Books by Editors of Creative Homeowner
Lowe's Best-Selling House Plans (Home Plans)
by Editors of Creative Homeowner, Home Plans
Best-Selling House Plans offers readers 400 of our most-successful designs from leading architects and designers. Over 200 gorgeous full-color photographs allow readers to experience homes actually built from the designs, plus some stunning interior images. Construction blueprints are made available for every home and are easily customizable. Virtually every home style is offered, including farmhouses, country cottages, contemporaries, luxury estates, vacation retreats, and regional specialties. In addition to these designs, Best-Selling House Plans offers practical tips and advice on everything from selecting a site and hiring a contractor to adding such finishing touches as trimwork and landscaping. This book is perfect for consumers looking to choose from a wide variety of styles and designs from the top architects and designers in the country.
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Ultimate Guide: Decks, 5th Edition: 30 Projects to Plan, Design, and Build (Creative Homeowner) Over 700 Photos & Illustrations, with Step-by-Step Instructions on Adding the Perfect Deck to Your Home
by Editors of Creative Homeowner
This is the ultimate guide to adding the perfect deck! 30 deck projects include complete plans and materials lists Over 700 step-by-step photos and illustrations in full color highlight clear, concise, friendly text How to add the perfect deck—whether doing it yourself or working with a contractor Composite decking included in this updated 5th edition, with new photos and new information Master deck builders created and provided the included designs
Decks continue to be one of the most popular additions to homes today as more and more homeowners seek to enjoy outdoor living and expand living space. Ultimate Guide: Decks, 5th Edition leads you through the process of designing and building a deck, whether as a do-it-yourself project or when wanting to better understand how to work with a contractor.
Inside, you can choose from 30 designs created by master deck builders, with complete plans, materials lists, and hundreds of step-by-step color photographs that highlight the clear, concise, and friendly text.
The authors provide helpful advice on generating ideas, selecting materials, and using tools as they lead you through the complete process. Further inspiration comes from dozens of deck designs and ideas from the nation's top deck designers and builders.
Finally, the 30 deck projects, complete with plans and materials lists, ensure that even a novice can create a finished deck using this complete guide!
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Wiring: Complete Projects for the Home
by Editors of Creative Homeowner
A detailed guide to electrical wiring for the novice or savvy do-it-yourselfer alike provides updated information based on the latest National Electrical Code, along with more than nine hundred photographs and illustrations, tips on tools and materials, step-by-step instructions, and practical advice on more than seventy useful electrical projects.
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Most-Popular 2-Story Home Plans (Lowe's)
by Editors of Creative Homeowner
With both beautiful, full-color photography and illustrations, Most-Popular 2-Story Home Plans offers readers 400 plans of the best-selling and up-to-date home designs available. From rustic farmhouses to traditional European designs, this book offers a wide variety of home styles and sizes to fit the budget of most readers. Supplementing the designs are practical tips and advice on everything from selecting a site and hiring a contractor to adding such finishing touches as trimwork and landscaping.
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Ultimate Guide to Kids Play Structures and Tree Houses: 10 Easy-to-build, Fun Projects
by Editors of Creative Homeowner
Ultimate Guide to Kids' Play Structures and Tree Houses is a complete guide to building a wide range of outdoor play structures, including a central tower to which a swing set and monkey bar can be attached in various configurations or built as stand-alones. In addition, there are various sandboxes, a playhouse, a teeter-totter, a ground-hugging balance beam, a kids'-size picnic table, and a tree house that any kid would love to have. Beginning with chapters on planning, tools, materials, and construction and finishing, the book then presents the projects themselves in lucid presentations that have become Creative Homeowner hallmarks. All projects were designed to conform with U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission guidelines. For any parent considering play yard equipment, this book is an essential guide.
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Design Ideas for Decks
by Editors of Creative Homeowner
A successful deck makes the outdoors more enjoyable and functionally expands living space. Design Ideas for Decks provides the design inspiration homeowners need to create the deck of their dreams. Through portfolios of lavish photographs, readers experience the latest trends in deck layouts, decking patterns, built-in seating and storage, railings, and finishes. An easy-to-follow design guide assists readers in creating the deck that best suits the needs of their family and home. This book proves that decks need not be simple, square slabs, but can be distinctive, graceful structures that enhance the appeal - and value - of any home.
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Country & Farmhouse Home Plans (Lowes)
by Editors of Creative Homeowner
Providing a unique combination of full-color photography and illustrations, Country & Farmhouse Home Plans offers readers 350 plans of the best-selling and stylish home designs available. From farmhouses with wraparound porches to center-hall colonials to comfy cape cods, this book offers a wide variety of home styles and sizes to fill the need for tradition and meet the budget of most readers. In addition to the designs, the book offers practical tips and advice to create the home of one's dreams.
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Best-Selling House Plans, Completely Updated & Revised 4th Edition: Over 360 Dream-Home Plans in Full Color (Creative Homeowner) Top Architect Designs - Interior Photos, Home Design Trends, and More
by Editors of Creative Homeowner
Find your dream home! Over 360 successful designs from top architects and designers across North America Over 200 color photos, including a selection of interiors, so you can see homes actually built from the designs CAD files are available to order for every home and are easily customizable to meet your needs Various home styles, including farmhouses, country cottages, contemporaries, luxury estates, vacation retreats, and regional specialties Special sections on home automation, home design trends, curb appeal tips, and more
Choose from the most popular house plans in North America, with full color renderings and photos!
Best-Selling House Plans is the perfect planning tool for aspiring home builders, allowing you to choose among more than 360 of the most popular designs from the top architects and designers across North America! Over 200 gorgeous full-color photographs allow you to experience homes actually built from the designs, including stunning interior images. Fully customizable CAD files are available to order for every plan.
Virtually every home style is offered, from country estates to urban sites, including farmhouses, country cottages, contemporaries, luxury estates, vacation retreats, and regional specialties. Completely updated and revised, this 4th Edition also offers special sections on home automation, home design trends, curb appeal tips, and more.
Home plans, decorating ideas, CAD file ordering information—it's all here in this book! The hundreds of plans featured were chosen as most desirable based on actual sales data. This extensive collection of homes offers the best range available, in all styles and sizes!
Look through a selection of the best home plans available and select your new dream home, with Best-Selling House Plans, 4th Edition!
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Ultimate Guide to Home Repair and Improvement, 3rd Updated Edition: Proven Money-Saving Projects, 3,400 Photos & Illustrations (Creative Homeowner) 608-Page Resource with 325 Step-by-Step DIY Projects
by Editors of Creative Homeowner
The most complete home improvement manual available, with more than 2,300 photos, 800 drawings, and clear, practical text. Over 600 pages, the ultimate home improvement manual 325 step-by-step projects with how-to photos and materials lists Essential information on tools, materials, and basic skills Comprehensive sections on wiring, plumbing, roofing, siding, heating, cooling, flooring, cabinets, and more Includes a remodeling guide, a special photo-illustrated section on contracts, contractors, and managing your remodeling projects Tech-reviewed by more than 20 industry experts Updated with information on the latest code changes, USB outlets, AFCI/GFCI breakers, and more
Inside this information-packed 608-page book, you will find easy-to-follow instruction on everything you need to know about a wide range of subjects including plumbing and electrical repairs, heating and cooling, roofing and siding, cabinets and countertops, remodeling, walls and ceilings, trimwork, floors, stairs, masonry, insulation, ventilation, and much more.
Along with more than 325 home projects and repairs that will add value to your house and property, information is provided on tools, materials, and basic skills, plus how-to photo sequences. With this must-have resource, you'll find plenty of direct DIY wisdom on how to make the most of your home!
Ultimate Guide to Home Repair and Improvement also includes a remodeling guide, a resource guide, and a thorough index and glossary. This third updated edition includes information on recent code updates and changes, as well as information on USB outlets, AFCI/GFCI breakers, and tankless water heaters.
Top to bottom, inside and out, Ultimate Guide to Home Repair and Improvement is the single most comprehensive and most trusted resource book for DIY projects and repairs to save you money when remodeling, renovating, repairing, and maintaining your home!
"The definitive 'how to' reference and instructional guide for anyone seeking to remodel, renovate, repair, or maintain any aspect of their residence. Plenty of direct do it yourself wisdom. Highly useful and very much highly recommended"
—Midwest Book Review
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Most-Popular 1-Story Home Plans
by Editors of Creative Homeowner
Providing a unique combination of full-color photography and illustrations, Most-Popular 1-Story Home Plans offers readers 400 plans of the best-selling and stylish home designs available. From convenient ranch homes to traditional cottages, this book offers a wide variety of home styles and sizes to meet the budget of most readers. In addition to the designs, the book offers practical tips and advice to create the home of one's dreams.
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Smart Guide: Sheds: Step-by-Step Projects (Home Improvement)
by Editors of Creative Homeowner, How-To, Home Improvement
Explaining how to obtain a maximum increase in property value from a new shed, this book guides the reader on how to select a shed style, pick a building site, and construct the shed; includes tips for adding storage systems and accessories; and is accented with over two hundred photos. Original.
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New Most-Popular 1-Story Home Plans
by Editors of Creative Homeowner
Providing a unique combination of full-color photography and illustrations, Most-Popular 1-Story Home Plans offers readers 400 plans of the best-selling and stylish home designs available. From convenient ranch homes to traditional cottages, this book offers a wide variety of home styles and sizes to meet the budget of most readers. In addition to the designs, the book offers practical tips and advice to create the home of one's dreams.
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The New Ultimate Book of Home Plans
by Editors of Creative Homeowner, Home Plans
Ultimate Book Of Home Plans, 730 Of The Best-Selling Designs From Leading Architects & Designers, With 130 Additional Home Designs To This Revised Edition, Over 475 Gorgeous, Full-Color Photographs Of Homes Actually Built From The Designs, Includes Farmhouses, Country Cottages, Contemporaries, Luxury Estates, Vacation Retreats & Regional Specialties, Includes Practical Tips And Advice On Selecting A Site & Hiring A Contractor To Adding Such Finishing Touches As Trimwork & Landscaping, Full-Color Throughout, Over 1,600 Drawings Of Floor Plans, Side Views & Rear Views, 608 Pages.
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Cabinets, Shelves & Home Storage Solutions: 24 Storage Projects Plus Ideas for Organizing Your Home
by Editors of Creative Homeowner
Today's homeowners are looking to create additional storage space in the home with the most design flair possible. Home Storage addresses a problem that is common to all homeowners: lack of adequate storage. The book presents the reader with the latest in storage solutions from some of the country's leading designers. The book also covers the latest in storage ideas and products. For the do-it-yourselfer, there are 24 fully illustrated projects for the kitchen, bath, bedroom, living room, and utility room to improve the storage possibilities of any home. An extensive techniques section provides the novice handyperson with the skills they will need to complete the projects.
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Smart Guide: Decorative Paint Techniques: Step-by-Step Projects
by Editors of Creative Homeowner
A practical handbook for the weekend do-it-yourself homeowner offers easy-to-follow instruction in an array of decorative painting techniques, including crackling, distressing, stenciling, combing, and sponging, as well as stencil templates, a primer on color and how to use it, a comprehensive list of tools and materials, and more than 175 full-color photographs. Original.
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Smart Guide®: Wiring: Step-by-Step Projects
by Editors of Creative Homeowner
Detailed, step-by-step illustrations complement clear, easy-to-follow instructions for a variety of practical electrical wiring projects for the do-it-yourself homeowner, featuring a variety of the most common home wiring repair projects, as well as a comprehensive index and glossary, safety tips, and other useful information. Original.
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Yard & Garden Furniture: Plans and Step-by-Step Projects
by Bill Hylton, Editors of Creative Homeowner, Bill Hylton Mr.
Whether a homeowner prefers the sleek lines of an Adirondack chair and table, or the sturdy scissors of a family picnic table,Yard & Garden Furniture has a project to suit his or her tastes and needs. There are twenty projects in all, each with a complete parts list, cutting plans, exploded assembly views, and step-by-step how-to photos. For novice woodworkers, there are simple projects such as a planted bench and basic garden bench. But the book also includes more challenging pieces, including deck chairs and a porch rocker.
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Ceramic Tile: Selecting, Installing, Maintaining (Smart Guides)
by Editors of Creative Homeowner
Ceramic Tile: Selecting, Installing, Maintaining covers everything that a DIYer needs to know about tiling floors, walls, counters, patios, and more. This is the only book to provide exhaustive background and how-to information along with step-by-step color photos in a complete package. Design and planning information helps readers select the right tile and prepare the site. Tiling skills, tools, and techniques are covered in detailed photos. Shows tile projects in how-to, step-by-step sequences. A complete tile-repair and maintenance guide is included. The emphasis is on solid, durable installations that can stand up to years of use in kitchens, baths, and other areas including exterior applications.
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Walks, Walls & Patios: Plan, Design & Build
by Editors of Creative Homeowner
Offers practical advice on how to transform the outside of one's home by building a wide variety of patios, walks, and wall features, featuring hundreds of full-color photographs and illustrations, easy-to-follow instructions for a host of popular projects, and practical advice on proper tools and materials. Original.
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Smart Guide®: Ponds & Fountains: Step-by-Step Projects
by Editors of Creative Homeowner
Detailed, full-color illustrations, photographs, and easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions show homeowners how to plan, design, build, and maintain a garden pond or fountain, covering everything from how to select the right water feature for each landscape, to choosing plants and fish, to caring for one's project. Original.
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Cabinets & Built-Ins: 26 Custom Storage Projects
by Editors of Creative Homeowner
Readers can enhance every room in their home with the twenty-six practical and beautiful storage projects they will find in Cabinets & Built-Ins. They will find space-saving ideas, such as shelves to mount to the inside of the kitchen cabinet doors, and ambitious projects, such as the entertainment center. Yet no matter how large the project, none are difficult. All of the projects have been designed with simple, sturdy joinery that can be easily accomplished in a home workshop. Cabinets & Built-Ins opens with a thoroughly illustrated techniques chapter that explains every method needed to construct all the projects. Renowned wood-finishing expert Bob Flexner teaches how to keep projects looking great for generations to come.
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The Beginner's Guide to Gardening Basic Techniques - Easy-To-Follow Methods - Earth-Friendly Practices
by Editors of Creative Homeowner
A beautifully illustrated and photographed book that will serve both the novice and experienced gardener well. The Beginner's Guide to Gardening contains all the basics: garden design; how to select healthy plants; how prepare the soil; garden maintenace, and so much more. In addition there is everything you need to know about growing annuals and perennials; roses; flowering bulbs; herbs; ground covers; trees and shrubs; vegetable gardens; and creating specialty gardens--all in a concise book
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Ultimate Guide to Walks, Patios and Walls, Updated 2nd Edition Plan * Design * Build
by Editors of Creative Homeowner
Designing the outside of the home adds to curb-side appeal, creates ambiance and increases the value of the home. A complete DIY guide to enhance your home with walkways, garden walls, and patios, Ultimate Guide: Walks, Patios & Walls, 2nd Edition provides the homeowner with all the information needed to integrate popular hardscape designs into their overall home landscape. Included are dozens of design ideas with easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions for a variety of landscape projects, including brick, mortar, and concrete walks and patios, flagstone and tile patios, brick and mortared stone walls, and so much more. With hundreds of building tips and construction drawings for projects, also included in this updated edition is new content on hardscaping design and materials, choices to consider that combat climate change, pervious versus impervious surfaces, terracing, and other elements that influence stormwater runoff and site planning, and more.
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Best-Selling 1-Story Home Plans, 5th Edition Over 360 Dream-Home Plans in Full Color
by Editors of Creative Homeowner
"If you're planning to build your own one-story dream home, this extensive collection will show you the best selling and most stylish designs available today! More than 360 home plans were selected for Best-Selling 1-Story Home Plans, 5th Edition as most desirable house plans based on actual sales data. From convenient ranch homes to traditional cottages, you'll find a wide variety of styles and sizes here to meet your budget. With the complete construction blueprints and CAD files available for each and every house shown, you can build your special home just the way you want it! Look through a selection of the best one-level home plans available and select your new dream home, with Best-Selling 1-Story Home Plans, 5th Edition!" --
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Kitchens The Smart Approach to Design
by Editors of Creative Homeowner
Learn to think like a design pro to get the kitchen you've always wanted without making the kinds of mistakes that cost money or leave you less than thrilled with the result. Kitchens: The Smart Approach explains everything you need to know to take the process from the earliest planning stages through understanding how to select and arrange a floor plan, shop for cabinets and appliances, choose fixtures and finishing materials, and pull together a one-of-a kind look. More than idea book, this is a step-by-step approach to the process of design.
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Ultimate Guide to Planting and Growing Vegetables at Home Get High-Yield Results with Expert Advice on Planting, Growing, Composting, and Controlling Pests for Over 80 Vegetable Varieties
by Editors of Creative Homeowner
Every vegetable gardener needs at least one comprehensive how-to book on their shelf. Ultimate Guide to Planting & Growing Vegetables at Home is that book. It's an all-in-one resource for beginner and advanced gardeners with chapters on what you need to think about before starting a vegetable garden, planning, prepping, choosing the vegetables, sowing, growing, small space gardening, raised bed gardening, container and vertical gardening, and harvesting. The editors of Creative Homeowner cover essential topics including where to plant your vegetable garden, projects to support high-yield plant growth, protection and care of plants, soil treatments, disease and pest treatment, and so much more! This ultimate guide features 32 vegetable plant profiles such as potatoes, lettuce, beetroot, radishes, and more, with 91 varieties. Each profile includes variety, whether to plant or seed, spacing, harvesting, ratio of plant to harvest, whether to repeat sowing, ideal conditions, maintenance, watering, and troubleshooting. Includes beautiful full-color photos to help gardeners along the way. Gardening is made easy with this all-in-one reference guide.
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