Who doesn't want to shrink their carbon footprint, save money, and eat homegrown food whenever possible? Even readers who are very much on the grid will embrace this large, fully-illustrated guide on the basics of living the good, clean life. It's written with country lovers in mind-even those who currently live in the city. Whether you live in the city, the suburbs, or even the wilderness, there is plenty you can do to improve your life from a green perspective. Got sunlight? Start container...
The Quick Guide Series is packed with step-by-step information on home repairs and improvements. Each 8 1/2" x 10 7/8", 80-page book has more than 190 two-color illustrations with easy-to-follow instructions. These weekend projects are ideal for increasing the quality and value of your home.
Eat Sleep Fix Shit Repeat Weekly Planner (6x9 Weekly Planner January 2020 - December 2020, #4)
by Home Handyman Repair Journal
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Designing Your Own Home (Complete Idiot's Guides (Lifestyle Paperback))
by Oreste Drapaca and Abigail R Esman
For seven generations, members of the Huang family lived in a house called Yin Tu Tang in a small, remote Chinese village. By the mid-1990s, the surviving members had moved away and the house was abandoned. In 1997, the house was moved to the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, and will be opened as a permanent installation in 2003. This book tells the story of 18th-century Chinese domestic life, culture, and the remarkable restoration of the house at the Peabody Essex Museum.
Santiago Calatrava's Creative Process
by Alexander Tzonis, Liane Lefaivre, and Lefaivre Liane
Aging is a gift that we receive with life—and in New Aging, the architect Matthias Hollwich outlines smart, simple ideas to help us experience it that way. New Aging invites us to take everything we associate with aging—the loss of freedom and vitality, the cold and sterile nursing homes, the boredom—and throw it out the window. As an architect, Matthias Hollwich is devoted to finding ways in which we can shape our living spaces and communities to make aging a graceful and fulfilling aspect of...
Complete Basements, Attics and Bonus Rooms (Better Homes & Gardens S.)
by Better Homes
How to Build a Two Car Garage, Lean-To Porch Cabana (Easi-Bild Simplified Directions)
by Donald R Brann and Brann
Few spaces in the home have responded as profoundly to societal changes as the kitchen and bathroom. The kitchen has gained prominence in the context of a tendency to enjoy meals at home as a new centre for family and social gatherings, and as an alternative to the formal character of a dining room or living room. The bathroom, on the other hand, is the perfect setting for personal care rituals, which have become increasingly popular in today's culture of well-being. Homeowners spend more money...
The author recounts her building of a straw bale house on the outskirts of Tucson, Arizona. In building her house she had to confront fears and a lack of construction skills. Her personal growth through the construction process is as much a focus of this work as the house itself. Annotation c. Book
The lighting designer is at once an artist and an engineer. He uses the best technology available to reveal scope, space, and form - both in landscapes and in urban environments - and aims to do so in a way that achieves a functional, creative, and environmental result. This relatively recent profession is the focus of the latest title in teNeues Ultimate series. Lighting Design presents an illustrated overview of Herve Descottes many projects. Founder of the renowned New York design firm LObser...