Fearless Remodeling! A Planning Guide for the Homeowner
User-friendly and jargon-free, this “how-to” book delivers seven simple steps to home improvement success. The easy-to-follow format and lighthearted illustrations take the reader from concept to completion with straightforward advice, checklists, and insightful tips on everything from setting design and budget parameters, to contractor selection and quality control. Complete with contracts and a construction “troubleshooting” guide, this resourceful remodeling ref… More >>
Simplified Design of Masonry Structures
Structural masonry is used most extensively for elements that fundamentally resist compressionwalls, columns, piers, or pedestals. This essential reference for all design and construction needs provides a complete guide to masonry as a structural, rather than decorative, material. It clearly and thoroughly describes various types of structural masonry, such as brick, concrete, block, stone and other clay materials as well as glass block…. More >>
Easy Style Room by Room
It’d be so nice to come home to a new look, a new style, a house that fits the personality of its inhabitants the way a well-crafted slipcover fits a favorite chair. From bestselling author Stevie Henderson, here are 13 rooms filled with more than 50 home-decorating projects. Styles range from muted, masculine, and brown to feminine, frou-frou, and pink. Projects are imaginative (an outcast armoire spruced up with paint on the outside and fabric stapled to the insid… More >>