Do it yourself

The debut home improvement guide from the man (with a hammer) who took on Britain's biggest DIY project

"How to Build Furniture for Beginners" is an invaluable resource designed to empower novice woodworking enthusiasts with the knowledge and confidence to embark on their furniture crafting journey. This comprehensive guide walks readers through the essential techniques, tools, and step-by-step instructions needed to create beautiful and functional pieces of furniture.From selecting the right materials to mastering fundamental woodworking skills, this book is a hands-on companion for those eager to learn the art of furniture building. With clear explanations and detailed illustrations, beginners will gain a solid foundation in woodworking, allowing them to tackle various projects with ease.The book covers a range of furniture types, from simple and practical designs to more intricate pieces, ensuring that beginners can choose projects that match their skill level and aspirations. Whether it's a coffee table, bookshelf, or even a basic chair, readers will find inspiration and guidance to bring their furniture creations to life.Accessible and encouraging, "How to Build Furniture for Beginners" transforms the intimidating world of woodworking into an approachable and enjoyable endeavor. It's an essential guide for anyone ready to take the first steps in crafting their own handmade furniture and experiencing the satisfaction of turning raw materials into functional and beautiful pieces for their home.

The Conscious Kitchen is a beginner’s guide to transforming how you cook, eat, and stock your kitchen to reduce waste, lower your impact, and live more sustainably.

Award-winning interiors blogger Abi Dare of These Four Walls reveals a softer, more relaxed approach to minimalism that will enhance your wellbeing and simplify your home.

Featuring the very garments from the latest show, alongside much-loved favourites from over the years, from showstoppers to wardrobe staples, this book is packed with expert advice from contestants from over the years and helpful tips for dressmaking. From simple tees to stand-out clothing, aspiring crafters will have everything they need to create the perfect outfit for any occasion.

Free your imagination and discover vibrant interiors inspired by market and vintage finds from around the world.

"Step into the world of beautiful everlasting flowers with this book of thirty-two floral designs that can be made all year round. The beauty of flowers is often fleetingly lovely, but a dried bouquet is a gift that can last for years. In Living with Dried Flowers, farmer-florist Hannah Muller of The Wreath Room at Full Belly Farms shares her everlasting floral arrangements that are full of color and texture. Bursting with images of her stunning creations, from small vases and centerpieces to wreaths and wall hangings, this is the book for anyone looking to learn the art of dried flower arranging. Hannah walks readers through the process of growing and drying flowers as she does at Full Belly Farm, with plenty of tips and suggestions, whether you're an avid gardener or just picking up blooms at the supermarket. Dried arrangements are a natural and sustainable way to add beauty to your home, and Living with Dried Flowers offers more than thirty floral designs for every occasion. Hannah shares her suggestions of what flowers to use and provides the foundation for creating your own arrangements that are just as show-stopping as the ones she creates in The Wreath Room. With step-by-step instructions for creating every arrangement, gorgeous photography to inspire your creations, and helpful information along the way, Living with Dried Flowers is a must-have for every flower lover"--

Interior decorating just got a green thumb!Harness the beauty of plants, leaves and foliagegreen decorin this unique collection of 40 nature projects that are fun, easy and inexpensive to make. Six of Japan's leading floral and plant designers offer a range of ideas to turn found and foraged materials into stunning arrangements and displays.With these visionary stylists as your guides, a few materials you already have at home and easy-to-obtain tools, you'll be able to:Create charming glass-encased air plants and spoon-based succulentsWeave, bend and stack palm fronds into eye-catching arrangementsStyle your own one-of-a-kind leaf fashion accessories, from corsages to braceletsCreate living jewelry and one-of-a-kind plant handbagsMake a signature leaf tapestry and leaf wrapping paperAnd much, much more!This book features over 250 gorgeous photographs and straightforward, step-by-step instructions that show you how to turn your surroundings into a verdant showcase for nature's beauty.

A modern and practical guide to floristry, this is a project-based book featuring 10 seasonal, sustainable flower arranging projects. Including beautiful photography that demystifies the floristry process in Milli Proust's unique style, learn how to play with colour and texture and style flowers with confidence. The projects will take you through the seasons as they inspire you to bring more nature into your life.

"With over 30,000 heirloom rose bushes, Grace Rose Farm is the rose destination, whether you're a florist looking for that just-so hue of rose for a high-end wedding, a customer who wants to find a one-of-a-kind bouquet to ship to their mom, one of Poulson's 25,000 newsletter subscribers looking for tips on growing their own roses, or among the nearly 200,000 followers who swoon over her images on Instagram. The farm, based in Santa Ynez, California, works with breeders from around the world to bring new rosebushes to American gardeners, and harvests their own spectacular roses for weddings, events, and local flower lovers. They've also grown a nationwide online business that delivers roses to customers around the country. In this book, Poulson shares her incredible breadth of wisdom in a comprehensive guide to growing roses specifically to use as cut flowers. It includes detailed information on 100 of the best varieties in every possible hue--ones that can thrive in the home garden and bring gardeners magnificent blooms year after year. She also offers instructions for planting, year-round care, and harvesting, whether you're growing roses in the ground, in raised beds, or in containers, and in every climate zone; plus styling and arranging tips, including bouquets in simple pitchers and urns as well as more elaborate tablescapes and floral arches"--

'Making the most of your freezer is the best way to save money and waste less food.' CHRIS BAVIN------------Want to save thousands of pounds on your food bill? Eat a healthy varied diet? Cut down on food waste?The secret to all of this is in your freezer. This simple, five-step organisation guide will change the way you shop, cook and live - saving you money, time and wasted food. Kate Hall has already helped countless people transform their freezers from unloved graveyards of good intentions to organised treasure troves of ingredients ready to make a meal you actually want to eat, without having to pop to the shops or scrimp on quality. With handy illustrations and money-saving tips, The Full Freezer Method will empower you to make lasting change, save you money and actually enjoy the process. 'A must-have for anyone wanting to cut down on food waste, save money and have a stash of organised foods in their freezer.' Ciara Attwell

Who doesn't long for a little more romance in their home? The kind that makes your heart feel at ease when you walk inside and close the door on our fast-paced world.

A fascinating glimpse into the evocative, eclectic and carefully curated homes of artists, designers and other creatives.

From Erin Napier, the designer, host of HGTV's hugely popular Home Town, and author of MAKE SOMETHING GOOD TODAY comes a heart warming, beautifully illustrated, one-of-a-kind book about celebrating and appreciating the homes we love and live in.

Color Confidence will demystify the technical world of color, as it helps empower you to live a happier and more colorful life.  Including a blend of everything from identifying your perfect palette, to creating a harmonious colour scheme and accessorising to achieve that perfect color ratio, this book will show you how to use color to transform your life. Get inspired with expert tips and tricks to create a home that truly reflects your personality. Discover how color can impact your space and mood. Jess will show you how to embrace darker tones, find the perfect white, and demonstrate how to successfully bring a cohesive look together; whether that is pastels, neutrals, earth tones or even brights – find your color confidence whatever your style.

In her second book, Lucy Hunter invites us to join her on a personal journey to the places and spaces that she loves best, and which inspire her work as a floral artist and garden designer.

Dandelion salad, delicious wild mushrooms, fruits and berries--you'll be surprised at what is growing in nearby fields, woods, and shores. Healthy, fresh, and free ingredients can be found in your own backyard, bringing you back to nature and traditional roots. A Guide to Wild Food Foraging is a compact and comprehensive directory of more than 100 profiles of wild plants, herbs, fruits, nuts, mushrooms, seaweeds, and shellfish. Each profile provides you with tips on identification, seasonality, location, and what and when to harvest. It also includes how to safely harvest your foraged treasures while being mindful of maintaining the habitat, how to prepare your bounty, and how to incorporate them into delicious recipes. With this book, you can add flavor to any meal for free. A Guide to Wild Food Foraging includes: Over 100 detailed plant profiles for wild plants, herbs, fruits, nuts, mushrooms, seaweeds, and shellfish. Full color, high-quality photographs, and illustrations to help you properly identify each nutritious and natural piece of food. Useful information for foraging beginners, such as the foraging code, tips for plant conservation, and questions of legality.Tips on freezing herbs and which plants have medicinal value.Recipes, preparation suggestions, and more

Retreats, hideaways, escape spaces - call them what you will, such havens offer us a personal, private and peaceful place to nest, nurture and take time out.

Outdoor interiors-Tips, tricks, and inspiration for creating wonderful spaces in your garden where you can work, play, entertain, and dine-Includes over 200 prestigious projects worldwideOutdoor Interiors showcases the most beautiful garden designs in the world. Author Juliet Roberts highlights five styles - ?traditional',?contemporary', ?playful', ?everyday' and ?minimal' - and gives plenty of tips for achieving the same style in your garden across differentcategories (dining, sitting, lounge, cooking and swimming). The result is a stylish coffee table book full of inspiration.British Juliet Roberts writes for various media about all kinds of gardens and greenery. She is the author of The Organic Kitchen Garden.

"Queer Eye's design expert presents an interior design guide that emphasizes self-care to help you find your own taste so you can optimize the function of every room and feel happier at home. The way your home makes you feel is one of the most important (and simplest fixes) that can affect your mental health. Your overall attitude both in and out of the home starts in the home, and hopefully with this book as a jumping off point. Gone are the days of designing homes just for showing them off to others. The functionality of a home has changed drastically with the onset of the pandemic and the massive increased time spent inside. Today, the home represents our ultimate safe space and needs to be able to host our most intimate conversations-so setting it up for comfort, style, and authenticity is essential to your self-care. In Right at Home, Bobby shows you how your home, no matter the size, can support your mental well-being and look good to boot. You'll learn how to: Articulate what makes you happy so you can design to reflect your truest style/Layer the lighting and enhance natural light so you feel (and look) your best/Know what to let go of and what to re-purpose so that every space is organized/Prioritize function and comfort for every room Understand the impact of decor and confidently pick patterns, palettes, and pops/Right at Home shows us that changing the design of your space can aid mental wellness, and how we can achieve a new sense of happiness within the home.--

"The Artistry of Flowers encourages everyone to live with florals and to appreciate their beauty as we appreciate art. Celebrated floral designer Gabriela Salazar teaches us how to look at flowers and understand their characteristics from an artist's perspective. By exploring different shapes, colors, and textures, she shows us how to understand flowers and their living, transitory nature. Drawing on her painting background, Salazar looks at floral arrangements as compositions. She highlights which type of blooms are best for different designs and shares building blocks for floral designs ranging from simple and sculptural to complex and colorful, including arrangements for any mood and different decor. Salazar inspires us to explore our creativity, empowering us to design our own arrangements"--

In Living Wild, bestselling plant stylist, author, designer and family man Hilton Carter explores multiple ways to style your home with plants - and cultivate happiness along the way.

Prepare yourself for any life-threatening event with this fully updated, step-by-step survivalist guide from best-selling author and expert Jim Cobb.The preparation you make for a hurricane, earthquake, disease outbreak, or other short-term disaster will not keep you alive in the event of widespread systemic collapse. Some preparation books teach you the basics on how to survive until society goes back to normal. But what happens after the first thirty days, sixty days, and beyond? That’s where The Prepper’s Long-Term Survival Guide comes in. Written by best-selling author and prepping expert Jim Cobb, this fully updated edition offers new techniques and advanced tactics, including:  How to properly store and preserve food  Recipes made with easy-to-preserve ingredients Techniques on how to collect water for drink and hygiene  Basic first aid and medical-treatment skills essential in survival situations  Easy-to-follow tips for an off-the-grid life  And more! This second edition book gives real-life techniques for survival events. Learn how to live a life off the grid and ready for anything life throws at you.

Try your hand at contemporary fretwork scroll saw projects! Offering a modern twist on a traditional artform, this complete guide features how-to tips, three complete step-by-step tutorials, and 27 scroll saw patterns of peace signs, butterflies, flowers, mandalas, and other fresh designs to challenge your scroll saw skills. This exciting project guide will show you everything you need to know to accomplish intricate trivets, coasters, and wall plaques. Also included is insightful information on wood selection and size, blank preparation, blade selection, a gallery of completed designs, and more! Author Charles Hand is an accomplished designer and award-winning scroll saw artist with a love for fretwork, intarsia, segmentation, and inlay. A regular contributor to Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts magazine, he also sells his work to a world-wide clientele on his website, Making Dust with Charles Hand.