Home and house maintenance

Which are delicate and which indestructible?

This revised and updated edition of The Wabi-Sabi House recounts the history of this aesthetic philosophy and reveals ways to introduce it into your home.

Embrace off-grid green living and imagine a more sustainable future with the original guide to self-sufficiency.

House Magic teaches you how to transform any space in your home into a sacred sanctuary using the power of crystals, herbs, and flowers.

The book that cuts through the clutter of decluttering Modern life has produced so much clutter that the thought of packed closets, attics filled with storage bins, and rental units specifically used to store odds and ends produces its own stress.

Building a Revolution, one handful at a time.

This vintage book contains a complete guide to forging bolts, nuts, and rivets with bolt heading machines, continuous-motion bolt and rivet headers, and nut forging machines.

Do you long to listen to your favorite CD from anywhere in your house?

Bring your home out of the mess it's inand learn how to keep it under control!

The Lampshade Book' is the definitive guide to the designing and creation of lampshades for light fixtures in the home.

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.

Ink-Painting ist eine neue Technik, die viele begeistert!

'Funny and well observed, this timely novel explores the isolation of new motherhood O'Keeffe examines themes of class, race, privilege and gender with a deft touch which will speak loudly to a certain generation.

Niki Lauda, Formel-1-Experte, Pilot, Unternehmer und Werbeträger hat nichts zu verschenken und das nicht nur in seiner T V-Werbung für ein Geldinstitut: Seine Freunde und Geschäftspartner kennen den so erfolgreichen wie vermögenden Ex-Sportler und Unternehmer als besonders sparsam, und als Mann der weiß, wie sich Geld vermehren lässt.

In our modern age of rampant consumerism, we are losing touch with the traditional domestic activities that previous generations took for granted.

This helpful text contains a concise guide on the bottle house and racking room procedures in beer brewing.

With their classic barns and fences, American small farms, and the buildings that support these farms, serve a much-needed purpose as much today as they have in the past.

This vintage book contains a course of woodworking exercises, together with a short treatise on wood, designed for manual training classes in schools and colleges.

Ignite the bidding wars when you sell your house with showcasing secrets from the New York City-based home staging expert.

Carpentry is a skilled trade where the main work performed is the shaping, cutting, and installation of building materials used for the things like ships, buildings, timber bridges, concrete formwork, etc.

A Transition Town group involved in preparations for peak oil and climate change; an intentional community, founded with the highest ideals; a nonprofit dedicated to social changemillions of such voluntary groups exist around the world.

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

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before.

"This practical, step-by-step resource will empower you to tackle the task of getting organized so both your home and your mind can finally become calm and chaos-free.

Fold your way to an organized home!

This vintage book contains a complete guide to blacksmithing and steel working, with information on all aspects ranging from the correct use of tools and shop equipment to repairing cogs and making a gun.

Koans sind scheinbar unlösbare Aufgaben, die Zen-Meister ihren Schülern stellen.

"e;How to Produce Extracted Honey"e; is a detailed guide to processing honey from beehives, with information on hive management, equipment, common problems, and more.

Ein Praxishandbuch von hohem Nutzwert, das jedem Tennistrainer die Arbeit erleichtert, aber auch für Spieler selbst äußerst hilfreich ist: 365 illustrierte Übungen aus den Bereichen Aufwärmen, Kondition, Technik, Taktik, geben eine ideale Hilfestellung für eine individuelle und zielgerichtete Trainingsplanung.

Let go and lighten up your life—includes over 100 exercises and rituals for banishing what’s negative and harmful.

Describes the sand foundry, the characteristics of molding sand, the types of mold and pattern making equipment, and the various sand casting procedures for forming metals.

An exclusive look at the exquisite residential gardens of the American Riviera.

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

Dogs can't knit.

This guide to the basics of plumbing and central heating is designed for complete amateurs, and written by one of the most experienced plumbing tutors in the country.

When it comes to styling your home, knowing where to start can be the hardest part.

This hands-on guide will help you prepare for and manage simple home repairs and improvements.

Turn simple shipping pallets into stunning crafts for your home!

This gorgeous full-color guide in the popular design series showcases 150 apartments that demonstrate the range and imagination of some of the worlds top architects and interior designers working today.

In this comprehensive book, an expert textile arts instructor reveals everything you need to know to make your own fabrics.

Some employers of housekeeping personnel find it easier to train completely unskilled and untrained personnel.

Ganze Zimmer, hübsche Arrangements oder auch einzelne Gegenstände: Zuhause stehen viele reizvolle Motive immer zur Verfügung!

Contained within this volume is a complete guide to gardening in New Zealand, with chapters on Bee-keeping and poultry-breeding.

Getting--and staying--organized is a challenge in and of itself.

Stretching Anatomie' verleiht Ihnen einen 'Röntgen-Blick' und liefert exakte Hinweise über die beim Stretchen beteiligten Muskeln.

Immer wieder wird Lumira befragt, welche Kosmetikprodukte sie selbst bevorzugt.

The complete guide to dealing with mold in your home--the asbestos of the new millenniumToxic mold infestations in the home have been brought to the forefront of public awareness.

The essential guide to hempcrete - a strong, versatile, environmentally friendly, energy-efficient natural insulating material Hempcrete is a versatile, energy-efficient natural insulation material, useful for walls, roofs and floors.