Knack Green Decorating & Remodeling: Design Ideas and Sources for a Beautiful Eco-Friendly Home (Knack: Make It easy) (Paperback)

From do-it-now ideas to renovating whole rooms, the most beautiful green things for your home

From the Back CoverIt’s beautiful going green. The home furnishings industry is undergoing a renaissance of amazing new products that are less toxic for people, are made with renewable resources, and avoid processes that can harm the environment. The surprise is how sumptuous these new green choices are. With over 400 full-color photos, Knack Green Decorating & Remodeling showcases al (more…)

Bathroom Remodeling (Black and Decker Home Improvement Library Series) (Paperback)

Whether you want to refresh an old bathroom by installing new faucets and ceramic tile or create an elegant new luxury bath with a whirlpool tub and designer cabinets, Bathroom Remodeling shows you how with clear, concise photographs.

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Black & Decker Complete Guide to A Green Home: The Good Citizen’s Guide to Earth-friendly Remodeling & Home Maintenance (Paperback)

Go Green & Gain Peace of MindWith this book, readers can sleep well knowing their remodeling and repair practices are protecting the environment and keeping their families healthy. This beautiful step-by-step guide features a host of practical projects and practices for green-thinking homeowners with a hands-on attitude. Offering a boost for the spirit, a refresher for the body and a balm for the planet, it is a comprehensive primer for eco-friendly home stewardship.Black & Decker The (more…)

Black & Decker Complete Photo Guide to Home Repair: with 350 Projects and 2000 Photos (Hardcover)

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Got a problem with grout? Open The Complete Photo Guide to Home Repair (to page 98) and watch your tiling worries dissolve before the simple beauty of photography. Black & Decker has anticipated your every question and problem with interior, exterior, and home systems repairs, and detailed the solutions in just over 500 pages. In no other human endeavor is a visual guide so important as home repair (well, maybe brain surgery), so this is a crucial aid to the handyperso (more…)

No-Regrets Remodeling: Creating a Comfortable, Healthy Home That Saves Energy (Paperback)

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All New Kitchen Idea Book (Taunton Home Idea Books) (Paperback)

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“As a homeowner, you’ll need to make a host of decisions that will determine the ultimate success of your new kitchen. Sound intimidating? Fortunately, help has arrived….” – Good Housekeeping, 1999″

With some 370 color photographs from todays leading designers and architects, this book will help you create a kitchen for any style and budget. A complete guide, the All New Kitchen Idea Book includes new appliance technology and cabinetry, fixtures and faucets, doors and co (more…)

The Carbon-Free Home: 36 Remodeling Projects to Help Kick the Fossil-Fuel Habit (Paperback)

ReviewPublishers Weekly – With an endearing mix of down-to-earth practical solutions and funky DIY projects, this book provides readers with much-needed information on how to renovate habits and home to move closer to a zero-carbon existence. The Hrens, respectively a carpenter and a photovoltaic installer living in Durham, N.C., give specific and technical advice, based on their own experience, on how to lower energy use within and outside the house, with 36 projects ranging from sim (more…)

How Your House Works: A Visual Guide to Understanding & Maintaining Your Home (Paperback)

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“Crystal-clear illustrations and explanations… It will quickly become the operator’s manual for your house.” — SmartHomeowner magazine, 2007 “From toilet tanks to table lamps, this text tells you how it all works.” — This Old House magazine, December 2007, “Gifts for the New Homeowner”"Crystal-clear illustrations and explanations… It will quickly become the operator’s manual for your house.” — SmartHomeowner magazine, 2007″From toilet tanks to table lamps, this te (more…)

THE Survival Guide: Home Remodeling (Paperback)

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Plesset has excelled at providing information needed by homeowners, designers, and contractors. Clearly explains the entire planning and construction process. — Kate Carbone, HBA newsletterThe book presents the potential remodeler with nine “logical” steps, that will help the reader become a more informed consumer. — Kitchen Bath Design NewsThis is arguably the most practical and best book of its type on the market. — Dan Hays, Statesman Journal

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Green Remodeling: Your Start toward an Eco-Friendly Home (The Green House) (Paperback)

Ultimate Guide to Green Remodeling shows homeowners how they can take part in the “green” revolution through remodeling. Some of the topics covered include reducing home energy use, selecting nontoxic products, saving water, and supporting the environment through the use of products that support responsible manufacturing and the sustainable harvesting of natural resources.

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The Smart Approach to Home Renovation (Paperback)

Thinking about remodeling but perhaps a little unsure of what to expect? The Smart Approach to® Home Renovation is the latest title in the best-selling series of Smart Approach books. The Smart Approach to® Home Renovation counsels would-be remodelers about the process, from planning and budgeting through completion. Included are the stories of real-life homeowners and their makeovers that include kitchens, baths, additions, exterior updates, and outdoor living spaces. These “Case (more…)

Home Remodeling for Dummies [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

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This book is aptly titled, for most people undertaking a home remodeling project feel like dummies, at least some of the time. However, the Careys, remodeling contractors named to Remodeling magazine’s “Big 50 Hall of Fame of Best Remodelers,” offer sound advice to those undertaking projects large and small. This book provides excellent, in-depth information about the bidding process, dealing with government officials and contractors, and living through the actu (more…)

Natural Remodeling for the Not-So-Green House: Bringing Your Home into Harmony with Nature (Natural Home & Garden) (Paperback)

This absolutely indispensable and lavishly photographed guide will become a cornerstone work for years to come. It redefines the best way to “go green” and addresses a timely topic in a way designed to appeal to a growing and eager audience. Completely user-friendly and filled with motivational case studies and informative graphics. Every page leads would-be remodellers through the process of understanding their home and surroundings so they’ll arrive at the perfect design solution (more…)

Black & Decker Complete Home Improvement: with 300 Projects and 2,000 Photos (Black & Decker Complete Photo Guide) [DELUXE EDITION] (Paperback)

This new deluxe edition of the classic Black & Decker« Complete Photo Guide to Home Improvement now includes a durable washable flex cover that makes the book ideal for use on the homeowners work site.With nearly 300 projects, this book is indispensable for DIYers who have moved beyond basic home repair and are ready to tackle projects that make a big difference in quality of life — and in their savings accounts. DIYers who tackle their own major remodeling projects achieve exactly (more…)

Home Renovation Checklist: Everything You Need to Know to Save Money, Time, and Your Sanity (Paperback)

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unusual book…contains sage advice from a real estate writer who has remodeled many houses, excellent job…outstanding…rates a solid 10. — Inman News Features, July 22, 2003

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From review by Robert Irwin If you are even remotely thinking about renovating your house or condo, first come to your senses and read “Home Renovation Checklist” by Robert Irwin. The result will be you will either plunge enthusiastically ahead, or you will realize how much work is invo (more…)

Not So Big Remodeling: Tailoring Your Home for the Way You Really Live (Hardcover)

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About 10 years ago, architect Sarah Susanka released a book that became a marker for the housing industry’s turn toward “building better, not bigger.” Her new book, out this month, has the potential to do the same for the remodeling world. In “Not So Big Remodeling” ($32, Taunton Press, Susanka and Marc Vassallo apply the same concepts to existing homes, and offer room-by-room considerations to help homeowners determine what they really need, and how to more efficiently use t (more…)

House Transformed: Getting the Home You Want with the House You Have (Hardcover)

Though seemingly stout and permanent, houses are malleable, able to flex, stretch, shift, and even shrink. Remodeling can enliven all the spaces in a home, solving flaws, enhancing interior livability, increasing curb appeal, and making best use of the site. In some cases, an addition is needed, while in others merely changing the floor plan permits a rediscovery of space. In House Transformed, architect Matt Schoenherr shares insight gained through an architectural practice specia (more…)