DIY (Do it yourself): house maintenance manuals Books

Book SynopsisDiscover all the life hacks you?ve been missing with this perfect compendium of skills to answer all of life?s most asked questions from BuzzFeed?s popular lifestyle destination Tasty Home. Need help unclogging a drain? Can?t seem to keep a plant alive? Just want to finally know how to fold a fitted sheet? Let BuzzFeed?s Tasty Home make your life a whole lot easier. With Tasty Home: Life Skills, you?ll learn simple tricks, helpful hacks, and super easy DIYs to increase your how-to knowledge. This book teaches you everything you need to know?even things you didn?t know you needed to know! Based on the most searched topics on Tasty Home?s site and social channels, this go-to guide covers the kind of questions that would have you calling mom. Now, you can secure your spot as a real-life adult whether you need to fix a kitchen fail or quickly sew on a button, this book has your back. Tasty Home: Life Skills packs all the fun and helpful info of BuzzFeed?s how-to site into the perfect guide you?ll find yourself going back to again and again.

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Book SynopsisWhen journalist and author Alison Stewart was confronted with emptying her late parents’ overloaded basement, a job that dragged on for months, it got her thinking: How did it come to this? Why do smart, successful people hold on to old Christmas bows, chipped knick-knacks, and books they will likely never reread? Junk details Stewart’s three-year investigation into America’s stuff. Stewart rides along with junk removal teams like Trash Daddy, Annie Haul, and Junk Vets. She goes backstage at Antiques Roadshow, and learns what makes for compelling junk-based television with the executive producer of Pawn Stars. And she even investigates the growing problem of space junk—23,000 pieces of manmade debris orbiting the planet at 17,500 mph, threatening both satellites and human space exploration. But it’s not all dire. Readers will also learn that there are creative solutions to America’s crushing consumer culture. The author visits with Deron Beal, founder of FreeCyle, an online community of people who would rather give away than throw away their no-longer-needed possessions. She spends a day at a Repair CafÉ, where volunteer tinkerers bring new life to broken appliances, toys, and just about anything. Junk is a delightful journey through 250-mile-long yard sales, resale shops, and packrat dens, both human and rodent, that for most readers will look surprisingly familiar.Trade Review"Finally, a book that explains my lava lamp, boxes of cassette tapes, and three pairs of clogs. Thank you, Alison Stewart! This book is overdue, and I promise not to put it on one of my piles." -- Hoda Kotb, cohost of the Today Show"To my dear beloved survivors: when you one day clean out my basement, you'll find a copy of Alison Stewart's Junk. Sit down on the pile of New Yorkers , turn on that halogen floor lamp I used in college, crack open a can of Jolt Cola (you'll find about three cases), and read about why all the stuff around you isn't necessarily junkexcept for that stack of VHS tapes. That's just crap." -- Mo Rocca, correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning and host of My Grandmother's Ravioli

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Book Synopsis*IBA LIFESTYLE BOOK OF THE YEAR*From the no. 1 Irish bestsellerCreative, stylish and incredibly practical, Laura will change how you view your space and open up a world of new possibilities.With Gaff Goddess Laura de Barra proved she was the queen of She-IY, but that was just the beginning. In Décor Galore she takes us room by room with genius and stunning tips for how to revamp your home on any budget. Whether you want to maximise storage, create layered lighting, or install a new kitchen, Décor Galore has got you covered.Gaff Goddess empowered you to pick up a drill and now Décor Galore will empower you to create the home you've always wanted.Praise for Laura de Barra: 'Genuinely, hands-on empowering!' Marian Keyes'An absolute bible for making your home your own' Emer McLysaght'I wish I'd found Laura de Barra twenty years ago!' Louise McSharry

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Book SynopsisTips from a Professional Organizer on How to Have an Organized Home"Real Life Organizing is a real solution to the clutter challenges we all face.” ―Peter Walsh, New York Times best-selling author and organization expert#1 Best Seller in Do-It-Yourself Improvements, Small Spaces, and Decorating & FurnishingsAn organizing book with clutter-free solutions for keeping an organized home in just 15 minutes a day from a professional organizer and host of HGTV’s HOT MESS HOUSECreate a Pinterest worthy home on a small budget. Learn how to organize your home, simplify life and have more time for things you love. Professional organizer Cassandra ‘Cas’ Aarssen, the guru from YouTube’s ClutterBug channel and HGTV’s Hot Mess House, reveals her tips, tricks and secrets to a clean and clutter free home in just 15 minutes a day.Simplify your life. In Real Life Organizing, Cas walks you through the steps to create a beautiful, organized, clutter free, and almost self-cleaning home. You don’t have to get rid of all of your things, be a yoga loving minimalist, or radically change your lifestyle or personality. The truth is you do not need to actually be an organized person to live like an organized person.Organized home. Through years of experience as an industry expert, Cas has uncovered easy and inexpensive tips, tricks and solutions that enable her to maintain a clean, organized and functional home with minimal effort. After you’ve read Real Life Organizing, you too will be able to live a more organized life without having to give up your sanity.Learn how to: Create a Household Management Binder Make a “Kids Cupboard” in your kitchen Create an IN/OUT system Organize paperwork based on your unique style Create a Kitchen Command Center Organize your holidays with a gift closet Build a toy organizing system Also read Cas Aarssen's other bestselling home organizing books, Cluttered Mess to Organized Success, The Clutter Connection, and The Declutter Challenge.

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Book SynopsisYou may think you know a foundation problem when you see one. Cracked or deteriorating walls, uneven floors, and sticking windows and doors are hard to miss. But once you crack open this book by a real foundation repair expert, you will learn about telltale signs that often get missed. Experienced building contractors and ordinary homeowners alike will benefit from author Bob Brown’s plain-language explanation of what causes foundation problems, how they should be investigated, and what solutions apply in different situations.Get the inside story on what it takes to do a real investigation of foundation problems and come up with the right solution. Learn how contractors who lack knowledge or have conflicts of interest regularly charge homeowners thousands of dollars for “repairs” that are useless or make problems worse. Find out how and why Bob’s Arizona company spent years working with experts to develop a patented solution to remediate a damaging type of problem in which saturated soil heaves up under concrete slab foundations. Find out the questions you need to ask about foundations before a costly repair.This book clears up common misconceptions about the repair of foundation problems that plague many homes all over the world. An industry insider reveals that product suppliers have trained contractors and their salespeople to perform quick and dirty inspections that can result in misdiagnoses. A real investigation of a foundation problem involves many steps and a thorough understanding of building construction and soil dynamics.Bob Brown has spent decades working with engineers and scientists to find out how to thoroughly investigate different kinds of foundation problems in all of the unique ways and locations in which homes are built. He shares his proprietary solution for remediating the foundation problems most often given the wrong treatment. Homeowners who read this book will come away understanding more about foundation repair than some people who work in the field.

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Book SynopsisIf you have never fixed a roof tile or slate before but have wondered how to go about repairing or replacing them, then this is the book for you. Many of the technical books about roof tiling and slating are rather vague and conveniently ignore some of the trickier problems and how they can be resolved. However, this practical volume, written by an expert with a vast experience of teaching roof tiling and slating to both apprentices and experienced roofers, rejects this cautious approach. Topics covered: Considers the various types of tiles, slates and roofing materials on the market and their uses, how to estimate the required quantities, and where to buy them Discusses how to check and assess a roof and how to identify and rectify problems Describes how to efficiently 'set out' roofs from small, simple jobs to larger and more complicated projects, thus making the work quicker, simpler and neater Examines the correct and the incorrect ways of installing background materials such as underlay, battens and valley liners Explains how to install interlocking tiles, plain tiles, and artificial and natural slates Covers both modern and traditional methods and skills, including cutting materials by hand without the assistance of power tools Provides invaluable guidance on repairs and maintenance issues, and highlights common mistakes and how they can be avoided

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Book SynopsisThe complete, step-by-step, full-colour how-to book of designing, forming, mixing, pouring and finishing concrete countertops by the undisputed master of the technique. Fu-Tung Cheng is a California architect and designer who has reinvented the kitchen/bathroom countertop using the medium of concrete. Countertops made of custom-formed, coloured, and finished concrete can look like marble, glass, granite, gold, or sculpture - the look is limited only by the imagination. Concrete Countertops covers every angle of designing, forming, mixing, pouring, colouring, trowelling, in-laying (e.g., brass rods to serve as a drainboard), and finishing decorative concrete countertops, all written by the man who basically invented the form. Unique: this is the only book of its kind on a very hot trend in kitchen and bathroom design. Complete and authoritative: author is a well-connected, internationally renowned expert who essentially invented the medium.

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Book Synopsis'Household Secrets' is for anyone who takes pride in the objects and furniture in their home and wants to know how to look after them properly. We all have household items that are important to us – these need not be precious antiques or fashioned from rare and expensive materials. 'Household Secrets' is for anyone who takes pride in the objects and furniture in their home and wants to know how to look after them properly. We all have household items that are important to us – these need not be precious antiques or fashioned from rare and expensive materials. Frances Halahan, an expert conservator, shows you first how to identify what it is you actually have in your home, and second which products and cleaning techniques should be used to bring out their beauty and increase their longevity. 'Household secrets' draws on the unrivalled wealth of experience and knowledge of National Trust conservators and applies this to everyday objects in the home. In a handy, affordable pocket-sized format, with easy-to-follow step-by-step line drawings, this book provides an essential reference for everyone.

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Book SynopsisThis book is not a decoration handbook and does not address so-called good or bad taste when it comes to interior design, neither does it seek to deliver a lecture on the latest trends. This book invites the reader to see their home with fresh eyes. It also invites them to carry out an exercise in introspection, to understand how they want to live and what they want from their home. In these pages you will find side-by-side the advice of Marie Kondo and the teachings of Hideko Yamashita through Danshari (a Japanese approach to tidying up).

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Book SynopsisYou do not need to climb to the top of the coldest, highest mountain to be Zen. You do not need to crawl on your hands and knees, seal yourself away in a cave, or stop eating birthday cake. Most importantly, at least for this book, you do not have to quit your job to be Zen. In Office Zen, you will learn how Zen can exist in any moment and any place, even the most stressful and high-strung office.Office Zen will be the first book to incorporate the Zen principles of mindfulness and simplicity into the home office and work station byproviding tips on how to remove clutter from your work spaceteaching meditation and stretching exercises to destress in two minutes or lesslaying the frame work for a healthy work-life balanceZen, and other mindfulness practices like it, asks us to examine the world around us with an emphasis on kindness and compassion toward ourselves and others. By being more meditative and calm in your daily interactions, you can bring peace into your workplace and happiness into your life.Trade Review“Emma writes the way I aspire to live my life: thoughtfully, serenely, and without taking herself too seriously. This book is the embodiment of empathy, with a capital E.” —Shai Davidai, assistant professor of psychology, The New School for Social Research"No one makes the grind fun and spiritually fulfilling like Emma Silverman. She's all about making everyday life happier." —Yardenne Greenspan, translator of Some Day and fiction author"Office Zen is such a good read that it's almost hard to put down and take action! Emma covers every aspect of the daily work life with unfiltered, well-researched and easily digested tips that left me laughing, nodding in agreement and eager to implement her wisdom." —Emma Frisch, cofounder and chef, Firelight Camps“Emma writes the way I aspire to live my life: thoughtfully, serenely, and without taking herself too seriously. This book is the embodiment of empathy, with a capital E.” —Shai Davidai, assistant professor of psychology, The New School for Social Research"No one makes the grind fun and spiritually fulfilling like Emma Silverman. She's all about making everyday life happier." —Yardenne Greenspan, translator of Some Day and fiction author"Office Zen is such a good read that it's almost hard to put down and take action! Emma covers every aspect of the daily work life with unfiltered, well-researched and easily digested tips that left me laughing, nodding in agreement and eager to implement her wisdom." —Emma Frisch, cofounder and chef, Firelight Camps

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Book SynopsisMinimalism and de-cluttering are rising trends, attested by the popularity of Marie Kondo's New York Times' bestselling The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. The target audience would be anyone in their twenties to forties--students, young professionals, and young families who struggle with debt and budgeting while owning too much stuff, as well as baby boomers looking to change their lifestyles. Millennials especially are beginning to eschew the consumerist and commodified culture they grew up in, valuing essential, minimalist living instead. The book offers a holistic angle of the topic, combining minimalist life philosophies with practical tips and action points to remove non-essential physical and mental clutter. Trade Review"If you want less stuff, more experiences, and more happiness, you need to make space. Follow the advice of leading London minimalist Regina Wong and you'll not only get rid of stuff; you'll also make the space to live a happier life. A worthy addition to the growing canon of books on minimalism and decluttering." —James Wallman, author of Stuffocation: Why We've Had Enough of Stuff and Need Experience More Than Ever "Regina Wong is a fine ambassador for minimalism. Thoughtful, self-deprecating and pragmatic, she shows us how to thrive with less. If you want to simplify and streamline your life, then make space for Make Space on your bookshelf!" —Carl Honoré, author of In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed "A minimalist guide to minimalism—great inspiration and wonderful to have. Make Space is a quick and easy read which encourages the reader to extend ideas of `Living with Less’ beyond `Stuff’ to consider virtual clutter, the over proliferation of virtual `friends’, finances, and all aspects of how we live to encourage a simpler and easier lifestyle." —Isabel Losada, author of The Battersea Park Road to Enlightenment

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Book SynopsisCustomize your journal or planner with these Posh decorative planner pockets. Customize your journal or planner with these decorative planner pockets. Easy to use, simply peel off the backing and stick the adhesive pockets anywhere you'd like.

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Book SynopsisPersonalize any calendar with these fun, colorful, and useful stickers that are perfect for every occasion.

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Book SynopsisUse these Posh stylish folding magnets to help mark the current page or frequently referenced pages in your planners. Use these decorative, laminated folding magnets to mark the current page or frequently referenced pages in your planners. They hold tight and also make great paper clips. This pretty and stylish Posh® package includes a set of three magnetic page markers.

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Book SynopsisShowcasing Boynton’s zesty animal characters in full color, each monthly page delivers ample space to record the annual mileposts of those dear to you. One caveat: you must fill in the calendar with the yearly events you wish to recall AND refer to the calendar. Otherwise, you will fail again at expressing timely birthday accolades to Stuart. Features include: 6" x 12" size Printed on FSC certified paper with soy-based ink Spiral binding with hanger Undated and reusable each year Presented by Sandra Boynton’s captivating animal characters

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