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Space Works: A source book of design and decorating ideas to create your perfect home

Caroline Clifton-Mogg - Ryland Peters & Small
Format: Print book

A comprehensive guide to designing, decorating, and furnishing your home. Every room in the house presents its own specific challenges as well as presenting a plethora of choices when it comes to choosing important (and expensive) elements such as flooring and lighting. Whether it's...
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Patina Living

Steve Giannetti - Gibbs Smith
Format: Hardcover

The heartwarming story of how the Giannetties live and entertain in the well-designed and lushly planted gardens of their farm in Ojai, California. An intimate look at life on Patina Farm enjoying the interplay of rustic and modern European farmhouse charm -- including the sheds,...
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Garden Revolution: How Our Landscapes Can Be a Source of Environmental Change

Larry Weaner - Timber Press
Format: Print book

"This beautiful book shows us that guiding natural processes rather than fighting them is the key to creating healthier landscapes and happier gardeners. An essential addition to our knowledge of sustainable landscapes." - Doug Tallamy, author of Bringing Nature Home This...
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Creative Living: Bohemian Interiors Around the World

Robyn Lea - Abrams
Format: Hardcover

Creative Living sidesteps the world of carefully constructed interior design images, instead diving into the liberated and nonconformist atmosphere of offbeat beauty and artistic delights. The homes of more than 20 international style icons and tastemakers are profiled across Italy, France,...
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Handcrafted: A Woodworker's Story

Clint Harp - Touchstone
Format: Hardcover

Clint Harp, maverick carpenter on HGTV's smash hit Fixer Upper and the star of Wood Work on the DIY Network, presents his inspirational memoir that celebrates meaningful work, turning your craft into a career, and recognizing the importance of the journey itself.While Clint...
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The Healing Power of Plants: The Hero Houseplants That Will Love You Back

Fran Bailey
Format: Hardcover


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The Low-Water No-Water Garden: Gardening for Drought and Heat the Mediterranean Way

Pattie Barron - Southwater
Format: Print book

How to use Mediterranean plants for a glorious low-maintenance garden that will thrive without watering.
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English Decoration: Timeless Inspiration for the Contemporary Home

Ben Pentreath - Ryland Peters & Small
Format: Hardcover

In English Decoration, the acclaimed London-based architectural and interior designer Ben Pentreath presents a survey of the best of the English style."English decoration is making a bit of a comeback these days, and Ben Pentreath is partly to thank - not just because he's finessed...
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Simon Pearce: Design for Living

Glenn Suokko - Rizzoli
Format: Print book

The first book profiling designer Simon Pearce, today's leading handblown glassmaker, whose artisanal works impart classic style for elegant home interiors and table settings. Simon Pearce: Design for Living presents the timeless design and enduring style of the legendary glassware...
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Growing Squashes & Pumpkins: A Directory Of Varieties And How To Cultivate Them Successfully

Richard Bird - Lorenz Books
Format: Print book

From marrows and pattypans to butternut and cucumbers, this practical gardening guide offers how-to advice.
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The Wizard's Craftbook: Magical DIY Crafts Inspired by Harry Potter, Fantastic Beasts, The Lord of the Rings, The Wizard of Oz, and More!

Andrea Wcislek - Skyhorse
Format: Hardcover

Bring the magic wherever you go with these wizard-inspired crafts!Abracadabra! Now you too can reveal your inner wizard with these fantastical crafts inspired by your favorite witches and wizards from Shakespeare, Disney, Harry Potter, and more! Dazzle your friends and family with creative...
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Square Foot Gardening High-Value Veggies: Homegrown Produce Ranked by Value

Mel Bartholomew - Cool Springs Press
Format: Print book

Calculate the return on investment for your vegetable garden and get the most bang for your gardening bucks!Get the most return on investment from your garden by calculating which vegetables, fruits, and herbs give the highest payback. To make the selection process of what to grow easy,...
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Plants from Pits: Pots of plants for the whole family to enjoy

Holly Farrell - Mitchell Beazley
Format: Hardcover

What do avocados, apples, mangos and tomatoes have in common? The answer is that they can all be grown at home, for free, from pips that you would otherwise throw into the recycling bin. Plants from Pips shows you how to grow a range of fruit and vegetables, indoors and out, with minimum...
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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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The Tool Book: A Tool Lover's Guide to Over 200 Hand Tools

Phil Davy - DK
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,...
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David Monn: The Art of Celebrating

David E Monn - The Vendome Press
Format: Print book

A state dinner at the White House, the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala, once-in-a-lifetime birthday celebrations - every lucky guest knows that there is no party like a David Monn party. Using scent, sound, sight, touch, and taste, Monn designs events to be "shared,...
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Perfect Imperfect: The Beauty Of Accident Age And Patina

Karen McCartney - Murdoch Books
Format: Hardcover

Perfect Imperfect takes as its founding principle the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi, advocating the beauty to be found in imperfection, impermanence and the authentic. Importantly this is done without losing sight of the benefits of living in the 21st century, where designers are merging...
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The Backyard Orchardist: A complete guide to growing fruit trees in the home garden, 2nd Edition

Stella Otto - Otto Graphics, 2015.
Format: Print book

For novice and experienced fruit gardeners alike, The Backyard Orchardist: A complete guide to growing fruit trees in the home garden has been the go-to book for home orchardists for over 2 decades. This expanded and updated edition--organized into 6 easy-to-follow sections--offers even...
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150 Best New Eco Home Ideas

NOT AVAILABLE. - Harper Design
Format: Hardcover

Discover the latest in sustainable architecture and environmentally friendly home design in this outstanding volume in the popular 150 Best series, which features nearly 500 pages of full-color photographs and dozens of inventive and decorative profiles.Architects, designers, and homeowners...
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The Earth in Her Hands: 75 Extraordinary Women Working in the World of Plants

Jennifer Jewell - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover

"An informative and celebratory resource." - BOOKLIST In this beautiful and empowering book, Jennifer Jewell - host of public radio's award-winning program and podcast Cultivating Place - introduces 75 inspiring women. Working in wide-reaching fields that include...
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Year-Round Indoor Salad Gardening: How to Grow Nutrient-Dense, Soil-Sprouted Greens in Less Than 10 days

Peter Burke - Chelsea Green Publishing
Format: Print book

The Low-Tech, No-Grow-Lights Approach to Abundant Harvest Year-Round Indoor Salad Gardening offers good news: with nothing more than a cupboard and a windowsill, you can grow all the fresh salad greens you need for the winter months (or throughout the entire year) with no lights, no pumps,...
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Country Living Tiny Homes: Living Big in Small Spaces

COUNTRY LIVING. - Hearst
Format: Hardcover

Bigger isn't always better: Country Living offers a look inside more than 25 tiny homes that maximize function and style. Downsizing has become a big trend - and many people are choosing to live small and smart in compact houses that don't require huge mortgages or upkeep. Country...
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The Art of Outdoor Living: Gardens for Entertaining Family and Friends

Scott Shrader - Rizzoli
Format: Hardcover

For anyone who wants to live well in their garden, here is a guide to creating stylish and livable outdoor spaces--for entertaining, playing, and relaxing.Pools made private by lush plantings, bedrooms open to the back yard, bar seating by the outdoor oven. California native and exterior...
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Fix Your Home

Jane Moseley - Pavilion
Format: Hardcover

With no-nonsense writing and straightforward step-by-step instructions, it gives you all the basic home maintenance information you'll ever need, including putting up shelves, hanging pictures, fixing a leaky sink, wallpapering a room, working out what that noise the boiler's making...
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Country Living Shades of White: How to Use the Classic Color in Your Home

Country Living - Hearst
Format: Hardcover

Get white right! Country Living offers a fresh new view on classic white, with its many variations and ability to transform any room. White is the ultimate color in country-style decorating - so of course Country Living has the ultimate take on white! Organized by design style (rustic,...
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Better Living Through Origami: 20 Creative Paper Projects for a Beautiful Home

Nellianna van den Baard - SewandSo
Format: Paperback

Take papercraft to a new creative level and turn your home into a designer haven with this mindful DIY interiors book by Dutch design duo Studio Snowpuppe. Learn how to create 20 items of functional home decor using simple, origami inspired paper folding and manipulation techniques, and then...
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Getting Laid: Everything You Need to Know About Raising Chickens, Gardening and Preserving with Over 100 Recipes!

Barb Webb - Viva Editions
Format: Paperback

Sustainable living boasts no boundaries. You don't need massive amounts of acreage or even a fenced-in backyard. We may not be 100 percent sustainable in our lifestyle, but we can become better in-tune with our environment and conscientious of our actions. Like all aspects of life,...
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Healing Garden

David Kamp - Images Publishing Group
Format: Print book

Presents mature healing garden design theory and research, and typical casesThrough design guidelines and case analysis (design description, plan drawings and after-built photos) , the book will be a great reference for designersThe idea of a 'healing garden' is well established...
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The Story Garden: Cultivating Plants to Nurture Memories

Ellen Sheppard Buchert - Smith, Gibbs Publisher
Format: Hardcover

Grow stories and cultivate memories with a Story Garden. This charming book of lovely tales is about the magic of self-discovery, memory, and human connections transmitted through botany. The stories are supplemented with simple plant propagation how-tos for the plants that connect to the memories....
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Wabi-Sabi Welcome: Learning to Embrace the Imperfect and Entertain with Thoughtfulness and Ease

Julie Pointer-Adams - Artisan
Format: Hardcover

"An antidote to the veneer of perfectionism so often presented by books of its kind, Wabi-Sabi Welcome offers readers license to slow down and host guests with humility, intention, and contentment." - Nathan Williams, founder of KinfolkWabi-Sabi Welcome is sharing...
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The Homebrewer's Garden, 2nd Edition: How to Grow, Prepare & Use Your Own Hops, Malts & Brewing Herbs

Dennis Fisher - Storey Books
Format: Print book

If you have a backyard, or even a sunny porch or balcony, you can grow your own hops, brewing herbs, and malt grains to enhance the flavor, aroma, and uniqueness of your home-brewed beer -- and ensure that you have the freshest, purest, best ingredients possible. Simple instructions from...
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Selina Lake Winter Living: An inspirational guide to styling and decorating your home for winter

Selina Lake - Ryland Peters & Small, 2015. ©2015
Format: Print book

Popular stylist and bestselling interiors' author Selina Lake brings her signature pretty, vintage, romantic style to the most atmospheric and beautiful of seasons. With chapters including a stand-alone section of Winter Inspirations, containing flowers, lighting, fabrics, furniture and decorations,...
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The Third Terrorist: The Middle East Connection to the Oklahoma City Bombing

Jayna Davis - Nelson Current
Format: eBook

In this alarming book, reporter Jayna Davis tells of her amazing journey leading from the smoking rubble of the Murrah Federal Building to the sleazy haunts of John Doe #2, the mysterious Middle East suspect who the Justice Department was at first desperate to find?then insisted never existed....
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Handmade Candles and Smudge Sticks: 35 inspiring step-by-step projects

Emma Hardy - ‎CICO Books
Format: Paperback

Learn how to make your own candles with these 35 projects ranging from subtly-scented and refined to pastel-colored glittering creations, plus smudge sticks to create a beautifully fragrant home.Candles have never been more popular, adding warmth, light, and fragrance to your home. And making...
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Chainsaw Manual for Homeowners, Revised Edition: Learn to Safely Use Your Saw to Trim Trees, Cut Firewood, and Fell Trees (Fox Chapel Publishing) 12 Chainsaw Tasks with Step-by-Step Color Photos

Brian J Ruth - Fox Chapel Publishing
Format: Paperback

Written by a chainsaw pro, this guidebook will teach you how to safely complete everyday yard work. 12 common household chainsaw operations are covered, such as trimming hedges and branches, felling or bucking trees, & cutting firewood Expert advice and sure-handed guidance from author...
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Dream Design Live

PALOMA CONTRERAS - Abrams
Format: Hardcover

In Dream Design Live, decorator Paloma Contreras goes beyond interior design to show readers how to inhabit their homes in fulfilling and beautiful ways. Divided into three sections, this hardworking book proves that the most appealing interiors are also the most personal ones. Contreras...
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Sand Castles: Interiors Inspired by the Coast

Tim Neve - Harper Design
Format: Hardcover

In this beautifully illustrated book, interiors stylist Tim Neve explores a selection of extraordinary homes. Five eclectic chapters feature many personal sand castles inspired by the coast from the elegant, salt-bleached driftwood neutrals of Beachcomber to the faded sunshine yellows and retro...
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The Organic Gardener's Handbook: A Users Manual for the Organic Vegetable Garden, 2nd Edition

Frank Tozer - Green Man Publishing
Format: Print book

The Organic Gardeners Handbook covers every aspect of creating, managing and working in the organic vegetable garden. There are chapters on climate, site selection, soil science, fertility, bed preparation, composting, cover crops, planning, raising seedlings, direct sowing, watering, harvesting,...
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Terra Preta: How the World's Most Fertile Soil Can Help Reverse Climate Change and Reduce World Hunger

Ute Scheub - Greystone Books
Format: Print book

Terra preta is the Portuguese name of a type of soil which is thought to have almost miraculous properties. The newspapers are flooded with reports about "black gold," scientists believe that two of the greatest problems facing the world - climate change and the hunger crisis...
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Container Succulents: Creative Ideas for Beginners

Kuroda, Kentaro - Tuttle Publishing
Format: Paperback

Container Succulents is the perfect book for container gardening beginners who don't have a lot of space to work with. The beautiful photographs of succulent decor are sure to inspire your inner gardener, interior designer and all-around house plant lover.Learn how to care for and display...
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Cottage Garden Flowers

Margery Fish - Batsford
Format: Hardcover

A classic book that's still THE go-to guide for today's gardeners! Margery Fish's advice and enthusiasm for horticulture has stood the test of time, and her definitive 1960s gardening book is still essential for anyone who wants to create a cottage garden. In her imaginative...
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Cultivating Chaos: How to Enrich Landscapes with Self-Seeding Plants

Jonas Reif - Timber Press (OR)
Format: Hardcover

Self-seeding plants can create naturalistic gardens of great charm, but left to their own devices quickly spiral out of control. Maintaining the balance of plants so that a small number of robust species do not evict the others and developing the structure of the garden are important techniques...
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Veranda Decorating

CLINTON SMITH - Hearst
Format: Hardcover

From beautiful design details that inspire to pretty personal spaces you'll want to call your own, this stunning volume from Veranda captures the allure of luxurious decorating. Learn all there is to know about creating a glorious home. VerandaDecorating takes you on an A-Z journey...
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Tiny Tabletop Gardens: 35 projects for super-small spacesoutdoors and in

Emma Hardy - Cico Books
Format: Print book

No matter how small your space you will find these 35 projects simple and achievable. Be inspired by Emma Hardy's beautiful ideas for tiny tabletop displays. Why not try some indoor projects on rainy days; plant some little ferns under glass domes, make Japanese moss balls for the roots...
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Maple Syrup: An Introduction to the Science of a Forest Treasure

Mike Rechlin - McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company
Format: Print book

Maple Syrup takes the reader through the what, where, when, and why of maple sap and its conversion to maple syrup, that all-so-appreciated product of the North American deciduous forest. The journey begins with an introduction to trees, primarily maple trees, and especially sugar maple...
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The Chickpea Cookbook

Heather Thomas - Ebury Press
Format: Hardcover

It's official: chickpeas are the new kale! So, if you're hungry for some hummus, fancy a little falafel, or are eager to craft the perfect chickpea curry, this recipe book is filled to the brim with delicious and inventive ways to incorporate the humble chickpea into your everyday...
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The Problem with My Garden: Simple Solutions for Outdoor Spaces

Kendra Wilson - Laurence King Publishing
Format: Paperback

Do you long for a beautiful garden but hate weeding? Are you intimidated by roses or worried about watering? Do your neighbor's trees block your sunlight? Is your outdoor space too big? Too small? An awkward shape? Or maybe you just don't know where to begin...Whether you are seeking...
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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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Wanderlust: Interiors That Bring the World Home

Michelle Nussbaumer - Rizzoli
Format: Print book

The first book from designer Michelle Nussbaumer features her dramatically lush interiors and shows readers how spaces can be inspired by travel and filled with treasures from around the world. As a curator who discovers exquisite treasures all over the world for her projects and her Dallas-based...
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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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The Weaving Explorer: Ingenious Techniques, Accessible Tools & Creative Projects for Working with Yarn, Paper, Wire & More

Deborah Jarchow - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Hardcover

Weaving is a highly accessible craft - over, under is the basic technique - but the stumbling block for many would-be weavers has been the high cost of a commercial loom. The Weaving Explorer removes that barrier, inviting crafters and artists to try out an amazing range of techniques...
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Making a Life: Working by Hand and Discovering the Life You Are Meant to Live

Melanie Falick - Artisan
Format: Hardcover

"Falick's treasury, sumptuously photographed, will appeal to anyone who admires the people dedicated to making the world around them more beautiful." - Publishers Weekly, starred reviewWhy do we make things by hand? And why do we make them beautiful? Led by the question...
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Taming Wildflowers: Bringing the Beauty and Splendor of Nature's Blooms into Your Own Backyard

Miriam Goldberger - St. Lynn's Press
Format: Hardcover

Wildflowers are the jewels of spring and summer everywhere. Families drive miles to witness their beauty in wild landscapes. Now, gardeners are discovering that they can easily and successfully cultivate these hardy native wonders right at home, for year-after-year enjoyment. Wildflower...
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The Maker: Crafting a Unique Space

TAMARA MAYNES - Abrams
Format: Hardcover

The act of creating the treasures you use to adorn your home takes the space to a deeper level; it goes beyond collecting, beyond decorating. The Maker is a gorgeously illustrated love letter to creating an intimate, well-designed, and handmade home. With sections on wall art, textiles,...
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Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Plumbing 7th Edition: Completely Updated to Current Codes

Editors of Cool Springs Press - Cool Springs Press
Format: Paperback

BLACK+DECKER The Complete Guide to Plumbing 7th Edition is the most comprehensive, up-to-date book on achievable home plumbing projects for DIYers of all skill levels.From fixing a toilet to installing and plumbing a vanity sink or curbless shower, The BLACK+DECKER Complete Guide...
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Joyful: The Surprising Power of Ordinary Things to Create Extraordinary Happiness

INGRID FETELL LEE - Little, Brown Spark
Format: Hardcover

Designer Ingrid Fetell Lee explains how to cultivate a happier, healthier life by making small changes to your surroundings. Have you ever wondered why we stop to watch the orange glow that arrives before sunset, or why we flock to see cherry blossoms bloom in spring? Is there a reason...
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Homesteading From Scratch: Building Your Self-Sufficient Homestead, Start to Finish

Steven Jones - Skyhorse
Format: Paperback

Homesteading From Scratch is for people who want to do things differently - the type of people who want to eat real food, grow herbs, make cheese, raise baby animals, hunt mushrooms, pick blackberries, unschool their children, can jelly, ferment kraut, farm organically, connect to nature,...
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Walled Gardens

Jules Hudson - National Trust
Format: Hardcover

The walled garden was once an essential component of every country house, its shelter providing ideal conditions for growing food, flowers, and medicine. This book from the National Trust looks at walled gardens throughout England and Wales and explores their history, innovative design,...
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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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The Paper Solution: What to Shred, What to Save, and How to Stop It From Taking Over Your Life

Lisa Woodruff - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Hardcover

From the "Marie Kondo of paper" comes a simple and accessible guide to paper management.Americans are drowning in paper. We keep stacks of it on the kitchen counter, stash it in drawers, and store file cabinets full of documents that we never even look at. Studies show that fully...
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Edible Spots and Pots: Small-Space Gardens for Growing Vegetables and Herbs in Containers, Raised Beds, and More

Stacey Hirvela - Rodale Press
Format: Paperback

It's time for home gardeners to rethink the traditional garden and explore the wide variety of options for growing edibles in "anywhere" gardens -- from decorative pots and raised beds to unusual growing bags, hanging pouches, and tomato rings. These contained gardens are more...
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Vintage: New Furniture and Interior Design

Francisco Segarra - By Architect Publications
Format: Paperback

The classification of decorative styles has been historically associated with a set of aesthetic principles, which reflected the taste and the fashion of a time in a specific place. In most occasions they were established by influential families and rulers. During a ruler's term a style...
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Bright.Bazaar's Dream Decor: Styling a Cool, Creative and Comfortable Home, Wherever You Live

Will Taylor - Jacqui Small LLP
Format: Print book

"Will understands the life-enhancing abilities of colour. He's a true talent with a keen eye." Jonathan AdlerThis book will take readers on an inspiring journey to discover fifteen decor destinations that each have a distinct and inspired style. From the colourful cool...
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The Bumblebee Flies Anyway: A year of gardening and

KATE BRADBURY - Bloomsbury Wildlife
Format: Hardcover

Finding herself in a new home in Brighton, Kate Bradbury sets about transforming her decked, barren backyard into a beautiful wildlife garden. She documents the unbuttoning of the earth and the rebirth of the garden, the rewilding of a tiny urban space. On her own she unscrews, saws, and hammers...
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Rodale's Basic Organic Gardening: A Beginner's Guide to Starting a Healthy Garden

Deborah L. Martin - Rodale Books
Format: Paperback

When the inspiration hits to start an organic garden, many novices could benefit from a guidebook that speaks directly to their enthusiasm, their goals, and, of course, their need for solid information that speaks a newbie's language--from the most trusted source for organic gardening...
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Inside Outside: A Sourcebook of Inspired Garden Rooms

Linda O'Keeffe - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover

An outdoor room is an extension of the home - a space that can used for entertaining, relaxing, cooking, playing, swimming, and more. In spaces large and small, outdoor rooms offer a retreat from daily life and a connection to nature. In Inside Outside, Linda O'Keefe - former creative...
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The Minimalist Home: A Room-by-Room Guide to a Decluttered, Refocused Life

Joshua Becker - WaterBrook
Format: Hardcover

A popular minimalist blogger and author of The More of Less shows you how to methodically turn your home into a place of peace, contentment, and purposeful living.One of today's most influential minimalist advocates takes us on a decluttering tour of our own houses and apartments,...
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The Home Edit: A Guide to Organizing and Realizing Your House Goals

Clea Shearer - Clarkson Potter
Format: Paperback

There's decorating, and then there's organizing. From the Instagram-sensation home experts (with a serious fan club that includes Reese Witherspoon, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Mindy Kaling) , here is an accessible, room-by-room guide to establishing new order in your home.Believe this: every...
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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

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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Maker Spaces

Emily Quinton - Ryland Peters & Small
Format: Hardcover

'Making' is the next generation of creating. It's the union of traditional techniques, from print-making and jewellery-making to knitting, with cutting-edge technology, often yielding astonishing results, such as laser-cut jewellery and 3D-printed porcelain. 'Maker Spaces'...
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Old Home Love

Candis Meredith - Gibbs Smith
Format: Hardcover

Get to know the couple (and the houses) behind HGTV's newest hit series, Old Home Love. Andy and Candis Meredith believe there's nothing that can't be fixed. Their passion for saving and renovating old homes, which caught the attention of HGTV, sparked the creation of their...
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Furniture Makes the Room: Create Special Pieces to Style a Home You Love

Barb Blair - Chronicle, 2016.
Format: Print book

Knack Studio founder Barb Blair is famous for her "knack" with furniture: spotting classic pieces and transforming them into modern showstoppers. In this inspiring book, Blair goes beyond the nuts and bolts of furniture refinishing to show how to style rooms with each customized...
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Orchid Modern: Living and Designing with the World's Most Elegant Houseplants

Marc Hachadourian
Format: Paperback


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Steppes: The Plants and Ecology of the World's Semi-arid Regions

Michael Bone - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover

The first comprehensive overview of the world's four steppe regions, this important volume surveys the plants, climate, geology, and geography of the steppes of North America, Eurasia, Patagonia, and South Africa. Given the stark realities of climate change, it is imperative that we gain...
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The New Create an Oasis with Greywater 6th Ed: Integrated Design for Water Conservation, Reuse, Rainwater Harvesting, and Sustainable Landscaping

Art Ludwig - Oasis Design
Format: Print book

This twentieth-anniversary edition of the world's best-selling greywater book features adozen more pages, complete information on the Laundry to Landscape system, new colorplates, extensive revisions to every page, and dozens of new photos and figures.
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Fresh Clean Home: Make Your Own Natural Cleaning Products

Wendy Graham - Pavilion
Format: Hardcover

Make your home smell as fresh as a daisy with these eco-friendly, money-saving, germ-busting recipes. Making your own cleaning products is easy - and the results are kinder to your skin, safer for the environment, and as effective as anything store bought. All these recipes use common,...
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The Hop Grower's Handbook: The Essential Guide for Sustainable, Small-Scale Production for Home and Market

Laura Ten Eyck - Chelsea Green Publishing Company
Format: Paperback

With information on siting, planting, tending, harvesting, processing, and brewing It's hard to think about beer these days without thinking about hops. The runaway craft beer market's convergence with the ever-expanding local foods movement is helping to spur a local-hops...
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My Tiny Veg Plot: Grow Your Own in Surprisingly Small Places

Lia Leendertz - Pavilion Books 2015.
Format: Print book

Food can be grown just about anywhere, and lack of space should not put you off growing your own fresh vegetables. Not everyone has access to outside space, but we all have window ledges, doorways, often stairways, sometimes even a balcony or roof space. This book offers solutions and inspirations...
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The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter

MARGARETA MAGNUSSON - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

A charming, practical, and unsentimental approach to putting a home in order while reflecting on the tiny joys that make up a long life.In Sweden there is a kind of decluttering called dostdning, do meaning "death" and stdning meaning "cleaning."...
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The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden

Roy Diblik - Timber Press
Format: Book

Weve all seen gorgeous perennial gardens packed with color, texture, and multi-season interest. Designed by a professional and maintained by a crew, they are aspirational bits of beauty too difficult to attempt at home. Or are they? The Know Maintenance Perennial Garden makes a design-magazine-worthy...
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IKEAHACKERS.NET 25 Biggest and Best Projects: DIY Hacks for Multi-Functional Furniture, Clever Storage Upgrades, Space-Saving Solutions and More

JULES YAP - Ulysses Press
Format: Paperback

The ingenious team at IkeaHackers.net show you how to transform affordable IKEA products into creative new furniture and moreStep 1. Buy it at IKEA. Step 2. Open the box. Step 3. Throw away the instructions. Step 4. Have fun building your exciting new hack! By thinking outside the flat-pack...
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Down to Earth: Laid-back Interiors for Modern Living

Lauren Liess - Abrams
Format: Hardcover

An elevated yet accessible follow-up to Lauren Liess's Habitat, showcasing her signature easy-living lifestyle Down to Earth picks up right where Lauren Liess's critically acclaimed Habitat left off. While Habitat walked readers through the decorating process step-by-step,...
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Making Things Right: The Simple Philosophy of a Working Life

Ole Thorstensen - Penguin Books
Format: Paperback

A celebration of craftsmanship, teamwork, and the relationship between contractor and client. "An enriching and poetic tribute to manual labour." - Karl Ove Knausgaard Making Things Right is the simple yet captivating story of a loft renovation, from the moment master...
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Modern Vintage Style

Emily Chalmers - Ryland Peters & Small
Format: Hardcover

In Modern Vintage Style, Emily Chalmers - interiors stylist and owner of hip boutique Caravan - shows how using vintage items in a contemporary context can introduce humor, flair, and personality to any home. Think antique and brand new, machine-made and handcrafted, shiny smooth...
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Ocean View: The Perfect Holiday Homes; Nature Retreats Vol. II

Sebastiaan Bedaux - Lannoo Publishers
Format: Hardcover

* Beautifully designed holiday homes with stunning sea or ocean views gathered together in one book* The second title of a new series: Nature Retreats - the most exquisite holiday homes* Over 50 elegant hidden gems, surrounded by nature and available to rent* With practical information,...
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Barefoot Luxury: Mexican Resort Living

Sandra Espinet - Gibbs Smith
Format: Hardcover

Glamorous Latin American getaways of the ultimate luxury class. Latin America is known for its grand resorts and ultimate in warm-weather relaxation. And Sandra Espinet knows all about this elegant style, designing gorgeous home interiors in Mexico's high-end resort communities for the extravagantly...
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The Coastal Cottage

Ann Zimmerman - Gibbs Smith
Format: Print book

Decidedly not your grandparents' beach cottage . . . The Coastal Cottage will usher you into summer with its quintessential exteriors and sunbathed interiors. Ann and Scot Zimmerman take the reader on tours of fourteen cottage homes along America's coastal waterways, from the mid-Atlantic...
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Once Upon a Farm: Lessons on Growing Love, Life, and Hope on a New Frontier

Rory Feek - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

Sometimes, it's not only what we plant but where we're planted.Now raising their 3-year old daughter, Indiana, alone, after Joey's passing, Rory Feek digs deep into the soil of his life and career to share the choices made and lessons learned that helped turn a middle Tennessee farm into...
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Plant Style: How to Greenify Your Space

Alana Langan - Thames & Hudson
Format: Hardcover

Expert advice on how to make your home fashionably lush with greenery Ferns are back in the bathroom, cacti are sitting on plant stands and hoyas are cascading from hangers. Indoor plants are the ultimate indoor accessory. Softening interiors and readily available, they are a stylist's...
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Complete Book of Outdoor DIY Projects: The How-To Guide for Building 35 Projects in Stone, Brick, Wood, and Water

Penny Swift - Creative Homeowner
Format: Paperback

This homeowner's guide shows you how to build 35 useful and attractive outdoor features to enhance your yard and garden.Complete Book of Outdoor DIY Projects is the ultimate resource for constructing a wide variety of professional-looking, stylish structures, using stone, brick,...
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Illinois Getting Started Garden Guide: Grow the Best Flowers, Shrubs, Trees, Vines & Groundcovers

Shawna Coronado - Cool Springs Press
Format: Paperback

The ultimate, fully illustrated guide to plant selection and gardening in the Prairie State. With its northeastern edge seated on the shores of Lake Michigan, Illinois offers some of the United States' most fertile farmlands. But as any midwesterner knows, the entire region's weather...
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150 Best Tiny Space Ideas

Francesc Zamora - Harper Design
Format: Hardcover

Discover the latest innovations in tiny space design in this lush compendium in the 150 Best series, showcasing 150 full-color profiles.As the price of large residences have become increasingly out of reach for many people, aspiring home owners have begun to think smaller. 150 Best Tiny...
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Rooms for Living: A Style for Today with Things from the Past

Suzanne Rheinstein - Rizzoli International Publications
Format: Hardcover

Celebrated interior designer Suzanne Rheinstein focuses on the use of rooms - from entries to outdoor spaces - that reflect her relaxed, elegant style, in which beauty and comfort are paramount. ?Suzanne Rheinstein is a master at translating traditional style into something fresh and elegant....
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Practical Permaculture for Home Landscapes, Your Community, and the Whole Earth

Jessi Bloom - Timber Pr
Format: Print book

The idea behind permaculture is simple: take care of the earth, and the earth will take care of you. In clear, logical steps, Practical Permaculture offers the tools you need to live a life rich in healthy food, safe housing, and renewable resources. This hardworking book covers...
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Renovating for Profit: Transform Your Property on a Budget

CHERIE BARBER - Hardie Grant
Format: Paperback

Highly illustrated and extremely practical, Renovating for Profit reveals Cherie's secrets to success and equips you with all the tips and knowledge you need to renovate and make a profit. Including information on budgeting, time saving ideas, organization and how to successfully use color...
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Vie est Belle: The elegant art of living in the French style

Henrietta Heald - Ryland Peters & Small
Format: Hardcover

La Vie est Belle is the perfect gift for Francophiles or those with a passion for the best things in life - elegant interiors, ageless beauty and tradition, and fine food and wine. "France has the only two things toward which we drift as we grow older - intelligence and good manners."...
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On Flowers: Lessons from an Accidental Florist

Amy Merrick - Artisan
Format: Hardcover

A singular, personal celebration of the beauty and possibilities of nature Amy Merrick is a rare and special kind of artist who uses flowers to help us see the familiar in a completely new way. Her gift is to revel in the unexpected - like a sunny spring arrangement housed in a paper...
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The Writer's Garden: How Gardens Inspired our Best-loved Authors

Jackie Bennett - Frances Lincoln
Format: Hardcover

Great things happen in gardens. No one can doubt the importance of the garden in Roald Dahl's life as it was here where he worked, and here that he created James and the Giant Peach. And where would Jane Austen have been if she had never seen a 'walk', an ornamental lake, or a wilderness?...
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Idiot's Guides: Succulents

Cassidy Tuttle - Alpha Books
Format: Print book

Succulents are plants that hold water in their leaves, such as cacti, aloe, and echeveria. They have captured the hearts of crafters, decorators, and plant lovers all over the world. Always popular as an outdoor plant in warm climates, succulents have found a new popularity as a try indoor...
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Design in the Hamptons

Anthony Iannacci - The Monacelli Press; First Edition, Stated edition
Format: Hardcover

A luxurious look at nineteen private houses in the Hamptons, Long Island’s exclusive summer retreat—with architecture, interiors, and gardens from celebrity designers including Jonathan Adler and Simon Doonan, John Barman, Fox-Nahem, Thad Hayes, Tony Ingrao, Todd Merrill, Roman...
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Chasing the Rose: An Adventure in the Venetian Countryside

Andrea Di Robilant - Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the best-selling A Venetian Affair, here is the charming chronicle of his search for the identity of a mysterious old rose. Andrea di Robilant's tale takes us back to the time of Josephine Bonaparte, as well as into some of the most delightful rose gardens in Italy...
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The Modern A-Frame

Ben Rahn - Gibbs Smith
Format: Hardcover

Midcentury spaces made new: A-Frame homes from rustic to ultra-modern, mountain retreats to seaside getaways. The A-Frame home surged in popularity in the 1950s, and has captured the public's imagination with its playfully modern, steep-sloping roofline ever since. The Modern A-Frame...
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Practical Projects for Self-Sufficiency: DIY Projects to Get Your Self-Reliant Lifestyle Started

Chris Peterson - Cool Springs Press
Format: Book

Complete plans, instructions, and color photos show precisely how to make 30 original projects to help you live a more self-sufficient lifestyle. Have you ever wanted to build your own chicken coop, cider press, or herb-drying rack? How about a clever two-bin composter, horse-blanket washing...
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Tara Bernerd: Place

Tara Bernerd - Rizzoli
Format: Hardcover

Tara Bernerd's interior design is highly regarded for her bold and contemporary approach to luxury. London-based designer Tara Bernerd is known for creating interiors that have a very special sense of place. Committed to the utility of good design, Bernerd works on an increasingly...
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The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behavior, Health, and Happiness

Emily Anthes - Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

A fascinating, thought-provoking journey into our built environmentModern humans are an indoor species. We spend 90 percent of our time inside, shuttling between homes and offices, schools and stores, restaurants and gyms. And yet, in many ways, the indoor world remains unexplored territory....
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Gardener of Versailles: My Life in the World's Grandest Garden

Alain Baraton - Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
Format: Hardcover

INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards -- 2014 FinalistFor gardening aficionados and Francophiles, a love letter to the Versailles Palace and grounds, from the man who knows them best. In Alain Baraton's Versailles, every grove tells a story. As the gardener-in-chief, Baraton lives on its grounds,...
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Lawnmower Manual: A practical guide to choosing, using and maintaining a lawnmower

Brian Radam - Haynes Publishing UK
Format: Hardcover

If chosen correctly and properly maintained, a high-quality lawnmower should provide many years of trouble-free service. This extensively illustrated, step-by-step practical manual provides the reader with advice on how to choose the best mower for their needs.
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One-Day Room Makeovers: How to Get the Designer Look for Less with Three Easy Steps

MARLA MERIDITH - Page Street Publishing
Format: Paperback

By painting the walls, rearranging key pieces of furniture and adding new decorative accessories to complete the style, your boring living room will beautifully come to life at practically no cost. No need to bust down walls or buy a whole new living room set. Martin Amado is a home designer...
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Vern yip's design wise : your smart guide to a beautiful home

Vern Yip - Running Press
Format: Print book

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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Tiny Garden, Huge Harvest: How to Harvest Huge Crops from Mini Plots and Container Gardens

Caleb Warnock - Familius
Format: Paperback

When you plant the right varieties of heirloom vegetables, you can harvest huge volumes of fresh food from small garden plots and container gardens. Self-sufficiency expert Caleb Warnock provides step-by-step directions for designing, planting, and harvesting a tiny garden for big harvests...
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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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The English Country House Garden

George Plumptre - White Lion Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Revised and updated edition. There is something special about the English country house garden: from its quiet verdant lawns to its high yew hedges, this is a style much-desired and copied around the world. The English country house is most often conceived as a private, intimate place,...
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Studio: Creative Spaces for Creative People

Sally Coulthard - Jacqui Small
Format: Print book

Art, craft and all things homemade have never been more popular and the trend for working from home continues apace. But it can be tricky to carve out a space in your house that lets you indulge your passion or earn a living from your creativity. Studio and study spaces are special places...
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DIY Chicken Keeping from Fresh Eggs Daily: 40 Projects for the Coop, Run, Brooder, and More!

Lisa Steele - Quarry Books
Format: Paperback

Build a better life for your chickens! Join Lisa Steele, chicken keeper extraordinaire and founder of Fresh Eggs Daily, to learn how to build just about everything you might need for your coop, run, or farmhouse kitchen. Whether you're a DIY novice looking for an easy win or a more...
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Miniature Gardens: Design and create miniature fairy gardens, dish gardens, terrariums and more-indoors and out

Katie Elzer-Peters - Cool Springs Press
Format: Print book

A revealing peek into the captivating world of gardening in miniature, complete with inspiring photos and practical step-by-step instructions. A delightful, fun, and endlessly creative new trend is sweeping the gardening world miniature gardening! With your imagination as the only limit...
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The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It: The Complete Back-to-Basics Guide

John Seymour - DK
Format: Hardcover

Embrace off-grid green living with a new edition of the bestselling classic guide to a more sustainable way of life from the father of self-sufficiency.For over 40 years, John Seymour has inspired thousands to make more responsible, enriching, and eco-friendly choices with his advice on living...
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Shallow-pit Garden Composting: The Easy, No-smell, No-turning Way to Create Organic Compost for Your Garden

Caleb Warnock - Familius
Format: Print book

Many gardeners give up making backyard compost in frustration the compost pile smells, it requires too much work to turn the heap, and the process requires too many ingredients and too much attention. Gardeners who have used compost barrels or kits know that their experience ends in one way:...
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Think Rural

Piet Swimberghe - Lannoo
Format: Print book

* New title in the Think interior design series* Focusing on rural interiors in real homesWith personal, concise and informative texts, based on interviews with the residents who designed these homes, this is an exceptionally rich inspirational source, with material that has never been...
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The Tiny Mess: Recipes and Stories from Small Kitchens

Maddie Gordon - Ten Speed Press
Format: Hardcover

A lushly photographed cookbook featuring more than 40 recipes from tiny kitchens, The Tiny Mess is a whimsical combination of stories, recipes, culinary adventure, and of course, petite and inspiring cooking spaces that prove constraints are nothing but an invitation for creativity.From...
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Black & Decker The Book of Home Improvement: The Most Popular Remodeling Projects Shown in Full Detail

EDITORS OF COOL SPRINGS PRESS. - Cool Springs Press
Format: Hardcover

Boasting 560 pages of hardworking, how-to instructions and photos, this is quite possibly the only home remodeling you, or any homeowner, will ever need! From basements to attics and everywhere in between, Black & Decker the Book of Home Improvement shows you exactly how to do more...
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Country Living Salvage Style: Decorate with Vintage Finds

Leslie Linsley - Hearst
Format: Hardcover

Salvage style - decorating with repurposed and vintage items like wicker furniture, cast-iron tubs, polished marble, industrial pendant lights, and even tractor seats - has become a chic way to create unique, personal rooms. By reclaiming honest materials and collectibles, large and small,...
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Holiday Hacks: Easy Solutions to Simplify the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Keith Bradford - Adams Media
Format: Paperback

Streamline and simplify your holiday season with this comprehensive guide filled with quick tips, easy hacks, and fun DIY project ideas - all designed for the most wonderful time of the year! While the holidays are a joyous time to spend with family and friends, we all know they can quickly...
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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 Creative Woodturner: Inspiring Ideas and Projects for Developing Your Own Woodturning Style

Terry Martin - Linden Publishing
Format: Book

Woodturning is as popular as ever -- a constantly growing segement in the woodworking world and one of the most wide-reaching woodcrafts among artists and hands-on crafters. Its appeal is based on the short learning curve, the minimal equipment, and the sheer joy of learning to make something...
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Interior Design Master Class: 100 Lessons from America's Finest Designers on the Art of Decoration

Carl Dellatore - Rizzoli
Format: Print book

Poised to become the essential book on design, Interior Design Master Class collects the expertise and knowledge of the best interior designers working today. Opening Interior Design Master Class is like sitting down to the best dinner party you've ever attended. A classic...
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Reader's Digest Home Hacks: Clever DIY Tips and Tricks for Fixing, Organizing, Decorating, and Managing Your Household

Reader's Digest - Reader's Digest
Format: Paperback

Discover the hundreds of practical Do-It-Yourself home improvement and household hacks to simplify everyday life.Tired of spending your free time managing your home? Looking for ways to streamline your chores while saving time and money? In Home Hacks you'll find clever...
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Bibliostyle: How We Live at Home with Books

Nina Freudenberger - Clarkson Potter
Format: Hardcover

A visual delight and an inspiration for every bibliophile with a growing home library, this dream-and-drool design book features some of the most jaw-dropping book collections of homeowners around the world.Interior designer Nina Freudenberger, New Yorker writer Sadie Stein, and Architectural...
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Sage Living: Decorate for the Life You Want

Anne Sage - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

Perfectly named style maven and City Sage blogger Anne Sage knows a wise truth: decorating our living spaces for our goals is the first step in making them happen. In Sage Living, she opens the door to covetable dwellings designed to boost the dreams of their occupants, from the sunny,...
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New Vintage French Interiors

Sebastien Siraudeau - Flammarion-Pere Castor
Format: Hardcover

Combining bucolic charm and modern elegance, this new collection of French country interiors provides boundless inspiration for interior design enthusiasts and home decoration aficionados. This charming volume features a dozen interiors which bring together vintage and modern styles, for the ultimate...
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Annie Sloan's chalk paint workbook

Annie Sloan - CICO Books, an imprint of Ryland Peters & Small Ltd, 2015.
Format: Print book

"Whether you're redecorating a room and can't decide on the color scheme, covering some pillows or cushions and having problems choosing between fabrics, or simply in need of somewhere to sketch out your ideas, this workbook is a space in which you can jot down your thoughts, and play...
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Magical Rooms: Elements of Interior Design

Fawn Galli - Rizzoli
Format: Hardcover

Known for her witty and whimsical interiors with a bohemian flair, Brooklyn-based designer Fawn Galli shows us how to create magical rooms ourselves without breaking the bank.Guided by her philosophy "A room should awaken the senses," Galli's goal is to cast a spell with her interior...
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City Farmhouse Style: Designs for a Modern Country Life

KIM LEGGETT - Abrams
Format: Hardcover

Come along on the hunt to coveted country sources and the best secret antiquing spots, and learn how to create country farmhouse style in your city dwelling. Author Kim Leggett is the creator of City Farmhouse, an interior design business, pop-up antiquing fairs, and vintage store. She is also...
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She Sheds Style: Make Your Space Your Own

Erika Kotite - Cool Springs Press
Format: Hardcover

With She Sheds Style, you'll browse ideas, step-by-step projects, and decorating tips from a variety of creative "she shed" owners - then add your personal style to your own shed! It's no secret that the she shed revolution is underway and gaining steam. What is a she shed?...
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The New Plant Parent: Develop Your Green Thumb and Care for Your House-Plant Family

Darryl Cheng - Abrams Image
Format: Paperback

For indoor gardeners everywhere, Darryl Cheng offers a new way to grow healthy house plants. He teaches the art of understanding a plant's needs and giving it a home with the right balance of light, water, and nutrients. After reading Cheng, the indoor gardener will be far less the passive...
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Outside Living: Terraces, Balconies, Roof Decks, Courtyards, Pocket Gardens, and Other Small Outdoor Spaces

Francesc Zamora Mola - Universe
Format: Print book

Anyone looking for design ideas for patios, terraces, and other compact outdoor spaces will find this inspirational sourcebook invaluable, whether starting afresh or fine-tuning an existing design. This is the ultimate resource for innovative terrace, roof garden, patio, and balcony design...
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Square Foot Gardening: Growing Perfect Vegetables: A Visual Guide to Raising and Harvesting Prime Garden Produce

Cool Springs Press - Cool Springs Press
Format: Paperback

Is It Ripe?Even the most experienced homegrowers get a little apprehensive when harvest time comes around. You've spent so much time and energy and money to grow beautiful produce and now the moment of reckoning is at hand. Savvy shoppers looking for the best produce have similar concerns...
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Relaxed Coastal Style

SALLY DENNING - Ryland Peters & Small
Format: Hardcover

In Relaxed Coastal Style, Sally Denning offers decorating inspiration for anyone lucky enough to live by the ocean, as well as those who only dream of it.Scientists tell us that living by the ocean makes us happier and healthier: views of blue space have a calming effect and sea air improves...
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Cabins & Cottages, Revised & Expanded Edition: The Basics of Building a Getaway Retreat for Hunting, Camping, and Rustic Living

Fox Chapel Publishing. - Fox Chapel Publishing
Format: Paperback

If you've ever dreamed about building your own rustic cottage in the woods, or the hunting cabin of your dreams, this handy reference will provide an easy-to-follow approach to building a rustic getaway in that perfect out-of-the-way place!Complete instructions for building an A-frame...
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Gardening with Foliage First: 127 Dazzling Combinations That Pair the Beauty of Leaves with Flowers, Bark, Berries, and More

Karen Chapman - Timber Press
Format: Paperback

Create a foliage-driven garden that dazzles! Although seductive, flowers, by their fleeting nature, are a fickle base to provide long-lasting gardens with year-round interest. Tackle this problem with the advice in Gardening with Foliage First. Learn how to first build a framework of foliage...
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Home Repair Wisdom & Know-How: Everything You Need to Know to Fix, Maintain, and Improve Your Home

FINE HOMEBUILDING - Black Dog & Leventhal
Format: Paperback

The essential go-to book for every project homeowners encounter, from basic wiring to kitchen renovations, is now in the classic, oversized Wisdom & Know-How format. Home Repair Wisdom & Know-How is a complete, all-in-one, easy-to-follow resource covers everything you need to know...
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Tiny House: Live Small, Dream Big

Brent Heavener - Clarkson Potter
Format: Hardcover

From the founder of the Instagram feed @TinyHouse, which boasts 448k Instagram followers, comes a small, chunky inspiration book filled with photographs of the smallest abodes--from vans and boats to tree houses and cabins. A die-cut cover acts as a window onto a simpler world of lighter...
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Roses Without Chemicals: 150 Disease-Free Varieties That Will Change the Way You Grow Roses

Peter Kukielski - Timber Press
Format: Book

Spray no more!Roses have a reputation for being finicky garden plants that require chemicals and fertilizers to stay healthy and disease free. Fortunately, recent breeding efforts have produced disease-resistant varieties that perform beautifully in all kinds of conditions. Peter E. Kukielski,...
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The Alchemy of Things: Interiors shaped by curious minds

Karen McCartney - Murdoch Books
Format: Hardcover

The Alchemy of Things represents the swing of the decorating pendulum away from the instant gratification of popular culture through the interior design and style of 18 fascinating homes from around the world. The Alchemy of Things showcases incredible homes that come from a truly creative...
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The bold dry garden : lessons from the Ruth Bancroft Garden

Johanna Silver - Timber Press
Format: Print book

Celebrate and recreate the beauty of The Ruth Bancroft Garden! Ruth Bancroft is a dry gardening pioneer. Her lifelong love of plants led to the creation of one of the most acclaimed public gardens, The Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek, California. The Bold Dry Garden offers unparalleled...
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