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Real Life Organizing offers clutter-free storage solutions and advice that can help you create a Pinterest-worthy home on a small budget: Learn how to organize your home, simplify life, and have more time for the things you love.

With this updated edition of his earlier book, A Place of My Own, listeners can revisit the inspired, intelligent, and often hilarious story of Pollan’s realization of a room of his own—a small, wooden hut, his “shelter for daydreams” — built with his admittedly unhandy hands. Inspired by both Thoreau and Mr. Blandings, A Place of My Own not only works to convey the history and meaning of all human building, it also marks the connections between our bodies, our minds, and the natural world.

An exclusive look at America's first family of renovation! Taking you behind the scenes, Chip and Joanna Gaines share the story of how they met, the ups and downs of being an entrepreneurial couple, and how they built a life they love. The Magnolia Story is the first book from dynamic...

With the appearance of Grunch of Giants, R. Buckminster Fuller consummates his literary canon, his panoramic lifetime survey of all aspects of the responsibility of human beings for their own destiny. This book is a modern allegory - his long-gestated myth-of the villainy of capitalism and the fecklessness of classic economics. For Fuller, the academic discipline of economics is irrelevant since it derives from an invalid assumption of scarcity.

Drain Cleaning & Clog Removal: DIY Plumbing Fixes for Sinks, Tubs, and Toilets is the ultimate guide for homeowners and DIY enthusiasts who want to save money, reduce frustration, and fix their plumbing problems fast. This comprehensive handbook provides step-by-step instructions for clearing clogs in sinks, tubs, toilets, floor drains, and even main sewer lines. Learn how to diagnose slow drains, choose the right tools, and use safe, effective techniques to restore proper flow.

Struggling with a clogged sink? How to Unclog a Sink Drain: The Ultimate DIY Guide for Fast and Easy Solutions provides step-by-step instructions to clear your drain quickly and effectively. Learn expert-approved techniques using household items and simple tools to tackle hair, grease, and other stubborn blockages. Whether you're dealing with a slow drain or a complete clog, this practical guide will help you fix the problem fast—no plumber required! Save time and money with these easy, DIY plumbing solutions.

Self-sufficiency doesn’t happen overnight—your first step starts here. If you dream of living more independently, growing your own food, and staying prepared even when modern systems fail, this beginner-friendly guide will show you how to start small, stay confident, and build real skills—one project at a time. You don’t need special experience or a complete lifestyle overhaul. With clear guidance and simple projects, you’ll gain the know-how to create a more resilient and sustainable life.

Water Heater Troubleshooting & Repair: How to Fix Your Hot Water System Fast is the ultimate DIY guide for homeowners, landlords, and anyone who wants to save money and get their hot water flowing again quickly. Whether your water heater is leaking, not heating, making noise, or showing an error code, this step-by-step handbook explains exactly how to diagnose and fix the problem without calling a plumber.

Leaky faucets can waste hundreds of gallons of water, raise your utility bills, and cause frustrating drips or leaks in your home. Leaky Faucet Fixes: How to Repair Dripping and Broken Faucets at Home is the ultimate step-by-step guide to diagnosing, repairing, and maintaining all types of faucets. Whether you have a kitchen faucet, bathroom sink faucet, bathtub faucet, or shower faucet, this guide provides clear instructions for fixing common problems, from worn washers and O-rings to broken cartridges and ceramic discs.

Critical Path is Fuller's master work - the summing up of a lifetime's thought and concern - as urgent and relevant as it was upon its first publication in 1981. Critical Path details how humanity found itself in its current situation - at the limits of the planet's natural resources and facing political, economic, environmental, and ethical crises.

Are you tired of dripping faucets wasting water and raising your utility bills? Stop the Drip: A DIY Guide to Repairing Kitchen and Bathroom Faucets is your ultimate guide to fixing common faucet problems at home. This step-by-step manual walks you through identifying faucet types, diagnosing leaks, and performing repairs with easy-to-follow instructions. From compression and ball faucets to cartridge and ceramic disc models, this book covers every major faucet style and teaches you how to replace washers, O-rings, cartridges, and other key components.

How to Make Money in Plumbing: Real Tips to Get Rich and Grow Your Plumbing Empire is your ultimate guide to turning your plumbing skills into a powerful, profitable business. Whether you’re a licensed plumber looking to escape the grind of hourly work or an aspiring entrepreneur ready to build a plumbing company from the ground up, this book reveals the proven strategies that successful plumbing business owners use to create financial freedom.

Shower & Tub Repair Guide: How to Stop Leaks, Restore Your Bathroom, and Save Money is the ultimate do-it-yourself manual for homeowners who want to fix their own bathroom plumbing with confidence. This easy-to-follow guide walks you through every step of diagnosing and repairing common shower and tub problems — from stopping annoying drips and replacing cartridges to fixing grout, sealing leaks, and unclogging drains.

THE ENTERTAINING AND HEARTWARMING SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. Like many couples, Dick and Angel had long dreamed of living in France, but where others might settle for a modest bolthole in the French countryside, the Strawbridges fell in love with a 19th-century fairytale château, complete with 45...

You can use this book to design a house for yourself with your family; you can use it to work with your neighbors to improve your town and neighborhood; you can use it to design an office, a workshop, or a public building. And you can use it to guide you in the actual process of construction.

How do you place a bed in an awkward room? How can your space help you be more focused and more productive? How do you set up your room to make you ready for romantic love? It’s simple! In Feng Shui Modern, TikTok influencer Cliff Tan answers these questions and more, explaining the ancient practice of feng shui and how it can be translated to modern homes. Cliff has become an internet sensation with his videos demonstrating the principles of feng shui, and in this practical guide he shows how to apply these principles room-by-room in your own home.

From Ben and Erin Napier, the stars of the hit HGTV show Home Town, comes a memoir that tells us all to seek out the good in life, celebrate the beauty of family and friends, and prosper within our communities because everything we need in life to be happy, is within our grasp. Long before their...

Take a journey to Château-de-la-Motte Husson in the spellbinding memoir from Sunday Times bestselling authors, Dick and Angel Strawbridge. Dick and Angel recount the newest and biggest challenges they faced on the journey to transforming their once derelict and abandoned château in France's...

From one of Fine Homebuilding's best-loved authors, Larry Haun, comes a unique story that looks at American home building from the perspective of twelve houses he has known intimately. Part memoir, part cultural history, A Carpenter's Life as Told by Houses takes the reader house by house over an arc of 100 years.

Flipping a house is more than just buying, updating, and selling. To be successful, you have to be a bit fearless, highly organized, and, at times, creative. This new edition of Flipping Houses for Dummies gives you practical guidance on the risks and rewards of flipping properties; helps you determine whether you have the time, energy, cash, and other resources to be successful; and then conveys the expert knowledge you need to succeed in a very competitive market.