| Author: | Will Beemer |
| Category: |
DIY |
The first guide to timber framing written specifically for beginners! Expert Will Beemer takes you through the entire process from start to finish, beginning with timber sourcing and ending with a finished building. Using full-colour photos, detailed drawings, and clear step-by-step ... read more
| Author: | Frank Visser |
| Category: |
Architecture |
Photographer Mirjam Bleeker and stylist and designer Frank Visser have known each other for more than 18 years. During this time they have travelled around the world, often without a fixed plan, seeking adventure and beautiful houses. On their trav... read more
| Author: | Roxyann Spanfelner |
| Category: |
DIY |
If you're looking at this book, you probably already have off-grid aspirations. So how can you solidify those abstract ideas into concrete form? In How to Build the Perfect Off-Grid Home, Roxyann Spanfelner, who built a remote off-grid home four years ago, offers pra... read more
| Author: | Lesley Dobson |
| Category: |
Home & Style |
Eucalyptus has long been known for its excellent medicinal properties, but did you know it has untold uses around the home too? Whether made into a fragrant disinfectant, a handy insect repellent or used to soothe a headache, eucalyptus will do the job, and is ... read more
| Author: | , |
| Category: |
Home & Style |
| Series: | Complete Practical Handbook |
Vinegar may not be the first thing that springs to mind when you need to get rid of a stubborn wine stain or soothe a tickly cough, but this ancient cupboard staple is regaining its rightful place as a cheap, versatile solution to many household tasks. This inval... read more
| Author: | Django Kroner |
| Category: |
DIY |
Treehouses awaken the little kid inside all of us. The idea of having a fantasy house in the treetops appeals to pretty much everyone one. But building a treehouse the right way takes a lot of thought, planning, hard work and attention to de... read more
| Author: | Lew French |
| Category: |
Architecture |
| Reading Level: | General Adult |
Lew French is a master stonemason who finds and gathers hundreds of individual stones to create a single fireplace or an outdoor stone wall that looks like it had been there for hundreds of years. Rather than use a chisel, his stones have to fit toge... read more
| Author: | Barbara Linz |
| Category: |
Architecture |
| Series: | Ullmann Architecture Compacts |
Materials inspire and arouse emotions, they surround us everywhere, we possess them and feel them. Similarly to people, our formative first impression of them is provided by the visual perception they create. Containing around 250 full colour illustrations, the Archit... read more
