Download or read book Young House Love written by Sherry Petersik and published by Artisan. This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This New York Times bestselling book is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up your home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts and millions of hits per month on their blog YoungHouseLove.com, Sherry and John Petersik are home-improvement enthusiasts primed to pass on a slew of projects, tricks, and techniques to do-it-yourselfers of all levels. Packed with 243 tips and ideas—both classic and unexpected—and more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this is a book that readers will return to again and again for the creative projects and easy-to-follow instructions in the relatable voice the Petersiks are known for. Learn to trick out a thrift-store mirror, spice up plain old roller shades, "hack" your Ikea table to create three distinct looks, and so much more.

Download or read book 1001 Ideas for Outdoor Spaces written by Brett Martin and published by Creative Publishing International. This book was released on 2008-03 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether budget allows for a few added accessories and plants or a full landscaping project complete with a deck or patio, this book will offer readers the many options they have to get the perfect outdoor space. With hundreds of photos, this text sets the perfect foundation for the dream outdoor space.

Download or read book Black Decker The Complete Outdoor Builder written by Editors of CPi and published by Creative Publishing international. This book was released on 2009-11-01 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adding beautiful, functional patios and walkways to the yard has never been easier thanks to this book. Over 150 projects and hundreds of instructional photographs combine with informative tips, tricks, and inspiration for the most comprehensive patio and walkway book on the market. From low-cost, curb-appeal walkways to expansive, estate-quality decorative concrete patios complete with outdoor kitchens, this book presents each project with step-by-step instructions and full-color photographs as well as informative tips, tricks, and inspiration. Each project uses the most current materials, tools, common practices, codes, and construction techniques to help readers add value to their homes and allow them to enjoy their outdoor spaces to full potential. Whether an existing patio needs to be freshened up or an unused space in the yard is just waiting to be put to use, this book is a crucial resource for do-it-yourself homeowners.

Download or read book Black Decker The Complete Outdoor Builder Updated Edition written by Editors of Cool Springs Press and published by Cool Springs Press. This book was released on 2016-04-20 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Find more than 150 projects for building custom decks, patios, fences, sheds, and more! From building a new deck to creating a garden pathway, the great outdoors is the most popular place for homeowners to showcase their creativity and skill. With more than 150 outdoor building projects shown with step-by-step photography, Complete Outdoor Builder has a project for anyone, guaranteed to improve your yard. This updated and redesigned book with a handsome hardcover is sure to find a permanent place on the shelf of anyone who wants to create and maintain a beautiful outdoor living space. Some of the projects covered in Complete Outdoor Builder include: - Attached deck - Fences - Composite railings - Sheds - Walkways - Playset - Treehouse - Landscape steps - Arbor - . . . and much more! The Complete Outdoor Builder includes a wide range of projects and appeals to all skill levels. Building decks and patios are among the most popular categories for outdoor construction, and you'll find all the techniques and skills--as well as complete lists of tools and materials required--to design and build your own. Complete Outdoor Builder also offers plans and revamped photography for more than a dozen designs that you can replicate or use as inspiration for a custom project. Designed, built, and photographed by professionals, the fun projects in this book also have the stamp of approval from Black & Decker(r), the most trusted name in DIY tools and equipment. Roll up your sleeves; it's time to build something great.

Download or read book HomeMade Modern written by Ben Uyeda and published by Running Press Adult. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can make the furniture you want at a fraction of the price of store-bought furniture. Not only will you save tons of money, but you'll also make environmentally sustainable pieces that are solidly built, using real materials like metal, wood, concrete, and other recycled ready-mades. The projects in this book don't require special skills, prior experience, or even a garage full of tools. You'll be walked step-by-step through the process of making furniture, from where to buy the materials (or where to scavenge) to how to make the most of the tools you own.

Download or read book Gardentopia Design Basics for Creating Beautiful Outdoor Spaces written by Jan Johnsen and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Gardentopia is that rare marriage of the art of landscaping and the technical knowledge of how to compose a landscape—boiled down to readily understood and easily executed actions. This book puts you in the driver’s seat and shows you how to chart the course to your own personal garden utopia.” - Margie Grace, Grace Design Associates Any backyard has the potential to refresh and inspire if you know what to do. Jan Johnsen’s new book, Gardentopia: Design Basics for Creating Beautiful Outdoor Spaces, will delight all garden lovers with over 130 lushly illustrated landscape design and planting suggestions. Ms. Johnsen is an admired designer and popular speaker whose hands-on approach to “co-creating with nature” will have you saying, “I can do that!’ This info-packed, sumptuous book offers individual tips for enhancing any size landscape using ‘real world’ solutions. The suggestions are grouped into five categories that include Garden Design and Artful Accents, Walls, Patios, and Steps and Plants and Planting, among others. Whether you are an experienced gardener or a landscaping novice, Gardentopia will inspire you with tips such as ‘Soften a Corner”, “Paint it Black”, and “Hide and Reveal”.

Download or read book Black Decker Complete Guide to Patios 3rd Edition written by Editors of Cool Springs Press and published by . This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Patios gets a fresh update with the latest products, even more projects, and all-new photos. With all of the DIY-friendly products for backyard building available today, the only valid excuse not to build your own patio or walkway is that you haven't found the right guide for you. That's about to change. In Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Patios (3rd Edition), the expert editors of Cool Springs Press arm you with thorough, comprehensive information for virtually any patio or walkway undertaking you can think of. An extensive materials and design section helps you wrap your head around all the upfront planning, and the over 30 step-by-step patio, walkway, and landscape projects within are illustrated with detailed, brand-new photographs to guide your progress along the way. Whether you prefer more traditional materials--interlocking blocks and pavers, poured concrete, flagstone, loose gravel and mulch--or you want to be on the cutting edge of the industry with new artificial pavers, geogrid synthetics, and pervious concrete, we've diligently updated this guide to include it all. Finished with a new ending chapter that shows you how to fully customize your DIY patio or walkway, the inspiration inside Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Patios perfectly aligns with all the needs of today's do-it-yourself homeowner.

Download or read book Gardenista written by Michelle Slatalla and published by Artisan Books. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named a Best Gift Book for Gardeners by The New York Times Book Review, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Times, Domino magazine, and Goop. The team behind the inspirational design sites Gardenista.com and Remodelista.com presents an all-in-one manual for making your outdoor space as welcoming as your living room. Tour personality-filled gardens around the world and re-create the looks with no-fail planting palettes. Find hundreds of design tips and easy DIYs, editors’ picks of 100 classic (and stylish) objects, a landscaping primer with tips from pros, over 200 resources, and so much more.

Download or read book eHow Garden Patio Upgrade written by Editors of CPi and published by Cool Springs Press. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers readers the most popular patio and walkway designs complete with step-by-step, full-color photo instructions. The projects are affordable yet on-trend and highly valuable, as they increase house value and living space. With hundreds of styles of brick and stone now available, it's never been easier to build a dream patio—saving thousands of dollars in the process.

Download or read book Black and Decker Complete Guide to Patios 4th Edition written by Editors of Cool Springs Press and published by . This book was released on 2024-12-17 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In BLACK+DECKER Complete Guide to Patios 4th Edition, you’ll find brand-new projects as well as key updates and inspiration, including showstopping patios as well as a variety of walkways and paths.

Download or read book My Home My Money Pit written by Tom Kraeutler and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2008-07-22 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE MONEY PIT®, hosted by Tom Kraeutler and Leslie Segrete, is a syndicated home improvement call-in radio program that airs every weekend all over North America on more than 200 stations, as well as on XM Satellite Radio. Tom and Leslie give homeowners like you real information on how to get things done the right way by alerting you to what you need to know before you start a project. Room by room, Tom and Leslie share their extensive experience in home improvement, decorating, and remodeling in kitchens, bathrooms, bedrooms, family spaces, basements, and laundry rooms. They tell you secrets about lowering your energy bills. They’ve got great ideas about curb appeal and making exterior maintenance easier. And they give the best counsel anywhere on home safety and security, insurance, and preparing your home for sale. Before you start your next project, get advice from Tom and Leslie.

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Download or read book 1001 Hints Tips for Your Garden written by and published by Readers Digest. This book was released on 1996 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you want to plant a tree, choose a climber, grow fragrant flowers, or learn how to apply the various types of fertilizer, this comprehensive A-to-Z book will help you get the job done. And because topics are cross-referenced, you will find it easy to use. Inside are samplers of varieties of the best-loved plants - flowers, vegetables, trees, and shrubs - and a list of tulips that will take turns blooming all spring long. And for lovers of lilies, there is a guide for three months of blossoms. A month-by-month calendar provides a handy checklist for taking care of trees, shrubs, flowers, vegetables, lawns, and container plants. Also included are tips on how to attract butterflies and ladybugs to your garden, easy ways to compost, and a list of good patio plants. 1001 Hints & Tips for Your Garden offers secrets for siting plants and strategies for coping with weeds, wind, drought, and frost. Here, too, are plants which are best for creating privacy and baffling noise. An illustrated 20-page section on common pests and diseases shows how to diagnose and deal with problems in the garden. And tips on hedges, fences, trellises, and fountains help the gardener achieve a finished look in the garden. Twelve special features cover such topics as heirloom vegetables and roses, wildflower meadows and period gardens.

Download or read book Rummage Remnants and Resale written by Mary Linden Ragains and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2016-11-07 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A corner bookcase created from two damaged end tables? Window cornices made from foam insulation panels? A discarded medicine cabinet turned into a catch-all foyer cabinet? What will she think of next? Youll find out in RUMMAGE, REMNANTS and RESALE: From Secondhand to First-class Dcor, by Mary Linden Ragains, part of a series of RagLin to Riches books that show you how to turn rags and other cast-offs into rich-looking decorative items, at very little expense. In RUMMAGE, REMNANTS and RESALE, Ragains shows you how she decorated an approximately 2,000-square-foot home for less than $2,000 worth of secondhand items purchased at rummage sales, garage sales and resale shops. She took some dives in a few Dumpsters and scavenged for discarded items in several roadside trash piles. With remnants of fabric, paint and lumber, she turned these items into useful and attractive pieces. For each room, Ragains found an inspiration piece to determine the decorating theme and color scheme. She includes before-and-after photos and floorplans along with tips and how-to instructions so you can replicate her ideas. If you liked I Brake for Garage Sales by Lara Spencer (best known for being a co-anchor on ABCs Good Morning America and creator and producer of HGTVs Flea Market Flip), youre going to love RUMMAGE, REMNANTS and RESALE: From Secondhand to First-class Dcor.

Download or read book Green Building Products 3rd Edition written by Alex Wilson and published by New Society Publishers. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interest in sustainable, green building practices is greater than ever. Whether concerned about allergies, energy costs, old-growth forests, or durability and long-term value, homeowners and builders are looking for ways to ensure that their homes are healthy, safe, beautiful and efficient. In these pages are descriptions and manufacturer contact information for more than 1,400 environmentally preferable products and materials. All phases of residential construction, from sitework to flooring to renewable energy, are covered. Products are grouped by function, and each chapter begins with a discussion of key environmental considerations, and what to look for in a green product. Over 40% revised, this updated edition includes over 120 new products. Categories of products include: Sitework and landscaping Outdoor structures Decking Foundations, footers and slabs Structural systems and components Sheathing Exterior finish and trim Roofing Doors and windows Insulation Flooring and floor coverings Interior finish and trim Caulks and adhesives Paints and coatings Mechanical systems/HVAC Plumbing, electrical and lighting Appliances Furniture and furnishings Renewable energy Distributors and retailers An index of products and manufacturers makes for easy navigation. There is no more comprehensive resource for both the engaged homeowner and those who design and build homes.

Download or read book Industrial Horticulture Landscaping Astro Based Gardening written by W.U. Khan and published by BFC Publications. This book was released on 2023-08-02 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Author and consultant Md. Wasi Ullah Khan (W.U.Khan) is a M.Sc (Ag) horticulture 1976-78 batch from Allahabad Agriculture Institute, Allahabad (Affiliated to Allahabad University) now Sam Higginbottom university of Agriculture, technology and sciences, Allahabad. Besides that did one year certificate course in social service and village upliftment from Allahabad University in 1977 and also PG. diploma in ecology and environment in 1995 from Institute of ecology and environment, New Delhi. Served, Agriculture department, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh from 16.01.1978 to 26.06.1987 as Spices Development Officer. Wherein I was the horticulture in charge of Governor House and all minister’s etc. bungalows at Itanagar capital project and state level officer for spices development and centrally sponsored floriculture schemes. Joined NTPC-VINDHYACHAL PROJECT (MP) in 1987 then transferred to NTPC- FARAKKA (WB) in March 1993 thereafter transferred to Dadri (UP) in 1996 and after completing 10 years joined NTPC- Unchahar (UP) on 01.05.2006 and retired on 30.11.2012 (AN) from there. The multidisciplinary and multidimensional experience gained during my professional journey is commendable and given rich experience in the field of fruit, flower, avenue plantation and afforestation activities under taken in farmers field and industries, mainly power plants for landscaping and protection of environment. The plantations on ash dyke, Coal handling plants and ash handling plants, Marry- go -round (MGR) etc. is a challenging job performed besides landscaping, water fall designing and construction and beautification of plant and colony area and also VIP plantations and development of nursery on the line of modern technology to cater our internal requirements. The “DADRI SCHEDULE OF RATES FOR HORTICULTURE WORK-2004” conceived, prepared and implemented at NTPC- Dadri. This is a first comprehensive and complete horticulture schedule in India comprising development, maintenance and supply items including their rate analysis etc. Further, on the basis of above schedule “NTPC SCHEDULE OF RATES FOR HORTICULTURE WORK-2010” approved for NCR region for implementation. The author has written several articles on horticulture, landscaping and environment. The book on “HOW TO GROW BONSAI” written in 2009 is a very informative and useful for amateur bonsai lovers. The book entitled “INDUSTRIAL HORTICULTURE, LANDSCAPING AND ASTRO BASED GARDENING” is only book in India on the line of industries and horticulture scholar’s and garden lovers. The author’s Radio and Doordarshan programs were also broadcasted on horticulture subject. All India kitchen garden association, New Delhi awarded GOLD MEDAL. The assessment was on all India basis for the year 2004 for significant contribution in the field of environment protection and Horticulture. The award was given by Mrs. Girija Vyas, Senior congress leader and Chairman All India Mahila Commission at New Delhi. During NTPC service and after retirement doing consultancy services in NTPC projects Like: NPGC- Nabinagar, Bihar, BRBCL- Nabinagar Bihar, Koldam Himachal Pradesh, Tanda UP, Mouda Maharastra, Kudgi, Karnataka, Rihand,UP. Barh, Bihar, Bhillai Chattisgarh, Varanasi Airport, UP. Darlipalai, Orissa. North karanpura, Jharkhand. Meja, UP. NR projects including NR (Hq) Lucknow, UP. NSPCL Rourkela,Orissa. MP. Govt. power generating station- SSTpp-Khandwa and SGTPS Birsingpur. Also imparted training at NTPC- Unchahar, Tanda, BRBCL, RHQ (NR) Lucknow, Nabinagar etc. on horticulture topics specially on Bonsai.

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