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The most complete visual guide to furniture construction ever published!

Whether you've received a beloved family heirloom that needs fixing up or want to repair and renovate bargain furniture, this Ultimate Guide to Furniture Repair & Refinishing is packed with detailed information to help you get the job done right!

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The complete reference handbook for DIY home woodworking, this is an absolute must-have guide for beginners and even experienced craftsmen.

Build your own sound, functional dock that will overcome almost any waterfront challenge with this essential guide.

Start doing your own household repairs and simple renovations without the expense of calling in a professional!

Get the expert guidance you need to become a master woodworker!

While wood bowls are commonly made on a lathe, this updated and expanded guided resource offers 30 projects for crafting beautiful bowls with the more accessible scroll saw.

Discover how to build rustic furniture from cut timber in this comprehensive guide for woodworkers.

Sharpen your survival skills and learn why you should keep a Swiss Army Knife with you at all times, whether you are exploring wild jungles, tall peaks, or city streets.

It's tough to find a great woodworking project that you can finish in just one weekend.

This comprehensive manual on hand-cut joinery provides an essential reference for modern woodworkers and furniture builders.

Taking the fear out of chainsaws by emphasizing safe handling practices, this resource aims to put raw power in the hands of everyday yardworkers.

Outdoor Paint Techniques and Faux Finishes shows beginning and advanced decorators how to revitalize their outdoor environment with weatherproof paint effects.

This homeowner's guide shows you how to build 35 useful and attractive outdoor features to enhance your yard and garden.

Adding a backyard storage shed, a new detached garage, an attractive playhouse, or any other type of utility building not only improves the functionality of your home but also adds value to your property.

Decks continue to be one of the most popular additions to homes today as more and more homeowners seek to enjoy outdoor living and expand living space.

In a world of heavy and expensive handplanes, traditional wood handplanes are affordable, light in weight, low in friction, comfortable to use, and available in a wide variety of blade angles.

The professional advice and the sheer beauty of these projects make this title a "e;must-have"e; reference for every power carver.

This new technical handbook shows woodworkers exactly how to approach the complex job of designing and making built-in cabinets for kitchens, family rooms, and home offices.

This handy pocket sized guide offers all the tips, tricks, and ideas a woodworker or furniture maker needs to get the most out of this indispensable tool.

Knowing your tools is essential for every woodworker, and this is the one book you need to completely understand the drills and drill presses you own or are thinking of purchasing.

Covering everything you need to get the most our of your circular saw and jig saw, the Missing Shop Manual Series goes beyond basic safety, assembly, and set-up.

With 15 easy to follow, fabulously illustrated step-by-step projects, this book is just what the beginning upholsterer needs.

A comprehensive, visual handbook for welding in the farm, home workshop, school workshop, blacksmith shop, or auto shop.

Woodworking should be a fun and fulfilling hobby.

A good pocket knife is all you need to start whittling.

The most complete home improvement manual on the market, this book offers more than 2,300 photos, 800 drawings, and understandable, practical text.

This is a practical and engaging guide to transforming an ordinary backyard into a productive farm.

Build the garage of your dreams by doing all or part of the work yourself.

With this book and a well-chosen and correctly maintained set of planes, you will be able to handle any type of wood in every woodworking situation.

As children, many people dreamed of having a tree house, a place where they could get away to play and relax.

Buying a new home can be an expensive endeavor.

Get rid of clutter, reorganize your home, and revitalize your life with this simple guide to feng shui.

Buying a new home can be an expensive endeavor.

PVC pipe is cheap, versatile, durable and simple to work with.

Stay safe and be prepared for any disaster with this DIY guide featuring 101 easy prepper projects and practical survival skills.

The devil is in the details-the science and art of designing and building durable, efficient, straw bale buildings Straw bale buildings promise superior insulation and flexibility across a range of design aesthetics, while using a typically local and abundant low-embodied energy material that sequesters carbon-an important part of mitigating climate change.

Transform Waste into a Resource with Safe, Efficient Composting ToiletsPart of the Sustainable Building Essentials series, Essential Composting Toilets is the practical guide to designing, installing, and operating water-saving, environmentally friendly toilet systems.

Build High-performance, Low-impact Walls with Light Straw Clay Part of the Sustainable Building Essentials series, Essential Light Straw Clay Construction is the first fully illustrated, step-by-step guide to using light straw clay a durable, energy-efficient, and environmentally friendly wall material.

Create Beautiful, Durable Finishes with Natural Plasters That Last for Generations Part of the Sustainable Building Essentials Series, Essential Natural Plasters is the definitive hands-on guide to working with clay, lime, and gypsum plasters for healthy, high-performance interior and exterior finishes.

Build Beautiful, Durable, and Low-impact Homes with Cordwood Construction Part of the Sustainable Building Essentials series, Essential Cordwood Building is the complete guide to using log-ends set in insulating mortar for versatile, economical, and environmentally friendly construction.

The Zen approach to mowing lawns, wacking weeds, harvesting crops, and building modern homesteader abs!

Dreamers, owner-builders, natural and sustainable building contractors, modern homesteaders Cordwood construction - log-ends set in insulated mortar - is a versatile, economical, low-impact, and beautiful building method.

Build your own passive solar greenhouse for year-round food production in any climate The Year-round Solar Greenhouse is the one-stop guide to designing and building greenhouses that harness and store energy from the sun to create naturally heated, lush growing environments even in the depths of winter, covering principles of solar greenhouse design and siting, glazing material properties and selection, controlling heat loss, ventilation, and construction methods.

Heat your home with 80% less wood while eliminating smoke, ash, and constant fire-tending.

Build Strong, Energy-efficient, Sustainable Walls with Prefab Straw Bale Panels Part of the Sustainable Building Essentials series, Essential Prefab Straw Bale Construction is the complete guide to designing and installing prefabricated straw bale wall panelsan innovative, low-carbon alternative to conventional construction.