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Design Happy: Colorful Homes for the Modern Family

Betsy Wentz - Gibbs Smith
Format: Hardcover

An accessible and inspiring guide full of creative ideas and practical lessons for designing happy, family-friendly spaces.In her first book, interior designer Betsy Wentz shares 13 fabulous family homes. The book is really a practical design guide for anyone who may not want -- or simply...
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Gardening for Everyone: Growing Vegetables, Herbs, and More at Home

Julia Watkins
Format: Hardcover

A guide to creating and growing a backyard garden simply and sustainably - from planning to planting to harvest, with profiles of essential vegetables and herbs, ecological tips, and fun and creative projectsGrowing food in your backyard (or even on a porch or windowsill!) is one of the simplest...
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Green Clean: Natural Cleaning Solutions for Every Room of Your Home

Jill Potvin Schoff - Creative Homeowner
Format: Paperback

Save money. Save time. Save the earth! Easy ideas that can change the way you clean the house, wash the laundry, and spruce up the exterior of your home Simple cleaning recipes that take minutes to make from ingredients you already have at home Fast techniques that take the pain out of the battle...
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Life Without Plastic: The Practical Step-by-Step Guide to Avoiding Plastic to Keep Your Family and the Planet Healthy

JAY SINHA - Page Street Publishing
Format: Paperback

After the birth of their son, Jay Sinha and Chantal Plamondon set out on a journey to eliminate plastic baby bottles as the Canadian government moved to ban BPA. When they found it was difficult to procure glass baby bottles, Jay and Chantal made it their mission to not only find glass...
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How to Prune Trees, Shrubs & Climbers: A Gardener'S Guide To Cutting, Trimming And Training, With Over 650 Photographs And Illustrations, And Practical, Easy-To-Follow Advice

Richard Bird - Lorenz Books
Format: Hardcover

How-to instruction takes the mystery out of pruning garden plants, with a useful plant-by-plant directory.
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How to Grow Your Own Food: An Illustrated Beginner's Guide to Container Gardening

Angela S. Judd - Adams Media
Format: Hardcover

Did you know you could grow vegetables, fruits, and herbs in containers? Well, now you can take your houseplants to the next level by growing home-grown produce and seasoning that will taste delicious in all of your favorite dishes. How to Grow Your Own Food identifies 50 common, easy-to-grow...
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150 Best New Bathroom Ideas

Francesc Zamora - Harper Design
Format: Hardcover

For homeowners and architects alike, an irresistible collection of hundreds of inspirational full-color profiles of 150 of the most exciting contemporary bathroom designs.Showcasing an extensive collection of designs and style, captured in stunning full-color photos, 150 Best New Bathroom...
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Beginner's Garden: A Practical Guide to Growing Vegetables & Fruit without Getting Your Hands Too Dirty

Alex Mitchell - IMM Lifestyle Books
Format: Paperback

This book offers a fun and lighthearted guide to growing your own salads, herbs, vegetables, and fruit, armed with little more than a trowel and some seedlings!Lighthearted, fun approach to low maintenance gardening for first-timersDe-mystifies gardening for complete beginners, making it easy...
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Compact Farms: 15 Proven Plans for Market Farms on 5 Acres or Less; Includes Detailed Farm Layouts for Productivity and Efficiency

Josh Volk - Storey Publishing
Format: Print book

Small is beautiful, and these 15 real farm plans show that small-scale farmers can have big-time success. Compact Farms is an illustrated guide for anyone dreaming of starting, expanding, or perfecting a profitable farming enterprise on five acres or less. The farm plans explain...
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The Little Book of Cottagecore: Traditional Skills for a Simpler Life

Emily Kent - Adams Media
Format: Hardcover

Returning to the simpler life has never been easier. If you're craving the aroma of freshly baked bread, spending more time in nature, or seeing the sunlight filtering through homemade curtains, then cottagecore is for you! The Little Book of Cottagecore helps you make simple living...
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