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Description: With proper planning and design, a deck can add a new dimension of living space to a home. Not only is it an enjoyable outdoor retreat and expanded entertainment area for family and friends, but it’s also a great return on a home investment. For homeowners building new decks or upgrading existing ones, or for builders and remodeling contractors looking for new ideas for their clients, this most complete and up-to-date book is packed with over 300 inspiring photographs along with hundreds of design solutions and top-notch advice to help inform smart decisions. Chapters focus on a wide range of deck sizes, styles, and materials, as well as furniture, accessories, and landscaping ideas. In addition, practical sidebars and case studies will help anyone plan just the right deck to suit their home, yard, and lifestyle.

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Description: A bathroom redo is one of the most popular remodelling projects. If homeowners aren’t thinking about an update, they’re considering a full-scale remodel. No matter what they’re planning, they’ll find plenty of inspiration in this up-to-date bathroom design sourcebook packed with innovative solutions and practical advice. This revised edition features over 350 ideas covering a range of bathroom styles and sizes. All aspects are considered: choices for fixtures, lighting and cabinetry; finishes for floors, walls and ceilings, budget-conscious options for tubs, showers and sinks; and ideas for heating and cooling, ventilation, storage and finishing touches. The book also includes the latest information and design options for accessibility and water conservation. Homeowners, as well as designers and contractors, will have all they need to make smart and affordable buying choices as they transform an old bathroom into something totally new.

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Description: Many homeowners look at decorating as do-it-yourself proposition. Others seek out the advice of an expert. Decorating Ideas that Work covers both bases completely. Bursting with over 500 photographs and drawings, Heather Paper's hard-working sourcebook is all a potential decorator needs to transform their house into a showcase. Chock full of information on both contemporary and traditional furniture and accessories - and how to thoughtfully combine them.

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Description: The bathroom is the most renovated room in the house. Loaded with over 360 full-colour photographs from today’s leading designers and architects, All New Bathroom Idea Book is the one-stop design guide for homeowners and contractors working with any budget or style. Practical and progressive, Sandra Soria’s inspiring revision of this best-selling classic tackles it all: bathtubs and showers; toilets and sinks; storage solutions; lighting and heating and fine finishes for floors, walls and ceilings. Size is not an obstacle. Remodels featured in this book embrace tiny half-baths, medium-size his-and-hers and plenty of luxurious home spas. Every bathroom redesign should start with this eye-opening book.

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Description: Share the woodworker's knowledge of design, proportion and techniques. Each of the 20 classic projects have complete drawings and detailed construction techniques. These articles from Fine Woodworking magazine provide you with in-depth information on the construction of fine period pieces such as a Shaker-style end table, a pencil-post bed, a roll-top desk, and a Windsor chair.

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Description: This collection of 18 articles explains the tools, techniques and trade secrets used by the experts to successfully complete flashing, roofing and waterproofing projects and ensure the job is correct the first time. In two parts the first covers Flashing and Water Control and the second Roofing.

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Description: This book offers a wide variety of woodworking projects on a smaller scale. There’s something here to inspire any woodworker, with projects ranging in complexity from simple, but elegant boxes to a carved and upholstered Chippendale stool.

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Description: For most woodworkers, the router is an essential power tool because it can do so much -- whether you are working with solid wood, sheet goods, or veneer. Articles contained in this book provide overviews on the different types of routers and router tables and how to use them to finish projects successfully.

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Description: This outstanding selection of articles from Fine Homebuilding magazine covers design ideas, inspiring case studies and key construction details for a wide range of storage solutions throughout the home.

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Description: This book shows how to set up task-specific work areas, innovative ways of storing tools and accessories and how to build classic workbenches and toolboxes. The 26 articles will inspire and instruct woodworkers of all skill levels on the best ways to organize tools and get the most from their workspace.

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Description: Whether you are planning a new kitchen or remodelling an old one, this book is for you. Learn from professional advice on how to design a functional kitchen, remodel your existing kitchen to suit your family’s needs, choose and install quality cabinets and find the best materials for a lasting countertop.

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Description: If you've ever wondered what to carve next, this treasury of easy-to-reproduce, classical patterns will help you decide. Themes include ornamental motifs from many periods, images from nature - animals, grapes and vines, oak leaves, intricate floral designs - and fantasy patterns.

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Description: Whether it's new construction or remodelling, finish carpentry is what gives a home warmth, personality and style - and this new, thoroughly illustrated reference provides the step-by-step information a professional or ambitious DI Yer needs to get the job done right the first time. Starting with how to damage-proof a house before the carpentry begins, the authors take the reader through every aspect of the craft. From running baseboards and installing interior doors to trimming windows and installing crown and wainscot, the authors tackle the hard parts such as working with out-of-plumb, out-of-square and out-of-level conditions. The authors also include an invaluable appendix on wood basics which details grain, shrinkage, joint design, finishes and composite materials.

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Description: Anyone who finishes wood should own this completely revised version of the highly acclaimed The Woodfinishing Book. Michael Dresdner successfully demystifies the art and science of finishing with clear and up-to-date information, including coverage of spray finishing and the new generation of water-based finishes. Michael Dresdner, a nationally known finishing expert with over 20 years of experience in the field, focuses on finishes that amateur woodworkers and finishers use -- not fussy, unattainable finishes. He successfully demystifies the art and science of finishing with clear and up-to-date information, including coverage of spray finishing and the new generation of water-based finishes.

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Description: This book takes a classical approach to teaching woodworking, introducing fundamental tools and shop practice. It is a solid, systematic learning tool for the advanced beginner seeking to master the basics of woodworking craftsmanship.

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Description: Homeowners are spending more time and money than ever creating and sprucing up living spaces outside the house. Now that DI Yers have greater access to the tools, techniques and materials required to build great patios and walkways, they’re going all out. And this newest offering from the successful Build Like a Pro series is the best guide they can ask for. It’s all in here – from base construction techniques to surface materials. A reader can choose to complete the six projects in this book exactly as presented or mix and match techniques to create a truly custom project. Complete in-depth information, step-by-step instructions, focused sidebars and tips add up to a professional patio or walkway project that homeowners will enjoy for years to come.

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Description: This essential reference for pros and passionate amateurs is back with a fresh design and updated content. Written by respected builders from all over America, this extensive revision collects all the latest roof framing articles from the pages of Fine Homebuilding magazine, from cutting rafters and framing roof valleys to building dormers and working with roof trusses. The contributors offer hard-earned, job-tested advice on an impressive variety of tools, techniques and trade secrets. Framing Roofs shows how to work with speed and precision and, since working on a roof is often a complicated and dangerous task, safety is always at the forefront.

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Description: With Bolllinger's help you'll be able to install a strip, plank or parquet floor with professional results and preserve it with a rich finish. Chapters include materials, estimating and tools, preparation and underlay, strip and plank, parquet, sanding and finishing.

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Description: This book offers 8 small cabinet projects that provide inspiration, step-by-step instruction and skill-building opportunities for novice to intermediate woodworkers. The cabinets in this book can be built for a specific purpose (such as storing jewellery, china, wine) or for more general uses. Designed by award-winning woodworker, teacher and bestselling author Doug Stowe, the cabinets in this book are thoughtfully designed, built of carefully selected materials and have a utilitarian purpose. The skills learned through building these pieces can subsequently be applied to a wide variety of cabinetmaking projects. Throughout the book, Stowe offers suggestions for design options, allowing readers to customise the projects as well as learning how to create their own designs.

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Description: A woodworking shop is always a "work-in-progress", often rearranged dozens of times to make improvements or to accommodate specific tasks. Woodworkers are always looking for ways to make the shop better, more efficient, and friendlier to use. Not being part of the living space of the house, a shop is often in an area with physical challenges, such as low head room in a basement shop or the need to work around a difficult floor plan. Specialised woodworking tasks require different shop configurations and different tooling and a different strategy for layout or accessories. This book uses the popular idea book format to address these many challenges, showing a wide variety of clever ideas and solutions for basics such as tool storage, lumber storage, accessorising workbenches for special tasks, dedicated workstations.

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