The Home category: 5736 books

Sharing all he has learned from running the famously warm and welcoming five-star Park Hotel in Kenmare, Francis Brennan’s third book contains everything you need to know to create a happy home. While modern life can be busy and stressful, a tidy, orderly place for you and your family to...

*New York Times *bestselling author, Melissa Michaels, will inspire you to make your house a well-loved home. Her relatable style, unique voice, and practical decorating ideas have made her highly respected blog, The Inspired Room, a haven for fans of real-life style. Step inside Melissa’s...

Forget the Renovation—Just Add Inspiration If you want to jump-start your style and refresh your home without needing power tools and a winning lottery ticket, make Simple Decorating your go-to resource for can-do decor. Spark your makeover momentum with 50 no-fuss tips and discover how to get unstuck...

Are you a messy person? Do you feel like your life is disorganized and your house is unbearably cluttered? There is no shame in that; you are among friends. We’ve all probably gone through phases of our lives when our home was a cluttered mess; perhaps some of us are still stuck in that phase. It’s...

Discover the latest in sustainable architecture and environmentally friendly home design in this outstanding volume in the popular 150 Best series, which features nearly 500 pages of full-color photographs and dozens of inventive and decorative profiles. Architects, designers, and homeowners...

After twenty years as a foreign correspondent in tumultuous locales including Rwanda, Chechnya, and Sudan, Judith Matloff is ready to put down roots and start a family. She leaves Moscow and returns to her native New York City to house-hunt for the perfect spot while her Dutch husband, John, stays...

Finding adequate storage space is an ongoing battle in every household. The Complete Guide to a Clutter-Free Home provides inspired answers and dozens of step-by-step projects that offer creative solutions to common storage challenges. From understairs shelving to full-height medicine cabinets to...

Table of contents Introduction Choice of place Size of pots Inserting plants Watering schedule Cleaning pots Fertilization Cutting plants Changing plants Selection of plants Chemicals Tools Conclusion Gardening in Pots Introduction Gardening is an important task which is...

In the United States alone, the annual construction of over one million new homes causes a very substantial drain on natural resources. Today, approximately 60 percent of the timber cut down in our country is used for building homes. Using alternative home building materials and creating a greener...

Speed Cleaning for a Healthier, Cleaner Home in a FRACTION of the time - Speed Cleaning Tips and Techniques How much time do you spend cleaning your house in a day? A week? A month? A year? What better things could you do with that time? Whether you’re a professional or a total newbie...

Sophisticated Home Decor Made Easy Nothing can transform a room quite like paint! In this groundbreaking guide, professional decorative painter Gary Lord presents 30 brand-new finishes for your walls, floors, ceilings and furniture. Designed by Gary and 23 of the top names in the industry,...

Just two or three years in one place and the clutter starts taking over. I've moved house five times in 12 years and it's incredible how much stuff can be accumulated in just a few short years. Of course, a certain amount of clutter turns a house into a home, and unless you are a strict minimalist...

Ever look around the walls of your home and think, "Blah!" Do you have Martha-Stewart envy? Do you buy decorating magazines by the dozen and just end up throwing up hands at the impossibility of the task of re-doing your home? Fret no more. The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Decorating Your...

In 1901, Gustav Stickley began to create the first uniquely American style of furniture and home design-known as Craftsman. Stickley's principles of home design include construction that is in harmony with its landscape, open floor plans, built-in storage, and natural lighting. He was a major influence...