Home and house maintenance

This DIY guide features cost-saving strategies for stockpiling emergency supplies so you can be fully prepared without breaking the bank!

Practical, step-by-step strategies for helping your own family, first responders and vulnerable community members during any emergency situation.

A comprehensive guide to natural cleaners that completely disinfect, polish, and freshen .

Helpful tips, space-saving tricks, and DIY projects to help make a shoebox apartment beautifully functional.

Make sure your survival plan is complete from A to Z with this comprehensive disaster prep guide.

Deter, delay, defend-a guide to building and maintaining security when civilization breaks down.

In the Age of Disposablesfashion, phones, glasses, and even friends!

Whether your home is an apartment, a house, or a condo -- rented or owned -- the 101 stories in this book all about the place you call home will warm your heart.

What could be better than enjoying a glass of delicious home-brewed organic beer?

Fast, efficient, and effective, Japanese handplanes are attracting increasing notice among Western cabinetmakers, carpenters, and woodworkers.

Wood staining and finishing doesn't have to be complicated or confusing.

Whether you've been working from home for years and want to update your space, or you're brand new to telecommuting and have a lot of questions, Home Office Solutions holds all the answers and inspiration for making a workspace you'll love!

Whether you've just unpacked your first table saw or have been using one for years, this complete guide features essential and up-to-date information needed to set up and tune your table saw and expand your table saw skillset.

Looking to spruce up your outdoor space with creative DIY furniture?

You've decided you're ready to build and enjoy the benefits of a tiny house, but how?

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!

Found space.

An all-new edition of the perennial favorite, Smart Approach to Home Decorating is an aspirational guide to introduce you to interior design.

When you think of every item a kitchen stores, from utensils and glassware to cooking pots and slow cookers, the numbers easily climb to the hundreds.

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

The smallest window sill, the tiniest balcony, or a sliver of space on a bookcase can now be adorned by thriving greenery!

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!

The tiny house movement continues to grow and thrive.

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

Whether building a summer cottage in the woods, the hunting cabin of your dreams, or homesteading off the grid, this handy reference provides a logical and sensible approach to building permanent shelter in out-of-the- way places.

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

Learn to think like a design pro to get the bathroom you've always wanted without making the types of mistakes that cost money or leave you less than thrilled with the result.

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.

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.

Whether you've always dreamed of building your own home, or can't find the right house from among the dozens you've toured, this collection of ultimate plans can help you achieve the home of your dreams.

This comprehensive guide to planning and choosing the perfect deck offers step-by-step instructions on how to design and build a deck that enhances the home, while also serving the family's needs.

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

This book is aimed at anyone who is thinking of building a pond, anyone who has bought some of the materials but doesn't know how to start or anyone who has a pond and needs to know how to keep it at its best.

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.

From growing lawns and planting trees, to putting in stone walkways or water elements, readers will discover the right way to do it in straight-forward steps that anyone can follow to realize their dreams.

Whether you need to add insulation in your attic or weather-strip your doors, this book has the details that you need to keep your home comfortable year round.

Let Gloria's organizational skills and problem-solving methods completely change your approach to household cleaning, so that you are simply maintaining tidiness instead of spending days doing housework.

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

This book brings attractive and functional outdoor kitchens within the reach of budget-conscious homeowners, with lots of design ideas, plenty of dream kitchens for inspiration, and more than 300 clear how-to photographs.

Learn all about how to build 40 backyard homestead projects including sheds, feeders, fences, and other backyard structures to enhance your sustainable living!

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.