Garden Design category: 1176 books
by Thomas von Nordheim
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2013
Traditional tailoring is a fascinating craft, which has not changed for many centuries, however, the techniques are now known only by a few practising in the best couture ateliers and bespoke tailor's workrooms. Nothing feels quite so luxurious or sophisticated as bespoke clothes, but the tailoring...
Stylish Skirts
23 Easy-to-Sew Designs to Flatter Every Figure
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
Sew chic and original skirts with this stylish DIY sewing book.
Stylish Skirts allows you to create simple yet stylish skirts that look and feel great—at a fraction of the cost of store-bought fashion. With this sewing book, there's no end to the kinds of skirts you can create to match your...
Cabin Living
Discovering the Simple American Getaway
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
A tour through America’s favorite cabins
Created in partnership with Cabin Living magazine.
An inspirational celebration of one of America’s icons.
Handsomely designed with more than 300 color photographs.
Cabin Living is a collection of twenty-five of the best stories covering legacy...
I Brake for Yard Sales
And Flea Markets, Thrift Shops, Auctions, and the Occasional Dumpster
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Good Morning America correspondent Lara Spencer is a self-confessed frugalista with a passion for shopping at yard sales, thrift shops, and estate sales, and for decorating her home and friends’ homes with her fabulous finds. In I Brake for Yard Sales, Lara shares her secrets for bargain hunting...
Dream Décor
Styling a Cool, Creative and Comfortable Home, Wherever You Live
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
“Will understands the life-enhancing abilities of colour. He’s a true talent with a keen eye.”— Jonathan Adler This book will take readers on an inspiring journey to discover fifteen décor destinations that each have a distinct and inspired style. From the colourful cool of Miami Brights...
Modern Quilts
Designs of the New Century
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Admire large, color photographs of the best modern quilting has to offer—more than 200 quilts curated by the Modern Quilt Guild. From the Amish and Gee’s Bend to the first use of the word "modern” in quilting, trace the history of modern quilts and learn about hallmarks of the genre in a concise...
by Philip Garlington
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2011
After being fired from his last two corporate jobs, the author wonders if, instead of donning somebody's livery again, he can be a modern pioneer on ten worthless acres of desert he purchased at a tax auction for $325. He's broke, and his parcel of land is forbidding, arid and remote. He...
Fancy Dresses Described
A Glossary of Victorian Costumes
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2017
The Victorians adored fancy-dress parties: what better way to escape the rigidity of social conventions than to spend a festive evening disguised as Cleopatra, a Swiss milkmaid, or Alice in Wonderland? Well-to-do party-goers of the era consulted Fancy Dresses Described, an elaborate guide to hundreds...
by Charles M. Horton
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
Some great review from readers:
This is a good read if you are a young guy looking to get into the engineering feild, or a a current engineering student. The Authors views are very very similar to my own. I strongly agree with many of the statements and descriptions that the author makes...
The Log Cabin Book
A Complete Builder's Guide to Small Homes and Shelters
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2016
This vintage guide from over a century ago offers timeless, practical advice on building log cabins. Plans and directions for simple structures are easy enough for amateurs to follow; time and inclination are the only necessary elements. Each of the designs has been tested and allows numberless alterations...
Household Cleaning
Self-Sufficiency
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
Most conventional store-bought cleaning products are packed full of chemicals, many of which are harmful to the environment and your health, let alone your wallet. You’ll be pleasantly surprised to discover that your kitchen cupboard already stocks the alternative supplies you’ll need to transform...
Homesteading
A Backyard Guide to Growing Your Own Food, Canning, Keeping Chickens, Generating Your Own Energy, Crafting, Herbal Medicine, and More
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
The companion to the bestseller Back to Basics for country, urban, and suburban folks-now fully updated!
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...
Mini Farming
Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
Mini Farming describes a holistic approach to small-area farming that will show you how to produce 85 percent of an average family’s food on just a quarter acre—and earn $10,000 in cash annually while spending less than half the time that an ordinary job would require. Even if you have never been...
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Country Living
Beekeeping, Canning and Preserving, Cheese Making, Disaster Preparedness, Fermenting, Growing Vegetables, Keeping Chickens, Raising Livestock, Soap Making, and more!
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2011
Packed with step-by-step instructions, useful tips, time-honored wisdom, and both illustrations and photographs, this might just be the most comprehensive guide to back to basics living ever published. Fans of Back to Basics, Homesteading, and Self-Sufficiency have been asking for a one-stop resource...