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Country Living Salvage Style: Decorate with Vintage Finds
Leslie Linsley - Hearst Format: Hardcover
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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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Plumbing
Steve Cory - The Taunton Press Format: Print book
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Stanley's Plumbing: A Homeowner's Guide is a comprehensive, visual handbook packed with step-by-step photographs and authoritative, reliable information. Eventually, every homeowner needs to repair, replace, or upgrade a plumbing fixture. Save heaps of money by learning... |
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The man who made things out of trees
Rob Penn - W.W. Norton & Company Format: Print book
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The story of how one man cut down a single tree to see how many things could be made from it. Out of all the trees in the world, the ash is the most closely bound up with who we are. From tool handles to arrows, wheels and bowls to furniture and baseball bats, humans have made more and varied... |
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Kitchen Upgrades
Taunton Press - Taunton Press Format: Paperback
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Kitchen Upgrades is a compilation of the very best expert design and product advice, using real-world remodels to help professionals and passionate amateurs remodel a kitchen of any shape and size, on any budget. The pros take you through every step of the remodeling process, with over... |
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Letter to a Young Farmer: How to Live Richly without Wealth on the New Garden Farm
Gene Logsdon - Chelsea Green Publishing Format: Hardcover
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For more than four decades, the self-described "contrary farmer" and writer Gene Logsdon has commented on the state of American agriculture. In Letter to a Young Farmer, his final book of essays, Logsdon addresses the next generation -- young people who are moving back to the land... |
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Floret Farm's Cut Flower Garden: Grow, Harvest, and Arrange Stunning Seasonal Blooms
Erin Benzakein - Chronicle Books Format: Print book
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From Erin Benzakein, a leader in the locaflor farm-to-centerpiece movement and owner of internationally renowned Floret Flower Farm, Cut Flower Garden is equal parts instruction and inspiration - a book overflowing with lush photography of magnificent flowers and breathtaking arrangements... |
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Country Living Rustic Homes: Barns, Cabins, Cottages & Farmhouses
Country Living - Hearst Format: Print book
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Reclaim, repurpose, refurbish, or restore your way to the country-style home of your dreams! Rustic touches borrowed from barns, cabins, cottages, and farmhouses make even modern homes feel warm and snug. Country Living offers an abundance of inspiring ideas and gorgeous photographs... |
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Square Foot Gardening High-Value Veggies: Homegrown Produce Ranked by Value
Mel Bartholomew - Cool Springs Press Format: Print book
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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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Raised-Bed Gardening: How to grow more in less space
Simon Akeroyd - Taunton Press Format: Print book
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Raised-bed gardening is a popular gardening technique that allows growers to achieve greater yields while watering less. An opening section explains the basics of raised beds, focusing on the benefits of raised beds (easier maintenance, better drainage, soil amelioration, etc.) and explaining... |
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Trailersteading: How to Find, Buy, Retrofit, and Live Large in a Mobile Home
Anna Hess - Skyhorse Publishing Format: Paperback
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All the advantages of a tiny house at a fraction of the cost! Imagine what you could do with your time if you didn't have to spend $16,000 a year on rent or a mortgage. Old single-wide mobile homes can often be found for free (and installed for a couple of thousand dollars) in rural... |
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Make: Tools: How They Work and How to Use Them
Charles Platt - O'Reilly Media Format: Print book
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Whether you're interested in becoming a handyman or developing artisanal woodworking skills, the place to begin is by learning the fundamentals of using basic workshop tools correctly. The place to find out how is right here. Make: Tools is shop class in a book.Consumer-level 3D printers... |
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Fine Gardening Easy-to-Grow Vegetables: Greens, Tomatoes, Peppers & More
Editors of Fine Gardening - The Taunton Press, Inc. Format: Print book
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This book is a true beginner's guide to growing vegetables easily and productively and contains great tips and techniques for even practiced gardeners. These surprisingly easy basics will have your garden filled to the brim with tomatoes, squash, peppers, and so many more favorites.... |
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The Home Decluttering Diet: Organize Your Way to a Clean and Lean House
Jennifer Lifford - Page Street Publishing Format: Paperback
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Put Your House on a Diet for Long-Term Results If you're sick of the clutter around your home and can't find any organization systems that work for you, it's time to put your house on a diet. Starting with a 30-day home detox to quickly shed some of that excess weight, you will gain the confidence,... |
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Vintage home : using 20th-century design in the contemporary home
Judith Miller - Firefly Books, 2015. Format: Print book
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Antique and design enthusiasts will recognize Judith Miller's name. Since 2007, she has been an expert appraiser on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow, which is broadcast on PBS, and her Antique Price Guide and Checklist books are the most trusted in the international antiques and collectibles... |
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Container Theme Gardens: 42 Combinations, Each Using 5 Perfectly Matched Plants
Nancy J. Ondra - Storey Pub. Format: Print book
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Simple and foolproof! Enjoy beautiful container plantings with no stress or fuss. Container Theme Gardens offers 42 plans for container arrangements, each using just five specific plants that you can find at your local garden center. There's something here for every setting and every... |
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Hydroponics for Houseplants: An Indoor Gardener's Guide to Growing Without Soil
Peter Loewer - Skyhorse Publishing Format: Print book
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Pick your container, fill it with water, and sit back and watch your plant grow!This book is the answer to anyone who has ever shied away from growing house plants because of messy dirt or fear of things dying if left for a few days without water. Ditch the hassle and learn how to grow... |
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Keeping Bees with a Smile: A Vision and Practice of Natural Apiculture
Fedor Lazutin - Deep Snow Press Format: Print book
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You can keep bees, naturally! "Keeping Bees With a Smile is a valuable guide for independent-minded beekeepers who are seeking ways to keep bees without treating them with chemicals, disrupting their homes, and otherwise intruding on their lives. Fedor Lazutin, one of Russia's... |
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Black & Decker Wood Floors: Hardwood - Laminate - Bamboo - Wood Tile - More
COOL SPRINGS PRESS. - Pepperbox Press Ltd. Format: Paperback
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Solid wood, engineered wood, or laminate floors can enhance the beauty of any room in a home. Wood creates visual warmth, is available in a wide variety of colors and grain patterns, and is durable enough to last a half century or more when installed and maintained properly.New variations... |
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Rock Gardening: Reimagining a Classic Style
Joseph Tychonievich - Timber Press Format: Print book
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Rediscover a classic garden technique! Rock gardening - the art of growing alpines and other miniature plants in the company of rocks in order to recreate the look of a rugged mountaintop - has been surging in popularity. Time and space constraints, chronic drought in the American West,... |
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100 Simple Paper Flowers
Kelsey Elam - Lark Books (NC) Format: Print book
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From window displays to weddings, paper flowers are blooming everywhere. This exquisite collection contains a bouquet of beautifully simple step-by-step projects, complete with templates. Whether you're looking to make a single perfect rose, a vaseful of daisies for your desk, or something... |
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Better Homes and Gardens Flea Market Style: Fresh Ideas for Your Vintage Finds
Samantha Thorpe - Better Homes and Gardens Books Format: Paperback
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The Indispensible Guide to Scoring, Using, Collecting, and Displaying Vintage Flea Market Finds Flea markets, Craigslist, and even a neighbor's curb can yield vintage treasures that make a house sparkle. But knowing what to do with those pieces can be intimidating. This innovative book... |
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New Kitchen Idea Book
Heather J Paper - The Taunton Press Format: Print book
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The kitchen. It's the undeniable heart of the home, the hub from which families fan out and come together again. Much more than a place to make and take meals, it's also "homework central", a home office, and an entertaining area all rolled into one. So when it's time to update... |
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Rescuing Eden: Preserving America's Historic Gardens
Caroline Seebohm - Monacelli Press, Format: Print book
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From simple 18th- and early 19th-century gardens to the lavish estates of the Gilded Age, the gardens started by 1930s inmates at Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay to the centuries-old camellias at Middleton Place near Charleston, South Carolina - Rescuing Eden celebrates the history of garden... |
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