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The Plant Recipe Book: 100 Living Arrangements for Any Home in Any Season

Baylor Chapman - Artisan
Format: Book

A follow-up to the widely popular "Flower Recipe Book, " "The Plant Recipe Book" is the next great thing in interior plant design, providing simple steps showing anyone how to create stunning living plant decor. Each one of the 100 recipes specifies the type and quantity...
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Jonathan Adler 100 Ways to Happy Chic Your Life

Jonathan Adler - Sterling Signature
Format: Hardcover

Live happily, live stylishly! Celebrity designer Jonathan Adler's newest book is a vibrant, hilarious mash-up of style bible, decorating tome, and self-help guide. In gorgeous, full-color spreads, 100 bold ideas for Happy Chic dwelling, decorating, and entertaining are revealed. As a bonus,...
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Log Home Secrets of Success: An Insider's Guide to Making Your Dream Home a Reality

Roland Sweet - PixyJack Press
Format: Paperback

A savvy guide that takes you from dreaming of a log home to actually building and living comfortably in one. Industry insider Roland Sweet reveals tips and insights about the various facets of designing a log home, selecting a log-home producer, and evaluating log packages. Plus you'll...
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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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Container Gardening

Paul Williams - DK ADULT
Format: Hardcover

Taking a new approach to containers for "real gardeners," Container Gardening features more imaginative plants than most books on the subject and looks at the latest designs and new materials for containers. Offering practical advice on planting and year-round maintenance, as well...
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Crepe Paper Flowers: The Beginner's Guide to Making and Arranging Beautiful Blooms

Lia Griffith - Clarkson Potter
Format: Paperback

With 30 projects and an introduction to both crafting paper flowers and working with crepe paper, this book is full of inspiration and expert advice for beginners. If you have a Cricut Maker, you can download the templates to your machine so you can enjoy your own homemade bouquets in no time.Crepe...
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Bazaar Style: Decorating With Market and Vintage Finds

Selina Lake - Ryland Peters & Small
Format: Hardcover

Discover an exciting world of creative decorating that will make you feel comfortably at home in every room. Stylist Selina Lake and interiors writer Joanna Simmons show you real homes furnished with intriguing pieces from different eras and cultures, which mix and match colors, patterns,...
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Your Custom Home: 250+ Ready-to-Customize Home Plans

Home Planners - Hanley Wood
Format: Paperback

Book by Home Planners
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Complete Guide to Landscaping (Ortho Books)

Ortho - Ortho
Format: Paperback

Homeowners who want practical information, ideas, and solutions will find this guide an unmatched resource.Creative design solutions and plant selection lists for a variety of landscape situations.Inspiring photographs and illustrations provide easy-to-follow instructions.Installation procedures...
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Farmhouses: Stylish Decorating Ideas for the Classic American Home Country Living

Marie Proeller Hueston - Hearst Books
Format: Print book

Take a tour of comfortable and charming farmhouses, presented Country Living style. Breathtaking photographs, accompanied by marvelously in-depth information, reveal the myriad ways these old-fashioned homes can fit beautifully into our modern-day lifestyles. While the exteriors of these...
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The Get Organized Answer Book: Practical Solutions for 275 Questions on Conquering Clutter, Sorting Stuff, and Finding More Time and Energy

Jamie Novak - Sourcebooks
Format: Paperback

An organizing expert's guide to winning the battle with clutter—for good. Is there an easy system I can use to keep track of bills and receipts? Should I sell, give away, or just throw away the stuff I'm ready to part with? How can I get to all the "fix-it" projects...
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Designing and Planting a Woodland Garden: Plants and Combinations that Thrive in the Shade

Keith Wiley - Timber Press, Inc.
Format: Print book

Woodlands are magical places and even small gardens can capture the atmosphere with a carefully chosen tree and some shade-loving plants. Selecting the right plant for the right place is essential and expert plantsman Keith Wiley explains how to combine plants that will thrive together...
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Window Treatments Idea Book: Design Ideas * Fabric & Color * Embellishing Ready

Sue Sampson - Taunton Press
Format: Paperback

One of the first things you do when you remodel or move into a new home is change the curtains. After all, new window treatments easily, quickly, and inexpensively transform a room. They turn an outdated room into one you want to spend time in, and they make a cold space feel warm and inviting....
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Log Cabins: How to Build and Furnish Them

William S. Wicks - Skyhorse Publishing; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

Ever wanted a cabin or little cottage in the woods but don’t know where to start? With Log Cabins, author William S. Wicks offers clear, practical instructions on how to build your own log cabin—and furnish it, too—while harmonizing the structure’s interior and exterior...
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Rodale's Book of Practical Formulas: Easy-To-Make, Easy-To-Use, Recipes for Hundreds of Everyday Activities and Tasks

Paula Dreifus Bakule - Rodale Pr
Format: Hardcover

Did you know you can polish brass with ketchup? This new book is chock full of similar information on using ordinary, and some exotic, supplies to help you with everyday household tasks and activities. Written in a cookbook format, it offers do-it-yourselfers hints to save money and/or...
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The edible herb garden

Rosalind Creasy - Periplus Editions ; North Clarendon
Format:  Print book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats

GARDENING A plethora of herb gardening and cooking books is available, some by Creasy herself. But if your collection needs a new one, this work, combining gardening information with recipes, is recommended. The price is a bargain for an attractive, well-designed package with over...
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Seventeen Ultimate Guide to Beauty: The Best Hair, Skin, Nails & Makeup Ideas For You

Ann Shoket - Running Press
Format: Print book

When it comes to teen beauty advice, no brand is more trusted than Seventeen, the 1 best-selling monthly teen magazine. Seventeen Ultimate Guide to Beauty is a girls handbook to celebrating her natural beauty. Its packed with clear, customized service that helps make the most of her skin...
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How to Build Treehouses, Huts and Forts

David Stiles - Lyons Press
Format: Paperback

A treehouse is a wonderful idea, but how in the name of creation do you actually build one? In this delightfully illustrated handbook, David Stiles, the unofficial world grandmaster of the treehouse, shows how. Not assuming anything about the treehouse builder, Stiles starts with the basics:...
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Deck Ideas that Work

Peter Jeswald - Taunton Press; Original edition
Format: Paperback

With proper planning and design, a deck can add a new dimension of living space to a home. Not only is it an enjoyable outdoor retreat and expanded entertainment area for family and friends, but it's also a great return on a home investment. For homeowners building new decks or upgrading...
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Deck Ideas You Can Use: Creative Deck Designs for Every Home & Yard

Chris Peterson - Cool Springs Press; First edition
Format: Paperback

A comprehensive deck design tool that is packed with useful information and stunning, full-color photos. From choosing deck materials to complementing the architecture of your house, this book covers every aspect of the design process to help you create a custom deck that's perfect...
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Country Living 150 Ways to Dress Your Windows: A Decorating Guide to Curtains, Sheers & Shades

Country Living - Hearst
Format: Hardcover

Sure to inspire this beautifully photographed book showcases many drapes shades and window treatments explaining the different styles fabrics colors and finishing touches that are available today Readers will learn the about the various types of window fashion why to choose one over the other...
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Remodeling Idea File: Real Homes, Real Projects, Real Inspiration

Better Homes and Gardens Books - Better Homes and Gardens ; Lancaster
Format: Print book

This book combines inspirational planning with real-life examples of remodeling projects. From contemplation to implementation, it's filled with innovative solutions and practical advice, from finding and working with a contractor to keeping a project on schedule and within budget....
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Routing for Beginners: Second Revised and Expanded Edition

Anthony Bailey - GMC Publications; 2 Rev Exp edition
Format: Paperback

Bestseller and woodworking classic Routing for Beginners is a complete guide to making the most from the most versatile of power tools the router. This completely new edition of the book brings it bang up to date in terms of kit, techniques and projects whilst keeping the core material...
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The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Pest and Disease Control: A Complete Guide to Maintaining a Healthy Garden and Yard the Earth-Friendly Way

Fern Marshall Bradley - Rodale Books; Original edition
Format: Paperback

With growing consumer awareness about the dangers of garden chemicals, turn to The Organic Gardeners Handbook of Natural Pest and Disease Control by Fern Bradley as the most reliable and comprehensive guide on the garden shelf. Rodale has been the category leader in organic methods for decades,...
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Pruning: An Illustrated Guide: Foolproof Methods for Shaping and Trimming Trees, Shrubs, Vines, and More

Judy Lowe - Cool Springs Press; First edition
Format: Paperback

Lifelong gardener Judy Lowe gives you the knowledge to make the right cut the first time. "Pruning panic" is an all-too-familiar feeling among even experienced gardeners, but it's especially prevalent among those of us who are new to the practice. In Pruning: An Illustrated...
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Simple Steps to Success: Orchids

DK Publishing - DK ADULT
Format: Paperback

Using a combination of bite-sized, easily accessible information, and inspiring photographs of achievable results, the Simple Steps series promotes gardening as a real pleasure rather than a back-breaking chore. No other group in the plant kingdom can match the incredible diversity found...
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Garden Renovation: Transform Your Yard Into the Garden of Your Dreams

Bobbie Schwartz - Timber Press
Format: Paperback

A do-it-yourself guide to a complete garden rehab Gardens, just like houses, sometimes need makeovers. The changes can be as minor as replacing a shrub or as major as pulling everything up and starting from scratch. No matter the size of your space or the scope of the project, the sage...
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Can't Fail Color Schemes: Color Guide for the Interior & Exterior of Your Home

Amy Wax - Creative Homeowner
Format: Book

For a fresh approach to color in the home, look no further than Can't Fail Color Schemes. This book allows readers to coordinate paint colors, textures, and accessories while factoring in such things as light effects and psychology of color. Heavy on photographical examples of working...
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Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre

Brett L. Markham - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Paperback

Start a mini farm on a quarter acre or less, provide 85 percent of the food for a family of four and earn an income. Mini Farming describes a holistic approach to small-area farming that will show you how to produce 85 percent of an average family’s food on just a quarter acre—and...
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How to Make and Use Compost: The Ultimate Guide

Nicky Scott - UIT Cambridge Ltd.
Format: Paperback

Whether you live in a flat with a balcony or have a family and garden that generates large amounts of food and green waste, this book shows you how to compost everything that can be composted - at home, work, or school, and in spaces big or small. It covers how to create the right mix for successful...
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New Decorator

Julia Barnard - DK
Format: Print book

An inspiring guide to creating a harmonious and happy home. A home that is a comfortable, well-designed, efficient living space is both pleasing to the senses and necessary for our physical and emotional well-being, say the authors of New Decorator, the book that shows readers precisely...
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Positive Discipline: The First Three Years-Laying the Foundation for Raising a Capable, Confident Child

Cheryl Erwin - Three Rivers Press
Format: Paperback

Make a Difference During the Most Important Years of Your Child's LifeThe months leading up to the birth of a child are filed with joy, dreams, plans—and a few worries. As a caring parent, you want to start your child out in life on the proper foundation. But where do you go for the answers...
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Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Greenhouses & Garden Projects: Greenhouses, Cold Frames, Compost Bins, Trellises, Planting Beds, Potting Benches & More

Philip Schmidt - Cool Springs Press
Format: Paperback

One of the hottest consumer trends is the new importance on outdoor living, and nothing brings the outdoor home to life like a greenhouse and other accessories to help grow and nurture landscape greenery. This book has plans and step by step for constructing and appointing greenhouses of several...
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Little House Living: The Make-Your-Own Guide to a Frugal, Simple, and Self-Sufficient Life

Merissa A. Alink - Gallery Books
Format: eBook

From the immensely popular blogger behind Little House Living comes a motivational homemaking book, inspired by Laura Ingalls Wilders Little House on the Prairie, featuring creative, fun ways to live your life simply and frugally. Shortly after getting married, Merissa Alink and her husband...
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Apartment Therapy: The Eight-Step Home Cure

Maxwell Ryan - Bantam
Format: Paperback

From not enough space and too many things to not knowing what color to paint the living room walls, many of us struggle with our homes. Now Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan, frequent makeover expert on HGTV's Mission: Organization and Small Spaces, Big Style, shares the do-it-yourself strategies...
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The Nourishing Homestead: One Back-to-the-Land Family’s Plan for Cultivating Soil, Skills, and Spirit

Ben Hewitt - Chelsea Green Publishing
Format: Paperback

A practiculture way to grow nutrient-dense food, produce healthy fats, and live the good lifeThe Nourishing Homestead tells the story of how we can create truly satisfying, permanent, nourished relationships to the land, nature, and one another.The Hewitts offer practical ways to grow nutrient-dense...
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The Garden Primer: Second Edition

Barbara Damrosch - Workman
Format: Print book

The most comprehensive, entertaining, down-to-earth one-volume gardening reference ever, and highly praised: "Barbara Damrosch delivers the goods." - Chicago Tribune "Best of the crop." - House Beautiful "Barbara Damrosch's writing has the snap of a good snowpea...
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Terrariums Reimagined: Mini Worlds Made in Creative Containers

Kat Geiger - Ulysses Press
Format: Print book

CREATE ADORABLE GARDENS IN INGENIOUS VESSELSAdd style, nature and a touch of whimsy to your home with one-of-a-kind terrariums. Terrariums Reimagined shows how to make and maintain arid deserts, flowering jungles and lush landscapes in unique containers, such as:• Milk Bottle•...
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Christopher Lowell's Seven Layers of Organization: Unclutter Your Home, Unclutter Your Life

Christopher Lowell - Clarkson Potter
Format: Paperback

If your closets are bulging and your drawers are about to explode, you're not alone. The fact is, seven out of ten Americans live in cluttered homes. Our nesting instinct has allowed the stuff to take over. Emmy Award-winning host and design guru Christopher Lowell provides the perfect...
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Fix Your Garden: Get Your Outdoor Space Blooming in No Time at All

Jane Moseley - Portico
Format: Print book

Don't know what to do with a messy garden or bleak-looking balcony? Want to stake your claim on a little corner of a shared garden? No gardening experience whatsoever? This book is the perfect solution. Packed with tips and tricks to get your green fingers going, this beautifully illustrated...
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Hanging Baskets: Glorious hanging displays for year-round interest, shown in over 110 inspirational photographs

Andrew Mikolajski - Lorenz Books
Format: Book

Everything you need to know to create wonderful hanging baskets in many different shapes and sizes. Includes ideas for baskets with dramatic flowers, pretty foliage, sumptuous scents, and fruit and herbs, all shown in 110 photographs.
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You can build masonry

Steve Cory; Sunset Books. - Sunset Pub.
Format:  Book : EnglishView all editions and formats

Each installment in this series of do-it-yourself home-repair books includes hundreds of step-by-step photos, advice from seasoned professionals and information delivered in a simple, concise style.
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Learn to Garden

DK Publishing - DK ADULT
Format: Hardcover

Stressing the importance of working with nature and not against it, Learn to Garden shows new gardeners all they need to know to create a garden of their own‹from choosing the right plant for the right place to why soil matters. Including tips and techniques that cover everything from...
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PreFab Home

Michael Buchanan - Gibbs Smith; Trade edition
Format: Paperback

The Prefab Home looks at the emerging world of prefabricated or modular housing, and delves into how new advances are being made to create prefab homes in the popular and widespread Arts & Crafts style of the early twentieth century. When Michael Buchanan set out to find ways to build a house...
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Color Idea Book (Taunton Home Idea Books)

Robin Strangis - Taunton Press
Format: Paperback

Seeing red? Feeling blue? Or even a bit green? No worries! This beautifully designed, fully illustrated book makes it easy for anyone to express themselves though color. Strangis -- an award-winning interior designer with over 20 years of experience -- goes beyond simple paint schemes to show...
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The Well-Dressed Home: Fashionable Design Inspired by Your Personal Style

Annette Tatum - Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Format: Print book

Create a personalized living space that reflects your fashion and style sensibilities with the help of interior designer Annette Tatum in The Well-Dressed Home. Founder of the popular and successful House and Little House lines of high-end apparel, accessories, bedding, and furniture, Tatum...
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Rejuvenating a Garden

Stephen Anderton - Soma Books
Format: Hardcover

"Where do I start?" you cry, surveying the crowded trees, tangled vines, and overgrown bushes of your neglected garden. All gardens can grow tired with age. Rejuvenating a Garden is for gardens in need of serious help, or just some new ideas and a good overhaul. Stephen Anderton's...
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Organize Your Home: Clutter Cures for Every Room (Better Homes and Gardens) (Better Homes and Gardens Home)

Better Homes and Gardens - Better Homes & Gardens
Format: Paperback

Home organization tips from the experts at Better Homes and GardensMost homeowners struggle to stay organized. "Stuff" accumulates quickly, and finding practical and efficient ways to store it - and the know-how to pare down possessions to those that are truly needed - can be tricky....
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Audel HVAC Fundamentals: Volume 1: Heating Systems, Furnaces and Boilers

James E Brumbaugh - Audel; All New 4th Edition edition
Format: Paperback

A reference you'll warm up toFrom the background and basics of heating systems to the newest chip-based technology, this first volume of Audel's HVAC Library gives you comprehensive information you need on the job. Whether you're installing, servicing, repairing, or troubleshooting...
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The Winter Garden: 35 Step-by-step Projects Using Foliage and Flowers, Berries and Blooms

Emma Hardy - Cico
Format: Hardcover

Over 35 step-by-step projects for small spaces using foliage and flowers, berries and blooms, and herbs and produce
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Home

Ellen DeGeneres - Grand Central Life & Style
Format: Print book

Ellen DeGeneres has bought and renovated nearly a dozen homes over the last twenty-five years, and describes her real-estate and decorating adventures as "an education." She has long cared deeply about design: "I think I wanted to be an interior designer when I was thirteen."
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Bathroom Idea Book

Sandra S. Soria - Taunton Press
Format: Paperback

Readers will be inspired by this series of visual ideas for some of the most-used rooms in the house. Each book is rich with beautiful color photographs, practical sidebars -- and designs of all kinds that will appeal to a wide range of tastes and budgets.The Bathroom Idea Book offers practical...
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Kitchen Upgrades

Taunton Press - Taunton Press
Format: Paperback

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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The Easy Fruit Garden: A No-Nonsense Guide to Growing the Fruit You Love

Clare Matthews - Hobble Creek Pr
Format: Paperback

If you want a flourishing, productive fruit garden, but don t have the time or knowledge, look no further! Expert gardener Clare Matthews demystifies fruit growing, and teaches you how to complete it as a weekend project or fit it into a busy week. With these simple shortcuts, unique low--maintenance...
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Carolyne Roehm's Winter Notebook

Carolyne Roehm - Harper
Format: Spiral-bound

A winter scrapbook of gardening methods, recipes and tabletop designs. Hands-on workbook format with pockets for clippings and graph paper for plans. Tips on Christmas and Valentine's Day festivities and decorating ideas with pages for notes. Full-color instructions to create magnificent...
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Simpler Living: A Back to Basics Guide to Cleaning, Furnishing, Storing, Decluttering, Streamlining, Organizing, and More

Jeff Davidson - Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Hardcover

The companion to Back to Basics and Homesteading: simple, practical, proven advice to reduce the stress of modern living.Life moves too quickly these days, as technology, work, and personal commitments make it almost impossible to relax and enjoy life. Finding yourself stressed over the clutter...
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Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Cabinets & Countertops: How to Customize Your Home with Cabinetry

Editors of Cool Springs Press - Cool Springs Press; First edition
Format: Paperback

A skillbuilding and confidence-creating introduction to working with cabinets and countertops, The Complete Guide to Cabinets & Countertops contains comprehensive information on the tools, materials, and techniques you'll need to create kitchen cabinets and countertops, bathroom...
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Easy-to-Build Outdoor Projects: 29 Projects for Your Yard and Garden

Popular Woodworking Books (Firm) - Popular Woodworking Books
Format: Paperback

Build Your Own Backyard Getaway!From Adirondack chairs and porch swings, to birdhouses and potting benches, Easy-to-Build Outdoor Projects is filled with the types of practical and attractive projects woodworkers love to build. The plans are simple - many only require a handful of tools...
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Encyclopedia of Home Designs: 500 House Plans from 1,000 to 6,300 Square Feet

Homeplanners Llc - Hanley Wood
Format: Paperback

A perennial best seller, this new edition features the most popular portfolios and brand-new plans from the nation's top designers. This encyclopedic showcase has been completely revised and updated to reflect the new century in style and design. Rugged mountain retreats to Eurpoean...
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P. Allen Smith's Bringing the Garden Indoors: Containers, Crafts, and Bouquets for Every Room

P Allen Smith - Clarkson Potter/Publishers
Format: Print book

Garden designer P. Allen Smith is best known for the beauty he creates outdoors. From his monthly segment on the Today show to his own nationally syndicated television programs, people look to him for ways to design, update, or totally reinvent their outdoor garden spaces. Now, for the first...
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Grow Your Own Fruit

Carol Klein - Mitchell Beazley; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

Eating fruit is good for you and an essential part of your "five a day." Growing your own is even better.The perfect companion book to Grow Your Own Vegetables, (which sold 6,500 copies in its first two months of publication), Grow Your Own Fruit is the second offering from Carol...
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Shade: Ideas and Inspiration for Shady Gardens

Keith Wiley - Timber Press
Format: Paperback

Every garden has some shade—some gardens are even completely shaded—and gardeners tend to see shade as a problem. Questions about what to plant in shady parts of the garden are among the most frequest posed in gardening magazines, radio phone-ins, and online discussions. In this...
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Riding Lawn Mower Service Manual, Vol. 1 (4th Edition) (Clymer Pro)

Clymer Publications - Intertec Publishing Corp.; 4 edition
Format: Paperback

Service and maintenance procedures for riding mowers manufactured prior to 1992.
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Working Alone: Tips & Techniques for Solo Building

John Michael Carroll - Taunton Press
Format: Book

-- Discusses all aspects of laying foundations, raising walls, and more for small or one-person crews
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Country Living Country Color Combinations: Decorating Solutions for Every Room

Kate Butcher - Hearst
Format: Hardcover

To create classic country color schemes and breathtaking combinations, look no further than this foolproof guide. Photos of rural houses, taken by a leading photographer of interiors, show how ideas are put into beautiful practice. Pages of actual paint chips make it easy to select and coordinate...
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The Barefoot Home: Dressed-Down Design for Casual Living

Marc Vassallo - Taunton Press
Format: Hardcover

As our personal and professional lives become more demanding and hectic, people have reacted with a more casual, relaxed, and open way of living at home. Kitchens are no longer just for cooking but serve as entertainment hubs; barbeques on the grill have replaced formal dinners. As our lives...
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Pruning Basics: Tools * Techniques * Timing

David Squire - Sterling
Format: Paperback

"Gives excellent, thorough advice on what to prune when and how to go about it, with clear, easy-to-read diagrams and lots of them. It will help you achieve full bloom, healthy growth and proper shaping for any kind of shrub or small tree." - Chicago Tribune. "A must read...
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Cut the Clutter

Cynthia Ewer - DK
Format: Paperback

A guide to conquering clutter and cleaning your home from one of America's leading housekeeping experts.Drowning in clutter, but don't know where to begin? Feeling overwhelmed by a home that is out of control? It's time to take back your space, and Cut the Clutter can help.From how to combat...
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Libby Langdon's Small Space Solutions: Secrets For Making Any Room Look Elegant And Feel Spacious On Any Budget

Libby Langdon - Knack
Format: Paperback

When someone says they live in a small house or apartment, the image that comes to mind is all too often negative -- cramped, cluttered, or confining. But America's leading small space designer, Libby Langdon, knows just how to counter that stereotype. In Libby Langdon's Small Space...
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Home Storage Projects: Creative Solutions for Every Room of the House

Paul Anthony - Taunton Press
Format: Paperback

This practical and inspiring book features 18 projects designed to maximize storage in every corner of every cluttered home. A wide array of practical, attractive and well-designed projects will appeal to woodworkers at every skill level. Each project includes detailed building instructions,...
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Walk-Behind Lawn Mower: Service Manual (Walk Behind Lawn Mower Service Manual)

Not Available - Primedia; 5 edition
Format: Paperback

Manual covers walk-behind lawn mowers by 38 manufactures. All areas of lawn mower care and repair are covered including: engine starting and operating procedures; engine and mower identification; troubleshooting, including an easy reference chart; routine maintenance; carburetor service;...
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Ortho Start to Finish Decks

Ortho Books. - Ortho
Format: Paperback

A comprehensive guide, covering everything from deck-planning concepts through building skills and everyday maintenance solutions.Complete plans for a variety of deck projects to fit common needs.Packed with helpful tips and insights from professional deck builders who make the most difficult...
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Gardening for Birds, Butterflies, and Bees: Everything you need to Know to Create a wildlife Habitat in your Backyard

Editors at Birds and Blooms - Reader's Digest Association
Format: Paperback

Whether you're installing a new garden bed or trying to attract orioles for the first time, it helps to start with the right information. And here it is! In this book, experts and readers from North America's #1 Bird and Garden Magazine, Birds & Blooms, give their tried-and-true advice.Attracting...
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Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening: How I Learned the Unexpected Joy of a Green Thumb and an Open Heart

Carol Wall - Penguin Group (Canada)
Format: Book

"In this profoundly moving memoir, Owita teaches Wall how to find grace amid heartbreak and to accept that beauty exists because it is fleeting - as in her garden, as in life." - People, 4 stars"A perfect spring awakening." - Good HousekeepingA true story...
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The Ultimate Book of Home Plans

Creative Homeowner Press. - Creative Homeowner
Format: Paperback

Creative Homeowner's lead title in this unique, new series, The Ultimate Book of Home Plans offers readers 600 of the best-selling designs from leading architects and designers. Over 300 gorgeous, full-color photographs allow readers to experience homes actually built from the designs....
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How to Plant a Garden: Design tricks, ideas and planting schemes for year-round interest

Matt James - Mitchell Beazley
Format: Print book

Confused by the bewildering range of plants on offer at your local garden centre? How do you choose, use and create beautiful planting schemes like the professionals? The book takes you on a structured journey through the design process, from the initial assessment of your existing...
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Container Gardening for All Seasons: Enjoy Year-Round Color with 101 Designs

Barbara Wise - Cool Springs Press; Original edition
Format: Paperback

More than a collection of inspiring container gardening photographs, Container Gardening for All Seasons provides a shopping list of materials and a helpful planting diagram for each of the more than 100 container options. Designed like a recipe book, the book offers even the most novice...
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Herbs (Dorling Kindersley Handbook)

Lesley Bremness - DK ADULT; 1st edition
Format: Paperback

Over 700 species of herbs are depicted in over 1,500 photographs.
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David C Deardorff
Format: Audio CD

This book will turn even the brownest thumbs green! Houseplants add style, clean the air, and bring nature indoors. But they are often plagued with problems - aphids, mealybugs, mites, and thrips to name just a few. What's Wrong With My Houseplant? shows you how to keep indoor plants...
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Powerhouse Plants: 510 Top Performers for Multi-Season Beauty

Graham Rice - Timber Press
Format: Paperback

Gardeners, like everyone, are too short on time and money to waste either on plants that only look good for a few weeks. You want hardworking, eye-catching plants that provide beauty for multiple seasons. You want powerhouse plants — plants with colorful spring flowers and summer...
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Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Landscape Projects, 2nd Edition: Stonework, Plantings, Water Features, Carpentry, Fences

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

Complete step-by-step instructions help you achieve a sustainable, efficient, and attractive yard.The Black & Decker Complete Guide to Landscape Projects is a hardworking, comprehensive manual for renovating, building, and "greening up" your landscape. Inside, you'll find...
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Plant Breeding for the Home Gardener: How to Create Unique Vegetables and Flowers

Joseph Tychonievich - Timber Press
Format: Print book

Itxs the holy grail of gardening a plant that perfectly matches your tastes and the conditions in your garden The hitch Youxre not likely to find it at your local garden center Youxre going to have to create it yourselfBut donxt worryxit isnxt hard After all gardeners have been doing it for centuries...
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Understanding Garden Design: The Complete Handbook for Aspiring Designers

Vanessa Gardner Nagel APLD - Timber Press
Format: Hardcover

Designing a garden is a complex task. Where do you start? What kind of skills do you need? What are the logical steps in creating a design? How do you communicate your ideas to a client, and how do you accommodate a client’s requests while maintaining the integrity of the project?...
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Decorating with Books

Marie Proeller Hueston - Hearst
Format: Hardcover

From House Beautiful comes a worthy addition to any decorator's library--a stylish guide on making books a part of your home décor. Opening the pages of a book can instantly carry you off to another world. But did you realize that, open or closed, books can also make your...
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Arts & Crafts Furniture: From Classic to Contemporary

Kevin Rodel - Taunton Press
Format: Hardcover

Arts and Crafts is more than a style of architecture. It is an enduring furniture style that honors the tradition of fine craftsmanship and attention to detail. This book takes a fresh look at the history and influences that resulted in beautiful, functional pieces designed to enhance the interiors...
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Woodland Style: Ideas and Projects for Bringing Foraged and Found Elements into Your Home

Marlene Hurley Marshall - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Paperback

Homes as different as a windswept farmhouse, a lakeside cabin, or a city brownstone can all be made more beautiful with decorative pieces crafted from found bits of the woodland landscape. Using easily found materials, responsibly collected on walks in woods or fields, artist and author...
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The Right-Size Flower Garden: Simplify Your Outdoor Space with Smart Design Solutions and Plant Choices

Kerry Ann Mendez - St. Lynn's Press
Format: Hardcover

Today, the reality of a "bigger is better" garden no longer holds the same allure as a "small is beautiful" one. We're busy, we're aging, and the demands of the garden can feel overwhelming. What to do? Make smarter use of the space we have and the plants we select,...
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Renewable Energy for Your Home

Harvey J Bryan - Alpha Books
Format: Paperback

An essential how-to on powering your home with sun, wind, water, and more. For readers wanting to save money-and the planet-by using alternative energy, this book provides everything they need to know. The five basic sources are fully covered: sun, wind, water, earth, and bio. The benefits,...
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Cabins and Cottages

Time-Life Books. - Time-Life Books
Format: Book

Cabins and cottages (Home repair and improvement) [Jan 01, 1978] Time-Life Books.
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Woodwork Projects for Your Garden and Porch: Simple, Functional, and Rustic Dcor You Can Build Yourself

Mattias Wenblad - W W Norton
Format: Print book

Give your garden a unique, do-it-yourself charm with practical and decorative woodwork projects.Do you have a bare, uninspired garden or porch? Instead of overhauling and reconstructing the entire design, simply transform it with twenty-six essential and practical woodwork projects that...
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Rescue, Restore, Redecorate: Amy Howard's Guide to Refinishing Furniture and Accessories

Amy Howard - Abrams
Format: Paperback

Whether you dream of restoring an heirloom to its former beauty, or just want to modernize a flea market treasure, Amy Howard has the design and refinishing secrets you need. Here are all the furniture finishing recipes, techniques, and tips that have made Howard's beloved classes sold-out...
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Black & Decker The Complete Photo Guide to Home Improvement: More Than 200 Value-adding Remodeling Projects

Black & Decker Corporation - Creative International
Format: Hardcover

This comprehensive bible of remodeling information and projects focuses on the significant projects that help homeowners add real value to their homes while bettering their lifestyles. Unlike other books, The Complete Photo Guide to Home Improvement isn't diluted with basic home repairs,...
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Home Planners Complete Book of Landscape Plans: 50 Garden Designs to Transform Your Yard

Inc Home Planners - Home Planners
Format: Paperback

-A lavish collection of plans in full-color, sure to spark the imagination and add beauty to any home. -From peaceful garden retreats to expansive landscapes designed to create outdoor living and entertainment spaces, whatever your paradise, you'll find it here. -Instant gratification-get...
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Sensible Chic (Home & Garden Television)

Amy Tincher-Durik - HGTV
Format: Book

Respected interior designers showcased on the popular HGTV program offer tried-and-true decorating advice for all budgets and personal styles.Includes rooms with designer looks and their low-cost alternatives.Offers "make-a-statement" decorating ideas for remarkable living and family...
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Woodworking FAQ: The Workshop Companion: Build Your Skills and Know-How for Making Great Projects

Spike Carlsen - Storey Publishing, LLC; Spi edition
Format: Book

Do you have questions about woodworking? Spike Carlsen has the answers! Woodworking FAQ has everything you want to know, whether you're a beginner planning your first project or an experienced crafter putting in cabinets or making furniture. This book is like a master carpenter...
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The Design Cookbook: Recipes for a Stylish Home

Kelly Edwards - Medallion Press
Format: Paperback

Through stunning photographs and step-by-step instructions designer and lifestyle expert Kelly Edwards brings a myriad of looks tastes and approaches to chic home design in this guidebook From the kitchen and the bedroom to the home office and the out-of-doors Kelly illustrates how to achieve...
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Lasagna Gardening: A New Layering System for Bountiful Gardens: No Digging, No Tilling, No Weeding, No Kidding!

Patricia Lanza - Rodale Books; Later Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

Lasagna Gardening, a gardening system that works-- so you don't have to!Turn in your tiller for a stack of old newspapers! Replace your shovel with a layer of grass clippings! Let Pat Lanza show you how you can create lush, successful, easy-care gardens in practically any location without...
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The Natural Home: Simple, Pure Cleaning Solutions and Recipes for a Healthy House

ISABELLE FABRE SYLVIE LOUET - Black Dog & Leventhal
Format: Paperback

A charming, comprehensive, and easy-to-use guide to cleaning your home naturally and organically, resulting in a toxin-free environment for you and your family. With THE NATURAL HOME, you'll discover how to clean everything in your house the healthy way with just a few inexpensive, easy-to-find...
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Salvage Secrets: Transforming Reclaimed Materials into Design Concepts

Joanne Palmisano - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

A striking how-to guide and four-color visual tour presenting design possibilities using a range of salvaged materials. Sustainability and conservation are buzzwords in the construction and renovation of homes today. Its therefore no surprise that salvage designreusing old building materials...
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Grow Vegetables in Pots

DK Publishing - DK Publishing
Format: Paperback

Packed full of beautiful photography and helpful hints and tips, Grow Vegetables in Pots is the perfect book for people looking to grow a bit of produce in a small space.
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The Reader's Digest Do-It-Yourself Guide to Preventing Costly HomeRepairs: Over 19,000 Easy Hints & Tips

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

This book contains more than 1,900 practical tips, easy fix-its, touch-ups, and make-rights for keeping your home problem free and preventing costly repairs. This unique book is written with one purpose in mind-saving the reader thousands of dollars in preventable damage for the most common...
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The Complete Book of Curtains, Drapes, and Blinds: Design Ideas and Basic Techniques for Window Treatments

Wendy Baker - St. Martin's Press
Format: Paperback

Whether you're an interior designer or a home decorator and you need to create a beautiful home space with a window dressing to complement your lifestyle, look no further. The Complete Book of Curtains, Drapes, and Blinds is the one-stop reference. No longer will you struggle with inspiration...
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Design Ideas for Home Storage

Elaine Martin Petrowski - Creative Homeowner
Format: Paperback

Don't manage the mess-banish it with Design Ideas for Home Storage. Here's how to keep frequently used items nearby yet neat; archive important papers, photos, and family keepsakes; organize closets; manage clothing overflow; store seasonal items, such as sporting gear or holiday decorations;...
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Country Living Aged to Perfection: Adding Rustic Charm to Your Modern Home Inside & Out

Leslie Linsley - Hearst
Format: Hardcover

Lavishly illustrated and inspirational, this guide reveals the secrets to adding old-world charm and character to any home-even newly constructed houses. From heirloom furniture to classic window treatments, ideas abound for creating a beautiful rustic effect. Add simple architectural details...
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The Gardening Book for Ohio

Denny McKeown - Cool Springs Press
Format: Paperback

Gardening is now the favorite leisure pastime in America. Homeowners are realizing the health benefits derived from gardening, and the resulting increase in their home's property value. The Gardener's Guide series provides credible information on the plants that perform best in specific...
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Clear the Clutter, Find Happiness: One-Minute Tips for Decluttering and Refreshing Your Home and Your Life

Donna Smallin - Storey Publishing, LLC

Finally, a way to get rid of the clutter -- and keep it away -- without making the process a full-time job! Organizing and cleaning expert Donna Smallin shows you how to enjoy the happy, healthy, inviting home you long for with hundreds of time-saving tips and solutions to your clutter...
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Kiss My Aster: A Graphic Guide to Creating a Fantastic Yard Totally Tailored to You

Amanda Thomsen - Storey
Format: Paperback

Who cares what the neighbors think? Kiss My Aster is a hilarious, irreverent, interactive guide to designing an outdoor space that captures your unique personality. Amanda Thomsen fills this quirky book with innovative ideas, encouraging you to forget the accepted "rules"...
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Dogscaping: Creating the Perfect Backyard and Garden for You and Your Dog

Thomas Barthel - i5 Press; 1 Original edition
Format: Print book

For dog owners and garden lovers alike, Dogscaping presents a plan for the family dog to live in perfect harmony with a green, beautiful backyard. Whether the family dog is a demon digger like a terrier or a shade-seeking greyhound, Dogscaping offers solutions for all dog owners to create...
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Improving Your Soil: A Practical Guide to Soil Management for the Serious Home Gardener

Keith Reid - Firefly Books
Format: Paperback

Valuable advice from an expert in soil science. Intended for both small and medium-size gardens, Improving Your Soil reveals the steps to take to achieve the perfect soil base in which to grow plants. With directions on amending poor soil, modifying mediocre earth, aerating compacted...
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The parent's guide to uncluttering your home : how to organize what you need and recycle what you don't

Janet Morris Grimes - Atlantic Publishing Group Inc.
Format: eBook

A cluttered home can be a nightmare. It makes your things hard to find, it creates stress in your family, and it can even cause injuries if it becomes too overrun with clutter. But, it doesn
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Home Water and Moisture Problems: Prevention and Solutions

Gary Branson

Practical solutions for homeowners. The single most common problem facing homeowners is a wet basement and the problems associated with it: weakened and cracked foundation, mold and mildew, loss of storage space, water damage, and odor. Professional fixes are expensive and often involve...
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Better Homes and Gardens Masonry and Concrete: Step-by-Step (Better Homes & Gardens Do It Yourself)

Better Homes & Gardens - Wiley; 1 edition
Format: Paperback

Illustrated techniques to install, repair, replace, maintain, and improve patios, driveways, steps, walkways, walls, and more.Step-by-step format provides basics for beginners and reassurance on complex projects for more experienced DIYers.Clever ideas will inspire capable masons, while...
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Sarah Style

Sarah Richardson - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

In the flawless style of Deborah Needlemans Domino comes the interior design book of the decade, from HGTV star, virtual sensation, and Canadian design queen Sarah Richardson. Ever wondered how to transform your laundry room from drab to fab Your kitchen from prison to paradise Your bedroom...
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The Wall Street Journal. Complete Home Owner's Guidebook: Make the Most of Your Biggest Asset in Any Market

David Crook - Three Rivers Press
Format: Print book

Your Map for a Brave New Real-Estate WorldThe days of real-estate mania - when you really couldn't go wrong with buying a home, then selling it in a few years for a lot more than you paid for it - are over. Inflated prices and the "subprime" mortgage crisis have finally burst...
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Yard & Garden Tractor Service Manual: Multi-Cylinder Models

Clymer Publications - Primedia Business Directories & Books; 1st edition
Format: Paperback

Service procedures for yard and garden tractors manufactured through 1990.
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The Big Tiny: A Built-It-Myself Memoir

Dee Williams - Blue Rider Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA)
Format: Print book

Dee Williams's life changed in an instant, with a near-death experience in the aisle of her local grocery store. Diagnosed with a heart condition at age forty-one, she was all too suddenly reminded that life is short, time is precious, and she wanted to be spending hers with the people...
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The Complete Guide to Growing Your Own Fruits and Berries: A Complete Step-by-step Guide

Karen Szklany Gault - Atlantic Publishing Group Inc.
Format: Paperback

There is nothing better than a freshly picked apple or raspberry from your own backyard and yet many homeowners lack the resources or the necessary gardening acumen to effectively plant and harvest their own fruit. While some fruits, like apples, grow in almost any climate (as many as 35 of 50 states...
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Dream Backyards

Editors of The Family Handyman - Readers Digest
Format: Hardcover

Brings together more than thirty practical, do-it-yourself projects designed to transform a backyard into a treasured outdoor living space, with more than five hundred detailed diagrams and photographs, as well as step-by-step instructions to help readers create a dream water garden, deck,...
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Smart Shelving and Storage Solutions

Danny Proulx - Popular Woodworking Books; 1st edition
Format: Paperback

With an introductory chapter covering the basic skills and terminology, Danny Proulx''s handbook explains how to design and construct a range of storage systems from simple shelves to complex cabinets and armoires.'
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The Big Book of Small House Designs: 75 Award-Winning Plans for Your Dream House, All 1,250 Square Feet or Less

Don Metz - Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers; 1ST edition
Format: Hardcover

The Big Book of Small House Designs is a collection of more than 500 drawings illustrating all aspects of 75 small homes of various styles, from a New England farmhouse to a sophisticated steel frame to a Santa Fe ranch. Each design includes detailed floor plans, section drawings, elevations,...
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300 Tips for Painting and Decorating: Tips, Techniques and Trade Secrets

Alison Jenkins - Firefly Books
Format: Paperback

Everything needed for trouble-free makeover projects and creative home maintenance. In this practical manual, a professional decorator shares hundreds of her personal tips, techniques and trade secrets that will guide homeowners in attractive decorating and regular maintenance tasks,...
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Garden Paths & Stepping Stones

Tara Dillard - Sterling
Format: Hardcover

Pathways around your home can be the most striking outdoor element, providing a visual and physical guide through your surroundings. Instead of settling for boring straight-line sidewalks, why not create your own geography with paths that add art to necessity! Let this lush visual resource...
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Weekend Bathroom Makeovers

Amy Matthews - Lark Books
Format: Print book

Amy Mathews, the host of DIY network's Bathroom Renovations, takes the intimidation out of restoration. Using projects adapted from the series, she provides a superbly organized, informative introduction that assesses the space and layout possibilities; reviews the range of styles and prices...
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The First-Time Homeowner's Survival Guide: A Crash Course in Dealing with Repairs, Renovations, Property Tax Issues, and Other Potential Disasters

Sid Davis - AMACOM
Format: Paperback

For many new homeowners, the euphoria that comes with buying the perfect new house can soon turn into total panic. First-time buyers often feel overwhelmed by the amount of maintenance their new home requires -- not to mention the nasty problems and surprises that seem to be lurking around...
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The Finishing Touch: Details That Make a Room Beautiful

Carol Spier - Hearst Books
Format: Print book

Details bring a room to life - and House Beautiful shows how to make every room special by accentuating exquisite finishing touches.Packaged in the same appealing format as House Beautiful The Apartment Book, this gorgeous compendium showcases the magazine's favorite looks and explains...
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The Vegetable Gardener's Book of Building Projects: 39 Essentials to Increase the Bounty and Beauty of Your Garden

Editors of Storey Publishing - Storey Publishing, LLC
Format: Paperback

Make your garden more productive, your garden chores easier, and your outdoor spaces more enjoyable! With a little time and a few tools, you can create handsome, handcrafted items for your garden at a fraction of the cost of buying them in stores. The Vegetable Gardener's Book of Building...
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The Bizarre and Incredible World of Plants

Wolfgang Stuppy - Firefly Books
Format: Print book

Science and art collaborate to reveal a stunning, even sensual, microscopic world. Three landmark books -- Pollen, Seeds and Fruit -- were published in 2006 and 2008 to rave reviews: "breathtaking," "ravishing," "spectacular," "enlightening," "truly...
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