Farm, and Compact Farms will love The Crafty Gardener.Awakening the gardener in all of us: Gardening allows us to live in a much more human way, grounded in nature...
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Upcycling Outdoors: 20 Creative Garden Projects Made from Reclaimed Materials

Max McMurdo - Jacqui Small
Format: Hardcover

Following the success of his first book Upcycling, Max McMurdo has turned his thoughts to the outdoors with this truly inspirational collection of inventive projects, each built from recycled materials and unwanted 'spare parts'. In Upcycling Outdoors??, Max explains the basics...
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The Art of Paint Pouring: Tips, techniques, and step-by-step instructions for creating colorful poured art in acrylic

Amanda VanEver - Walter Foster Publishing
Format: Paperback

Learn the creative, innovative technique of making art by pouring paint with The Art of Paint Pouring! Featuring easy step-by-step projects, practical tips, and beautiful art from an established paint-pouring expert, this book will help artists of any skill level make colorful, textured...
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Kaffe Fassett's Quilts in the Cotswolds: Medallion Quilt Designs with Kaffe Fassett Fabrics

Kaffe Fassett - Taunton Press
Format: Paperback

In this 21st installment of Kaffe Fassett's ever-popular series of patchwork and quilting books, Kaffe has chosen to show off his latest range of fabrics by revisiting many of his favorite medallion quilt blocks. Photographed on location at the world-famous Hidcote Manor Garden in the beautiful...
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Be, Awake, Create: Mindful Practices to Spark Creativity

Rebekah Younger MFA
Format: Paperback

"The Artist's Way for the twenty-first century." - Nancy Coleman, PhD, clinical psychologist, writer, facilitator, and teacherSettle your mind, connect with the moment, and unleash your creativity with this unique and mindful art journal. In our demanding, fast-paced...
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Punch Needle: Master the Art of Punch Needling Accessories for You and Your Home

Arounna Khounnoraj - Quadrille Publishing
Format: Paperback

Discover a fresh take on a traditional craft in this ultimate introduction to the art of punch needling.Giving this forgotten craft a modern twist is author Arounna Khounnoraj (aka Bookhou) . One of Canada's most sought after mentors and creatives, she has caused...
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That Handmade Touch: 20 Simple Sewing Projects for You and Your Home

Svetlana Sotak - Lucky Spool
Format: Paperback

That Handmade Touch showcases Svetlana Sotak's talent for creating everyday essentials with a signature style, through the use of thoughtful fabrics, clean patchwork, and precise construction techniques. Sotak believes in the spirit of generous living and sharing her love of sewing...
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Saltwater Mittens from the Island of Newfoundland: More than 20 heritage designs to knit

Christine LeGrow - Boulder Publications
Format: Paperback

Woollen mittens have long been a Newfoundlander's best friend. The warmer the better. In a quirky climate of freeze, thaw, blow, and drizzle, good mittens made all tasks easier to split birch, hammer a nail, gut a fish, draw and haul water, hang clothes on a line, shoot a seabird, or snare...
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