House & home

Do-It-Yourself Family: Fun and Useful Home Projects the Whole Family Can Make Together

by Eric Stromer

“The genius of Eric Stromer’s book is showing that do-it-yourself projects are a wonderful way to bring your family together. While enjoying each other’s company, you learn how to set reachable goals and...

Green Your Home All in One for Dummies

by Consumer Dummies

Green Your Home All-in-One For Dummies empowers readers to make ecologically-friendly improvements to each and every area of their home. At $29.99 and 696 pages, this package is a real value and a true source...

The Age of Comfort

by Joan DeJean

Today, it is difficult to imagine a living room without a sofa. When the first sofas on record were delivered in seventeenth-century France, the result was a radical reinvention of interior space. Symptomatic...

How Happy Is Your Home?

by Sophie Keller

Change your home…for the happier.

With these 50 tips, you'll learn how to apply the principles of feng shui to make your home a healthier, happier place to live. Discover:

– How to bring more love in through...

Fix It Yourself - Home Repairs Made Easy - A Completely Indexed Manual for Home Owners and Handy Men on Woodworking, Painting, Plumbing, Electrical Ap

by Arthur Wakeling

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern...

Made by Hand: My Adventures in the World of Do-It-Yourself

by Mark Frauenfelder

"It's not merely good, it's foundation-shaking." -Seth Godin

From his unique vantage point as editor-in-chief of Make magazine, the hub of the do-it-yourself movement, Mark Frauenfelder takes readers on an inspiring...

Designing Your Dream Home: Every Question to Ask, Every Detail to Consider, and Everything to Know Before You Build or Remodel

by Susan Lang

Designing Your Dream Home gives you every question to ask, every detail to consider, and everything to check out before you design and build your dream home.

Designing and building a home can be stressful and...

Decorating Without Fear

by Sharon Hanby-Robie

Decorating Without Fear is the step by step, how-to book that will allow even the least gifted person to create their perfect home environment. Everyone wants a beautiful home that reflects their personality...

The Everything Home Storage Solutions Book

by Iyna Bort Caruso

Packed with creative advice on how to get the most out of your living space, The Everything Home Storage Solutions Book can help solve even the worst packrat's storage problems with such hints as: • Tuck away...

The Everything Feng Shui De-Cluttering Book

by Katina Z. Jones

In our fast-paced, high-tech world, more and more people are finding themselves overwhelmed by ""stuff."" From old clothes and receipts to unused appliances and broken electronics, messes come in all shapes...

Organize for a Fresh Start

by Susan Fay West

TRANSFORM YOUR HOME AND SCHEDULE so they perfectly meet your current needs and reflect who you are and what you value now. Changes and life transitions often leave people with unbalanced schedules and homes...

150 Best Eco House Ideas

by Marta Serrats

Featuring an extensive collection of full-color photographs, 150 Best Eco House Ideas features eco-friendly house designs created by internationally renowned architects and designers who have achieved practical,...

Zen and the Art of Housekeeping

by Lauren Cassel Brownell

Wash the dishes, do the laundry, mop the floors, scrub the toilets, make the beds, vacuum the rugs . . . the list goes on and on, with little time to stop, breathe, and take in your beautiful surroundings. Now...

Popular Woodworking's Arts & Crafts Furniture

by Popular Woodworking Editors

Timeless Style and Simplicity Simple and beautiful, Arts & Crafts furniture designs offer an excellent learning medium for furniture building. The Arts & Crafts style allows the craftsman to build a quality...

Your Home - A Living Canvas

by Curtis L. Heuser

Uncover the glory in your home! Use paint to create inspired living spaces that reflect your style and your home's character. Once upon a time, there was a sad little Victorian house on the corner, abandoned...

Mural Painting Secrets For Success

by Gary Lord

Mural Painting Secrets for Success will give you the tools you need to paint fantastic murals following the latest trends, including holographic metallics, 3-D effect paints and stained concrete. In addition...

Creative Kids' Murals You Can Paint

by Suzanne Whitaker

Paint Imaginative Murals Especially for Kids! Transform an ordinary room into a playground of imagination. Creative Kids' Murals You Can Paint blends inspiration with instruction so you can create the perfect...

Absolutely Organized

by Debbie Lillard

Do you run non-stop but never feel like you accomplish anything? Feel stressed out at home? Dream about doing things that you never get around to doing? Wish you had extra hours in your day? Well, here's something...

Spend-A-Little, Save-A-Lot Home Improvements

by Brad Staggs

"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" - BENJAMIN FRANKLINFranklin said it over 200 years ago, but it's never been more true - or valuable - for today's homeowner. With the increasing costs of utilities...

Mural Magic

by Corie Kline

Mural makeovers for spaces that will make you smile Murals transform an ordinary room into a room with a view. In this book, artist Corie Kline shows you how to take it one step further by incorporating furniture...