Stains and how to remove them are one of the less appealing aspects of life - but this book is here to help, whether you need to clean a red wine spill out of your new cream carpet, save your favourite dress from that stubborn mascara mark or remove nail varnish from your polished wooden table top. A comprehensive stain directory provides full information on your first and late response measures for every stain and how to deal with the problem on a variety of different surfaces and fab...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Solar Power for Your Home, 3rd Edition
by Dan Ramsey
The Elements of Style
Examines the details of architectural styles from 1485 to 1996, and provides a directory of suppliers and biographical data on select architects and designers.
Timber is one of our most precious, versatile, and vulnerable resources, so using it effectively is important. Knowing your material inside and out is the first step to doing just that. Read about the structure of wood itself, from growth rings to its chemical composition. Learn wood's physical and mechanical properties, including everything from elasticity to nuclear radiation. This extensive manual includes a section on stress grading as well as thorough descriptions of which fasteners to use...
Everything You Need to Know about Garage & Yard Sales
by Jon Fulghum
The White Company, For the Love of White
by Chrissie Rucker & The White Company
'A capsule of calm, this ode to pale interiors by The White Company's founder Chrissie Rucker is testament to the power of neutrals.' - House & Garden'The thing about white is that it goes with everything, it is a canvas for life, whoever you are and whatever your tastes. You just can't beat it.' - Chrissie RuckerWhether you live in a tiny city apartment, a rambling country cottage or an elegant town house, For the Love of White offers the definitive guide to creating a home with white and neutr...
SAVING YOUR HEALTH, SAVING YOUR WEALTH AND SAVING YOUR CONSCIENCE Flushing your money down the loo? Tossing your future in the bin? Pouring your happiness down the drain? Every year we spend [pound]400 million on food and generate 29 million tons of household waste. What's more worrying is that our homes are so full of toxins they're making us sick. TVs, computers, cleaning and beauty products are emitting waste that we don't know about, waste that's potentially killing us. No Waste Like Home is...
The Joyful Organizer's Guide to a Joyful Move
by Matthew R Dewkett and Bonnie Joy Dewkett Cpo
The Complete Guide to Buying a Second Home or Real Estate in Mexico
by Bondanza
Le Livre de la Femme d'Interieur: Table, Couture, Menage, Hygiene (Ed.1891) (Sciences Sociales)
by Oscar-Edmond Ris-Paquot
Britain's best-seller is better than ever! The iconic Dairy Diary is both practical and pretty - the perfect choice for planning your busy life. With inspirational recipes, which are simple yet delicious with guaranteed results. You can try something new every week throughout the year. *A5 week-to-view diary * 52 delicious triple-tested weekly recipes * Lots of writing space * Memorable dates stickers * Useful notes pocket * Calendars * Reminders* Gift records * Budgeting * Cook's tips. New for...
Star of the popular HGTV program Holmes on Homes, Mike Holmes has written a book every home owner considering or actually doing a renovation needs to have. His book, Make It Right, walks readers through a renovation from start to fi nish, from the process of fi nding a reliable contractor to explaining the inner workings of a house. Holmes covers the most popular renovation projects and describes the most common pitfalls. Packed with informative sidebars, checklists, diagrams and photographs, a...
Black & Decker The Complete Outdoor Builder, Updated Edition (Black & Decker)
Provides step-by-step instructions for the do-it-yourselfer on how to build such backyard or garden structures as patios, decks and porches, fences, walls, pathways, sheds and outbuildings, and accessories.
Whether it is the idea of working for oneself, enjoying more sunshine or simply wishing to spend more time with one's family, millions of us dream about leaving our 9-5 jobs and moving abroad. This book will bring you closer to that reality. Packed with practical advice and inspiring stories from the families featured in the series, NO GOING BACK - BUYING ABROAD is your key to escaping the rat race. Drawing on the experience of the NO GOING BACK families, the book will explain what budget you wi...
With the design smarts of Shannon Kaye, you can completely transform any room into your very own painted masterpiece! Kaye, a skilled interior decorator, shares her best tips, tools, and techniques with readers for easy paint projects with fantastic results. These fun and fashionable ideas turn even basic wall painting into something unique. Whether you're looking to simplify or embellish, create a Bamboo Bungalow or an Art Deco Study - it's here, and alive with colour. Before and after photogra...
Downsizing the Blended Home (Downsizing the Home, #3)
by Marni Jameson
A book to help those who are merging their hearts, lives, and homes. When merging households, one plus one needs to equal . . . one. The path toward that fundamental fact, however, is not so easy. Since something's got to give--and you don't want it to be the relationship--Downsizing the Blended Home is here to help you meet the challenge of figuring out what to keep, what to let go of, and what to create together. With the same warm, narrative tone that made Downsizing the Family Home such...