House & home

Decorate: 1,000 Design Ideas for Every Room in Your Home

by Holly Becker, Joanna Copestick & Debi Treloar

In Decorate, the world's top designers and leading decor experts including Kelly Wearstler, Amy Butler, Jonathan Adler, and many others come together to share over 1,000 professional tips, ideas, and solutions...

How to Build a Pool and Hot Tub in your Basement: A How-Did Book

by Adrian Martin

This is a How-Did book not a How-To book. The difference may seem slight but it is significant. A How-Did book leaves out steps and details which would be important for someone actually following along and attempting...

Open Your Eyes

by Alexandra Stoddard

For nearly forty years and in numerous books, Alexandra Stoddard has shared her keen eye for design and sure sense of style. Now this renowned decorator and lifestyle philosopher teaches you hoe to see with...

The Soapmaker's Companion: A Comprehensive Guide with Recipes, Techniques & Know-How

by Susan Miller Cavitch

Basic soapmaking instruction and specialty techniques like marbling, layering, and making transparent and liquid soaps.

The Art of the Possible

by Alexandra Stoddard

As a speaker, author, and world-famous interior designer, Alexandra Stoddard was the first to show millions of of people how to turn the place they live in into an oasis of tranquility, beauty, and joy.  Beginning...

Don't Call the Thrift Shop: What to Do With a Lifetime of Well-Loved Possessions

by Susannah Ryder

What do you do with a lifetime of well-loved possessions when Mom moves to the retirement home, or there's a death in the family, or you are ready to move to a smaller home? Is that old chest a valuable antique...

Fairy Gardening: Creating Your Own Magical Miniature Garden

by Julie Bawden-Davis & Beverly Turner

How one family beat the rat race by stepping off the track, and how you can, too. Where did all this stuff come from? I don't have time for a life. I need to get away! Ever feel this way? Society is quick to...

Everything You Need to Know About Building the Custom Home: How to Be Your Own General Contractor

by John Folds

More and more people are foregoing and aggravations of hiring a general contractor and opting to oversee their own homebuilding projects.

How to Have a Stress Free Mortgage: Insider Tips From a Certified Mortgage Broker to Help Save You Time, Money, and Frustration

by Linda Fleischmann

"How to Have a Stress Free Mortgage" is a guide to getting a mortgage loan in today's market. "How to Have a Stress Free Mortgage" covers what to do before applying for a loan, the possible pitfalls and how...

Simple Feng Shui

by Damian Sharp

Simple Feng Shui takes the agony out of understanding this esoteric discipline and offers an easy, clear, and user-friendly approach to the Eastern art of placement. Starting with a concise history and philosophy...

Simple Pleasures of the Home: Comforts and Crafts for Living Well

by Susannah Seton

"Home," writes Susannah Seton. "There are few words that carry such potent feelings. It's the place where we can let down our hair, loosen our clothes, put our feet up. It's where those we love most share in...

A Home Within

by Roxie Kelley & Shelly Reeves Smith

A Home Within pays tribute to the wonderful sanctuary known as "home."  Charming illustrations are coupled with tender, heartfelt sentiments about the nature and function of this warm, special place in our...

Secrets of an Organized Mom: From the Overflowing Closets to the Chaotic Play Areas: A Room-by-Room Guide to Decluttering and Streamlining Your Home f

by Barbara Reich

Organizing guru Barbara Reich offers a life-changing program for your life and home.

Mothers can feel like life is running on a never-ending loop. Just when one problem or responsibility is overcome, another...

The House That Cleans Itself: 8 Steps to Keep Your Home Twice as Neat in Half the Time

by Mindy Starns Clark

The incredibly popular The House That Cleans Itself (over 90,000 copies sold!) is a true housekeeping guide for the housekeeping-impaired! With updated tips, strategies, and new ideas from hundreds of readers,...

Mini Farming Guide to Composting: Self-Sufficiency from Your Kitchen to Your Backyard

by Brett L Markham

Composting has never been easier-learn how to incorporate Brett Markham's amazing composting techniques to maximize your vegetable output, increase your self-sufficiency, and be kind to the ecosystem.   Brett...

The Zero-Waste Lifestyle: Live Well by Throwing Away Less

by Amy Korst

A practical guide to generating less waste, featuring meaningful and achievable strategies from the blogger behind The Green Garbage Project, a yearlong experiment in living garbage-free.

Trash is a big, dirty...

Spring Cleaning

by Jeff Campbell

The people who taught readers how to clean their homes in 42 minutes flat spell out how to go about tackling those heavy-duty, spring cleaning chores in the most efficient, and painless, way.

NOTE: This edition...

Living Simple, Free & Happy: How to Simplify, Declutter Your Home, and Reduce Stress, Debt & Waste

by Cristin Frank

Upcycle Your Life

Get ready to trade in headaches and hassles for life skills, exchange clutter for money, transform eyesores into beautiful focal points in your home, and say goodbye to over-consumption and...

Clutter Busting Your Life: Clearing Physical and Emotional Clutter to Reconnect with Yourself and Others

by Brooks Palmer

Brooks Palmer's gentle guidance will help you to not only clear clutter from your home but also enjoy deeper, more authentic, and clutter-free relationships of all kinds.

The Weekend Homesteader: A Twelve-Month Guide to Self-Sufficiency

by Anna Hess

The Weekend Homesteader is organized by month-so whether it's January or June you'll find exciting, short projects that you can use to dip your toes into the vast ocean of homesteading without getting overwhelmed....