· A comprehensive how-to guide to building your own tiny home from one of today’s leading designers and tiny house visionary – Chris Schapdick · Detailed opening chapters cover everything you’ll need to know before the build, including essential skills, tools, safety, and resources · Sections on building a tiny home are carefully laid out in progression from start to finish, from laying the foundation, framing, and roofing to plumbing, adding personality, towing, and more · Also included is an inspirational gallery of real completed tiny homes, as well as access to a how-to video of Chris building a tiny home project from beginning to end · Author of The Joy of Tiny Home Living , Chris Schapdick is the founder of Tiny Industrial, a tiny house building company, and he was awarded the “Best Tiny House Award” by the New Jersey Tiny House Festival in 2017
· A complete guide to growing heirloom tomatoes, whether you have a backyard or a small garden set up · Learn about tomato varieties, germination, planting, staking and caging, food, water, maintenance, pest control and diseases, and harvesting · Understand the benefits of growing your own tomatoes that go beyond the obvious fact that they taste better · Also included are fascinating tomato lore and expert tips and techniques · Written in the witty, funny, and conversational tone Mike McGrath is known for in his popular PBS show, You Bet Your Garden
A woodcarving book devoted solely to magical little gnomes and other charming creatures! The perfect source of inspiration for beginning and experienced whittlers and carvers alike, Learn to Carve Gnomes, Trolls, and Mythical Creatures boasts a menagerie of 15 woodcarving projects that range in difficulty from easy to more challenging. With complete plans and step-by-step instructions and photography, carve charismatic characters and objects, from a mushroom house, unicorn, and gnome to a wizard, dragon, hedgehog, and much more. Sara Barraclough is a master carver and a regular contributor to Woodcarving Illustrated Magazine, as well as the author of the incredibly charming Weekend Whittling Projects.
Cows, sheep, and goats, oh my! Know Your Hobby Animals is an essential guide to discovering loads of interesting facts about 172 popular breeds of chickens, pigs, goats, cows, and sheep. A complete compilation of the most popular farm animals within the Know Your… series, you’ll learn all about each breed’s unique characteristics, history, breeding, personality, and more. Fun and fascinating, this engaging and collective guide will turn both the young and old into farm animal enthusiasts!
Transform simple copper wire into stunning works of wearable art! From best-selling author and popular artist Lora Irish, learn expert techniques to create over 150 stylish DIY earring designs. With step-by-step instructions, high-quality photography, and helpful tips and tricks, you’ll be able to make dozens of beautiful copper wire earrings with unique formations and beaded details! Author and internationally known artist Lora Irish has written several books on many types of art forms, including woodcarving, pyrography, craft pattern books, and more.
All batting is not alike, and it can make or break your final quilt. Never get the wrong one again and bring this resourceful, pocket-sized guide to batting with you to the store! Small but mighty, Know Your Battings will help you choose appropriate batting, use it correctly, and avoid common mistakes so you end up with a perfect quilt every time! Containing over 50 pages of terminology definitions and charts listing retailer batting names, finishes, roll widths, stitch spaces, recommended quilting comments, and so much more, you won’t want to start another project without this guide! Author Krista Moser is a professional machine quilter, pattern designer, quilt maker, and instructor, and offers classes, tutorials, and patterns on The Quilted Life via her website www.kristamoser.com.
Great Book of Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture, Revised & Expanded Second Edition is a complete sourcebook of working shop drawings for 61 classic pieces of American furniture. Whether known as Craftsman, Arts & Crafts, or Mission, these sturdy, straightforward and immensely popular designs have graced American homes for more than 100 years. The author, a master cabinetmaker, measured original Craftsman antiques to create these detailed plans. This revised new paperback edition is compiled from three of his previous books: Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture; Shop Drawings for Craftsman Inlays & Hardware; and More Shop Drawings for Craftsman Furniture. Every type of furniture is represented here: from trestle tables, love seats, and nightstands to corner cabinets, rockers, tabourets and more. With perspective views, elevations, sections, details, and cutting lists, this book gives woodworkers the heart of the Craftsman aesthetic, along with all the information needed for workshop success. A bonus section on inlays and hardware offers original designs that add color, lyricism, and a graceful flourish to ever-popular Craftsman furniture.
A detailed guide to learn the sustainable, low-cost way to produce rich, fertile soil in your backyard · Includes everything you need to know about composting and what it is, how to make it, how to store it, and how to use it · Perfect for both small-space gardeners in the city or large scale gardeners in rural areas · Discover how to recycle your household waste in an environmentally efficient manner to grow beautiful fruits, vegetables, and flowers · Contains insightful information on community composting, worm composting, various techniques, answers to frequently asked questions, and more
Create adorable scrap blocks like you’ve never seen! This one-of-a-kind book features more than 60 fresh and modern patchwork character patterns organized by season, holiday, or specific category – including baby animals and even cat yoga poses! Easy-to-follow projects are achieved with a combination of both machine and hand stitching and are decorated with paint, applique, and embroidery, so there is something exciting to try. With gridded templates and helpful reference photos and diagrams, Sewing Scrap Blocks with Character provides endless inspiration so you can make the most of your scrap fabric collection. Author and artist Olesya Lebedenko’s modern style brings a breath of fresh air to the quilting world with her charismatic animal designs that are completely original and unlike anything you’ve ever seen before, making this project guide a must-have for passionate quilters and hobbyists!
Flowers breathe fresh air into our home décor, but constantly replacing and maintaining fresh flowers can be expensive and tricky. With today’s faux florals becoming more realistic than ever, you can make lovely, long-lasting home décor with silk flowers! Learn how to create beautiful flower arrangements, wreaths, garlands, wall hangings, tabletop centerpieces, and other innovative projects using faux flowers that fresh flowers can’t accomplish. Arranged by spring, summer, autumn, and winter DIY creations, this book also includes step-by-step instructions, helpful design, color scheme, texture, technique, and composition tips, and beautifully staged in-home photography to help you see all the possibilities and let your creativity bloom year-round! Written by an interior designer based out of York, Pennsylvania, author Stevie Storck has been featured in the <i>Huffington Post</i>, <i>Susquehanna Style</i>, <i>Lancaster Online</i>, and <i>Houzz</i>. In this book, she provides her expertise and passion for making good design simple so you can take advantage of silk flowers’ longevity and create stunning home décor!