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Author
Publisher
Tiller Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Beautiful and practical DIY projects, styling hacks and design tips for both owners and renters from the founder of one of the world's most popular lifestyle websites. Add style and individuality to your home with DIY, even when you're renting. Home Is Where You Make It channels the simplicity and beauty of modern living. This is your room-by-room guide to making and DIYing your own place, with hundreds of clever styling hacks, repurposing and upstyling...
62) One good thing
Author
Series
Ten Beach Road novels volume 5
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Embroiled in a battle to regain control of their renovation-turned-reality TV show, Do Over, Maddie, Avery, Nikki, and Kyra find themselves holding tight to the frayed ends of their friendship and relationships. Maddie must face the realities of dating a rock star once again topping the charts and deal with her hapless ex-husband, while Avery is caught up in family drama even as she attempts to transform a tiny cottage into a home for the newly impoverished...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Secret Staircase Construction is under attack, and Tempest Raj feels helpless. After former client Julian Rhodes tried to kill his wife, he blamed her "accident" on the home renovation company's craftsmanship. Now the family business - known for bringing magic into homes through hidden doors, floating staircases, and architectural puzzle walls - is at a breaking point. No amount of Scottish and Indian meals from her grandfather can distract Tempest...
Author
Publisher
Taunton Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
"The key to creating a house that is memorable, satisfying, and enduring is to apply a group of design concepts - or patterns - that focus on the experience of being in a home. In this groundbreaking work, internationally respected architects Max Jacobson, Murray Silverstein, and Barbara Winslow present the ten essential patterns that shape and define a well-crafted home. Patterns explore the presence of light, the relationship between indoors and...
Publisher
The Taunton Press, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Smaller = Smarter. Smaller homes like cabins and cottages are becoming more popular due to economic factors, smaller family sizes, tighter building lots, and the desire to use fewer natural resources and build sustainably. These days, builders and designers alike are getting creative and employing all their best tricks to help homeowners get the most out of their small spaces, whether they be part of a primary residence or weekend vacation home....
Author
Series
Sanctuary Sound volume 1
Publisher
Montlake Romance
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Steffi Lockwood has survived more than most. Now left with puzzling memory lapses following an assault, she returns to her coastal Connecticut hometown to rebuild her life the best way she knows how: with her hands. But starting a remodeling business with one longtime friend puts her in the middle of a rift with another. Worse, being hired by her ex-boyfriend's mother forces her to confront old regrets. Public defender Ryan Quinn wasn't shocked when...
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The host of HGTV's Hidden Potential shows you what really goes on behind the scenes of a home renovation, with tips, tricks, and step-by-step instructions on how to achieve the look you want for your home"--
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Alice is moving for the eleventh time. She's lived in so many houses, each more broken than the last, that home to Alice is nothing more than a place you fix and then a place you leave. After all, who needs a permanent home when you're a whiz at fixing things? But when Alice arrives at her new home, she can't take her eyes off the house next door, the stately dark house that hulked in the dimming light. The once-grand mansion, now dilapidated...
Author
Language
English
Description
Sometimes the messiest stuff and the biggest mistakes can take you someplace wonderful. With the help of their hit TV show, Fixer Upper, the husband and wife team of Chip and Joanna Gaines have transformed the seemingly everyday work of renovating homes and flipping houses in Waco, Texas, into something much more. With their fun personalities, good humor, strong love of family, and unique design style, they've managed to capture the hearts of Americans...
Author
Publisher
Running Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Journalist Amy Haimerl and her husband had been priced out of their Brooklyn neighborhood. Seeing this as a great opportunity to start over again, they decide to cash in their savings and buy an abandoned house for $35,000 in Detroit, the largest city in the United States to declare bankruptcy. As she and her husband restore the 1914 Georgian Revival, a stately brick house with no plumbing, no heat, and no electricity, Amy finds a community of Detroiters...
Author
Publisher
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
In the repair and reconstruction efforts that followed Hurricane Andrew, owners of damaged houses had opportunities to modify their houses to protect them from future flood damage. One effective method of protecting a house from flooding is elevating the habitable areas of the house above the flood level. Almost all single-family homes in Miami-Dade County are constructed with reinforced masonry block walls on a slab-on-grade foundation. Houses of...
72) Flipping houses
Author
Series
Publisher
Alpha
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
Description
"Flipping houses can be a dream--or a nightmare. You have to know what you're doing. Idiot's Guides: Flipping Houses takes a practical, real world look at the process by presenting the risks and rewards of flipping real estate. This book will help determine if you have the necessary time and cash, and guide you through the process of successfully purchasing, rehabbing, and profiting from their investments,"--Amazon.com.
Publisher
Cool Springs Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Confidently tackle--and accomplish--any wall or ceiling project yourself, with our help! Wallsand ceilings are vital to the structural integrity and the overall appearance of any home, so they are worth your time and care. Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Walls & Ceilings gives you all the information you need to understand and maintain structural integrity, while reimagining and remodeling visible surfaces to meet your home decor needs. When...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Holly and Robert Barron are attractive young real-estate investors and contestants in a competition run by To the Manor Build, the nation's most popular home renovation app. With millions in product endorsements and online followers at stake, they're rehabbing a Vermont home they scored at a bargain price into a chic hilltop estate ideal for entertaining.It's all camera-ready laughs and debates over herringbone tile until Holly and Robert go missing...
75) Herons Landing
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Working as a Las Vegas concierge, Brianna Mannion is an expert at making other people's wishes come true. It's satisfying work, but a visit home to scenic Honeymoon Harbor turns into a permanent stay when she's reminded of everything she's missing: the idyllic small-town charm; the old Victorian house she'd always coveted; and Seth Harper, her best friend's widower and the neighborhood boy she once crushed on--hard. After years spent serving others,...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Drew Philp, an idealistic college student from a working-class Michigan family, withdraws from the comforts of life on a university campus in search of a place to live where he can make a difference. He sets his sights on Detroit, the failed metropolis of abandoned buildings, widespread poverty, and rampant crime-a complicated source of national fascination, often stereotyped and little understood. Arriving with no job, no friends, and no money, Philp...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"A young widow restores a dilapidated mansion with the assistance of a charming, eccentric genius, only to find the house is full of dangerous secrets in this effervescent Gilded Age debut novel It's 1875, and Alva Webster has perfected her stiff upper lip after three years of being pilloried in the presses of two continents over fleeing her abusive husband. Now his sudden death allows her to return to New York to make a fresh start, restoring Liefdehuis,...
Publisher
Creative Homeowner
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Inside this information-packed 608-page book, you will find easy-to-follow instruction on everything you need to know about a wide range of subjects including plumbing and electrical repairs, heating and cooling, roofing and siding, cabinets and countertops, remodeling, walls and ceilings, trimwork, floors, stairs, masonry, insulation, ventilation, and much more. Along with more than 325 home projects and repairs that will add value to your house...
Author
Publisher
Cool Springs Press, an imprint of The Quarto Group
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
"Hardworking Home (Black & Decker) is chock-full of ideas and how-to tutorials on adapting your home environment to efficiently accommodate home office space, home and remote schooling, and living in the emerging cultural reality. The Hardworking Home presents a wide range of achievable home improvements that will help you upgrade your home to better meet your needs in this shifting world. From home office to home school to home entertaining, today's...
80) The old-house doctor: the essential guide to repairing, restoring, and rejuvenating your old home
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Overview: Old houses are charming, but owning one can be a labor of love. Expert carpenter and house "doctor" Christopher Evers equates old homes with ailing patients, describing how you can successfully "treat" your old house and make it good as new. With over 300 clear, line illustrations, Evers provides a practical guide to repairing, renovating, and preserving your old house-basement to attic-so you can enjoy it for years to come. Evers gives...
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