Do it yourself

Tuscany-based woodworker, Andrea Brugi teaches 20 approachable carpentry projects that don't require complicated tools, and can be done in the home.

Joinery doesnt have to be a daunting task. In the Complete Illustrated Guide to Joinery, Gary Rogowski describes how to make every practical woodworking joint using full-color, step-by-step photo essays. The book is organized for quick access, using visual maps and detailed visual content. Since terms in this field vary, visual references allow rapid identification of desired results. And like a classic cookbook, this guide presents all the standard methods and variations, including multiple options for varying skill levels and thousands of step-by-step color photos, while also covering seldom used but sometimes necessary techniques.

The charming, inspiring and remarkable full story of Dick and Angel Strawbridge's first year at the Chateau-de-la-Motte Husson.

How to Build a Natural Swimming Pool is a comprehensive guide penned by the expert, Wolfram Kircher. Published in 2016, this book has been a go-to resource for many enthusiasts and professionals alike. The book falls under the genre of instructional and educational literature, providing practical insights into creating a natural swimming pool. Kircher's work is a testament to his vast knowledge and experience in the field. Published by the reputable FILBERT PRESS, the book has been lauded for its easy-to-understand instructions and detailed illustrations. If you're looking to delve into the world of natural swimming pools, this book is a must-have.

Covering everything from safety in the boat to shop repairs, this book thoroughly explains the whys and shortcuts learned from the author's experience in the shop and on the water. It includes full-sized plans for 8 well-proven canoe designs, most of which are the author's own adaptations.

The Complete Book of Woodworking is a comprehensive guide to help you become a master woodworker and have a house full of hand-made furnishings to show for the effort!

Design and construct furniture that works with the help of the most complete visual guide ever published. Featuring each piece in highly-detailed, exploded drawings and applying time-honored dimensions and ergonomic standards, this comprehensive visual sourcebook takes the guesswork out of furniture joinery, assembly, dimension, and style. Woodworkers of any skill level will benefit from more than 1,300 crisp and detailed drawings that explain classic solutions to age-old problems, such as hanging a drawer, attaching a tabletop, and pegging a mortise. Covering hundreds of pieces of furniture, including kitchen cabinets, dining tables, desks, bookcases, and chests, readers will unlock the mysteries of legs, moldings, separate braces, and dozens of other subassemblies.

BETON - En kunsthåndværkers guide er en bog for dig, der gerne vil se, hvordan jeg fremstiller mine betongenstande. Gennem bogens fire hoveddele: Beton, Form, Støbning og Finish gennemgår jeg mine arbejdsmetoder. Jeg deler ud af egne erfaringer og gode råd, jeg har opsamlet gennem flere års arbejde med beton. Der er eksempelvis vejledning i blanding af egen beton, fremstilling af forme i silikone osv. Altså praktiske råd der kan spare en nybegynder for megen besvær.

Title: How to Repair Briggs and Stratton Engines, 4th Ed., Author: Paul Dempsey, Publication Year: 2007-07-16, Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe, Language: eng

Brought to you by Penguin. This is a book for anyone who feels overwhelmed by life and is looking for an accessible and gentle way to care for their home - and themselves. Have you ever looked at a pile of dishes in the sink and wanted to crawl back into bed? Or found yourself staring at the overflowing recycling bin thinking, Why is my life such a mess?But what if we stopped seeing a clean house as a reflection of our worth and instead as a kindness to our future self?How to Keep House While Drowning will introduce you to six life-changing principles to revolutionise the way you approach domestic work, all without a single to-do list. Most importantly, it will help you get free of shame and guide you in coping with stress... and that ever-mounting laundry pile. This book will help you:* Find ways to make your home serve you* Break down domestic work into manageable tasks* Stop negative self-talk around housework* Give yourself permission to rest, even when things aren't finishedWhat readers are saying:'Absolutely loved this book ... It felt like [KC] had seen into my soul and written it directly for me''Profound and life-changing''It has had the biggest impact on me out of every book I've ever read''So simple it's brilliant''This book is a revelation''I highly recommend this book to anyone' (c) KC Davis 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Marie Kondo will help you declutter your life with her new major Netflix series Tidying Up with Marie Kondo.Transform your home into a permanently clear and clutter-free space with the incredible KonMari Method. Japan's expert declutterer and professional cleaner Marie Kondo will help you tidy your rooms once and for all with her inspirational step-by-step method. The key to successful tidying is to tackle your home in the correct order, to keep only the things you really love and to do it all at once and quickly. After that for the rest of your life you only need to choose what to keep and what to discard. The KonMari Method will not just transform your space. Once you have your house in order you will find that your whole life will change. You can feel more confident, you can become more successful, and you can have the energy and motivation to create the life you want. You will also have the courage to move on from the negative aspects of your life: you can recognise and finish a bad relationship; you can stop feeling anxious; you can finally lose weight.Marie Kondo's method is based on a 'once-cleaned, never-messy-again' approach. If you think that such a thing is impossible then you should definitely read this compelling book.

Get organised in 2023 with Mrs Hinch's Little Book of Lists, the perfect book for every Hincher looking to start their year rightFROM THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER___________Welcome to your Little Book of Lists!A whole book filled with just lists! Notebook goals!My idea of absolute heaven!As you all know, nothing helps me feel more organised than putting pen to paper and getting everything that's buzzing around my head down on to the page.Inside you'll find loads of Hinch Lists and Fresh'n Up Fridays to help you plan your hinching, as well as Tadaa Lists which I love to look back on and feel proud of.Nothing feels better than ticking off those boxes and putting down my crystal pen at the end of a productive day.I really hope you'll find this Little Book of Lists, all together in one place, helpful!Happy hinching, Hinchers!Love, Mrs Hinch xx___________'The sensation' Sun'We're mad about Mrs Hinch' Vogue'My new cleaning goddess' Daily Telegraph

Kew Growing House Plants is an illustrated guide to the most trendy and popular indoor plants with advice on choosing, growing, styling, projects and propagation.

Many books have been written about how to build cigar box guitars and other unique hand-made instruments... but few have touched on why. This book presents the authentic stories of American DIY music with step-by-step projects, photo studies of antique instruments, interviews with music legends, and historical accounts. Shane Speal, the "e;King of the Cigar Box Guitar,"e; brings the making of music and musical instruments back to its roots. From a simple two-string tin can guitar to an electrified washtub bass, Shane shows how anyone can build amazing musical instruments from found items. Sidebars present the fascinating backstory of the music, capturing struggle, poverty and the blues within the artistic side of cigar box guitar building. Featuring an introduction from the New Orleans Museum of Jazz, this DIY musical instrument book is as inspirational to read in the living room as it is in the workshop.

Erik Eje Almqvist unpacks the practical aspects of the Autoprogettazione? theory, offering simple designs for handbuilt, beautiful furniture. Using just a hammer, nails and boards plus easy-to-follow instructions with diagrams, Hammer & Nail explores only a few techniques but arms the reader with skills and inspiration for life.

Home should be a place to retreat from the everyday. Creating a home that instills a sense of calm will cocoon and protect us from the outside world, create a sense of wellbeing and make us feel truly nurtured.

How to apply the famous KonMari Method to your work life - for better work/life balance, creativity, productivity and focus.

'Meet the new king of decluttering' - The Times'Take your spring cleaning to the next level with Goodbye, Things by Fumio Sasaki' - Parade'There's happiness in having less. If you are anything like how I used to be - miserable, constantly comparing yourself with others, or just believing your life sucks - I think you should try saying goodbye to some of your things'Fumio Sasaki is a writer in his thirties who lives in a tiny studio in Tokyo with three shirts, four pairs of trousers, four pairs of socks and not much else. A few years ago, he realised that owning so much stuff was weighing him down - so he started to get rid of it.In this hit Japanese bestseller, Sasaki explores the philosophy behind minimalism and offers a set of straightforward rules - discard it if you haven't used it in a year; be a borrower; find your uniform; keep photos of the things you love - that can help all of us lead simpler, happier, more fulfilled lives.

Home organizers to the stars give you advice on how to declutter and rearrange every area of your home - with calming, beautiful results.

A hands-on, step-by-step guide to properly maintaining your home Your home requires regular maintenance to operate safely and efficiently.

Create your own cookbook! Keep all your favorite family recipes in one handy place with our blank cookbook organizer. Organized into 6 chapters from breakfasts to desserts...there are even 3 blank chapters to name your own, plus dozens of tips.

Nicknamed the "Bible" of wood finishing, Understanding Wood Finishing is a best-selling, easy-to-understand resource that teaches readers everything they need to know, from preparing and staining wood to different types of wood finishes, coloring techniques, filling pores, removing finishes, and more.

NATURLIG CLEANING er din guide til en bæredygtig og zero waste-rengøring med naturlige produkter, du selv kan lave. Til dig, der vil nyde et rent og lækkert hjem uden at gå på kompromis med bæredygtighed og økologi. Konventionelle rengøringsmidler er fulde af kemi og parfume, som bruges overalt i hjemmet. Denne bog hjælper dig med at indføre en mere naturlig rengøring af dit hjem, hvor du også minimerer dit forbrug og får en mere bæredygtig livsstil. Viser dig simple alternativer til dine rengøringsmidler, som både er sundere og mere skånsomme for dig og dit hjem OG bedre for miljøet. Det bedste af det hele: de fleste ingredienser har du allerede i dit køkkenskab! Giver dig alternativer til, hvad du kan gøre, hvis du ikke er HELT klar på et DIY-eventyr, men stadig gerne vil opgradere din rengøringsrutine til en mere naturlig udgave. NATURLIG CLEANING byder på simple rengøringsmidler som et enkelt og effektivt vaskepulver, genanvendelige vådservietter eller vinduesrens, som ikke giver dig dårlig klimasamvittighed. OM FORFATTEREN: Cecilie Blaksted har tidligere revolutioneret sin daglige skønhedsrutine, hvor hun med bogen NATURLIG BEAUTY delte opskrifter på hjemmelavede og naturlige cremer, deo, shampoo og meget, meget mere. Nu har hun kastet sig over hjemmet, og alt dette deler hun på sin blog simplyfit.dk, hvor hun skriver om sundhed og beauty uden løftede pegefingre. Til daglig er Cecilie Blaksted manager for en række af Danmarks største Youtubere for Splay.

Refreshing in tone and approach, this is an accessible, relatable guide to finding joy while having less.

Earth ovens combine the utility of a wood-fired, retained-heat oven with the ease and timeless beauty of earthen construction. Building one will appeal to bakers, builders, and beginners of all kinds, from: - the serious or aspiring baker who wants the best low-cost
bread oven, to - gardeners who want a centerpiece for a beautiful
outdoor kitchen, to - outdoor chefs, to - creative people interested in low-cost materials and
simple technology, to - teachers who want a multi-faceted, experiential project for students of all ages (the book has been successful with
 everyone from third-graders to adults). Build Your Own Earth Oven is fully illustrated with step-by-step directions, including how to tend the fire, and how to make perfect sourdough hearth loaves in the artisan tradition. The average do-it-yourselfer with a few tools and a scrap pile can build an oven for free, or close to it. Otherwise, $30 should cover all your materials--less than the price of a fancy "baking stone." Good building soil is often right in your back yard, under your feet. Build the simplest oven in a day! With a bit more time and imagination, you can make a permanent foundation and a fire-breathing dragon-oven or any other shape you can dream up. Earth ovens are familiar to many that have seen a southwestern "horno" or a European "bee-hive" oven. The idea, pioneered by Egyptian bakers in the second millennium BCE, is simplicity itself: fill the oven with wood, light a fire, and let it burn down to ashes. The dense, 3- to 12-inch-thick earthen walls hold and store the heat of the fire, the baker sweeps the floor clean, and the hot oven walls radiate steady, intense heat for hours. Home bakers who can't afford a fancy, steam-injected bread oven will be delighted to find that a simple earth oven can produce loaves to equal the fanciest "artisan" bakery. It also makes delicious roast meats, cakes, pies, pizzas, and other creations. Pizza cooks to perfection in three minutes or less. Vegetables, herbs, and potatoes drizzled with olive oil roast up in minutes for a simple, elegant, and delicious meal. Efficient cooks will find the residual heat useful for slow-baked dishes, and even for drying surplus produce, or incubating homemade yogurt.

W. Ben Hunt's classic has earned a reputation as the" authentic handbook since it was first published in 1939. Updated in 1974, it remains the only step-by-step guide to building log cabins and log furniture -- pioneer style.".

Embrace off-grid green living and imagine a more sustainable future with the original guide to self-sufficiency. For over 40 years, John Seymour has inspired thousands to make more eco-friendly choices with his advice on living sustainably. The New Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency offers step-by-step instructions on everything from chopping trees to harnessing solar power; from growing fruit and vegetables, and preserving and pickling your harvest, to baking bread, brewing beer, and making cheese. Seymour shows you how to live off the land, running your own smallholding or homestead, and raising (and butchering) livestock.In a world of mass production, intensive farming, and food miles, Seymour's words offer an alternative: a celebration of investing time, labour, and love into the things we need. While we won't all be able to move to the countryside, we can appreciate the need to eat food that has been grown ethically or create things we can cherish, using skills that have been handed down through generations. This bestselling classic is a balm for anyone who has ever sought solace away from the madness of modern life.