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Home Construction


2008 Holiday Catalog

Home Construction

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New Arrivals

  1. The Green Building Bottom Line (Greensource Books; Green Source): The Real Cost of Sustainable Building
    $65.50 Hardcover add to wishlist
  2. Drafting and Design for Woodworkers: From Pencil and Pad to Screen and CAD
    $29.99 Hardcover add to wishlist
  3. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Country Living (Complete Idiot's Guides)
    $18.95 Trade Paper add to wishlist
  4. Living Off the Grid: A Simple Guide to Creating and Maintaining a Self-Reliant Supply of Energy, Water, Shelter and More
    $12.95 Trade Paper add to wishlist
  5. Dreaming Green: Eco-Fabulous Homes Designed to Inspire
    $50.00 Hardcover add to wishlist
  6. Downsizing Your Home with Style: Living Well in a Smaller Space
    $17.95 Trade Paper add to wishlist
  7. Green Design: A Healthy Home Handbook
    $24.95 Trade Paper add to wishlist
  8. Green Cleaning for Dummies (For Dummies)
    $16.99 Trade Paper add to wishlist
  9. Listening to Stone
    $17.95 Hardcover add to wishlist
  10. Domino: The Book of Decorating: A Room-By-Room Guide to Creating a Home That Makes You Happy
    $32.00 Hardcover add to wishlist
  11. Does This Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat?: An Easy Plan for Losing Weight and Living More
    $9.50 Trade Paper add to wishlist
  12. Black & Decker Complete Guide to Roofing Siding & Trim: Updated 2nd Edition, Protect & Beautify the Exterior of Your Home (Black & Decker Complete Guide To...)
    $24.99 Trade Paper add to wishlist


Sustainable Living

The Urban Homestead: Your Guide to Self-Sufficient Living in the Heart of the City
by Kelly Coyne
Publisher Comments
The Urban Homesteadis the essential handbook for a fast-growing new movement: urbanites are becoming gardeners and farmers. Rejecting both end-times hand wringing and dewy-eyed faith that technology will save us from ourselves, urban homesteaders choose... (read more)
Your Price $16.95
New - Trade Paper

Sale Books

Sunset Decorative Concrete Sunset Decorative Concrete
by Jeanne Huber
Publisher Comments
Decorative concrete is not only budget friendly, it's stunningly attractive in a very contemporary way. Sunset provides the "know-how" for 16 projects. Includes 285 photos and 20 illustrations.... (read more)
Your Price $16.95
(New - Trade Paper)

Used Books

Not So Big Solutions for Your Home Not So Big Solutions for Your Home
by Sarah Susanka
Publisher Comments
Sarah Susanka's Not So Big Solutions for Your Home explores practical design ideas that can transform any house into a great house that looks, works and feels right for the owner. Sarah Susanka, whose previous best-selling books showed homeowners how to... (read more)
Your Price $22.95
(Used - Trade Paper)

Remodeling Specification

Better Houses, Better Living: What To Look for When Buying, Building Or Remodeling Better Houses, Better Living: What To Look for When Buying, Building Or Remodeling
by Myron E. Ferguson

Publisher Comments
Better Houses, Better Living helps home owners and home buyers by explaining the basics of home design and building from a user’s perspective. It clearly and succinctly details what makes a house "user-friendly" and a better place to live by focusing on practicality instead of just feeling and looks.

The book includes nearly 500 photographs that clearly show each element that is explained. ...(read more)

Your price $24.95
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Remodeling

Home by Design: Inspiration for Transforming House into Home
by Sarah Susanka
Powells.com Staff Pick
Whether you're designing a house from the ground up, renovating an existing home, or simply trying to get the most out of your living space, consider Home by Design an indispensable guide. The underlying principles of residential architecture —... (read more)
Your Price $6.95
Used - Trade Paper

Kitchens

Concrete Countertops: Designs, Forms, and Finishes for the New Kitchen and Bath
by Fu Tung Cheng
Publisher Comments
This book re-invents the countertop with a single material: concrete. Although this method of building kitchen and bathroom countertops is currently very popular, not one book on the subject exists ? until now. Enter Fu-Tung Cheng, master of design... (read more)
Your Price $29.95
New - Trade Paper

Tools

Chainsaws: A History
by David Lee
Publisher Comments
A first-ever book on the worldwide history of the chainsaw, an invention that transformed the forest industry and eventually became the indispensable companion of every red-blooded country dweller.... (read more)
Your Price $16.98
Sale - Hardcover

Remodeling Specification

Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes
by George Nash
Publisher Comments
Includes bibliographical references (p. [403]-405) and index.... (read more)
Your Price $11.98
Sale - Trade Paper

House Planning

500 Bungalows
by Doug Keister
Publisher Comments
Popularity meets affordability as America's favorite house style (according to a 2005 survey on About/Architecture.com) comes at a price point that every bungalow fan can afford. There is perennial interest in all things bungalow related. Every year... (read more)
Your Price $5.98
Sale - Trade Paper

Alternative Construction

The Northwest Green Home Primer: Hundreds of Ideas for Building, Remodeling and Buying Green
by Kathleen O'Brien and Kathleen Smith
Publisher Comments
Any building should provide shelter from the elements. Witht a green home, we ask for more. Everyone can make green home decisions on a budget with this inspiring, information-packed guide. Whether you are building, remodeling, buying, or just curious... (read more)
Your Price $24.95
New - Trade Paper

Alternative Housing

Builders of the Pacific Coast
by Lloyd Kahn
Publisher Comments
A continuation of Lloyd Kahn’s journeys into the creative processes of owner-built homes — their innovative techniques, use of sustainable materials, and essential dedication to the natural elements surrounding their designs —... (read more)
Your Price $26.95
New - Trade Paper

Plumbing

IPT's Pipe Trades Handbook
by Robert A. Lee
Publisher Comments
IPT's PIPE TRADES HANDBOOK sets the standard for piping handbooks. It contains all the necessary information previously combined in other reference books, plus much more. It includes information on: pipe and tube data; valves; fittings, flanges and... (read more)
Your Price $22.50
New - Trade Paper

Bestsellers

Monday December 1, 2008
The Urban Homestead
  1. The Urban Homestead
    by Kelly Coyne
  2. Home by Design
    by Sarah Susanka
  3. Concrete Countertops
    by Fu-tung Cheng
  4. Chainsaws
    by David Lee
  5. Ugly's Electrical References, 2008 Edition
    by George V. Hart and Sammie Hart
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