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What is lived-in style? It's laid-back, comfortable, no-fuss and uniquely you.

Be present and connected in your home with feng shui and mindfulness techniques.

At Home with Country celebrates the romance of Cabbages & Roses and shows how Christina Strutt's evocative vintage style is equally at home in city apartments, rural retreats and seaside cottages.

This beautifully-illustrated gift book reveals the hidden meanings of over 50 popular flowers.

Floral stylist Willow Crossley presents 50 uplifting projects to help you bring nature into your home.

Discover lagom - the Swedish idea of balance, harmony, beauty and sufficency.

Small changes can make a big difference to your home - refresh your rooms and discover the true meaning of comfort.

An inspiring guide to focusing on what matters most in life—and hitting delete on what doesn’t.    Life is noisier, messier, and more complicated than ever. In our quest to keep up, we can lose sight of what we care about most, and instead try to do it all—with mixed results.    In this beautiful call to examine and edit our lives, writer Elisabeth Sharp McKetta shares eight simple ways to cut through the clutter, drama, and overwhelm of modern life to live with more intention and joy. Inspired by her own experiments with reprioritizing, tiny house living, and finding the right balance of work and family time, Edit Your Life brings together personal narrative and practical takeaway, with inspiring results.    Whether you’re pivoting, downsizing, relocating, or just ready to have more time and energy for the people and activities you love most, this engaging and practical guide will bring you on a journey of exploration and reflection—and point you toward the life you truly want to live.

Do you know humans are the new parasite on the Earth? Do you realize that Mother Earth is tired of satiating our never-ending needs? Humans are anthropocentric and humankind has crossed all the limits in exploiting the Earth's resources. The drastic effects of climate change are not just scientific hypotheses. Climate change is the brutal reality of the present time and humankind is indeed staring at the black void of extinction. We are running a race against time, and The Mother Earth attempts to make every human understand their role in combating this climate crisis. The book helps in understanding: The grim situation of climate change.The causes and consequences of humans' anthropocentric nature.Waste hierarchy and waste management.Circular economy and its benefits.The need for a sustainable lifestyle. The Mother Earth untangles every aspect of climate change and makes you realize that there is no PLANet B. The Earth is the only lifeline we have and we must restore her to combat the looming fear of extinction.

Craft a Custom KnifeIf you've ever wanted your own custom knife to take along on that camping, hunting, or fishing trip, or to give to a family member or a friend as the perfect gift, Make Your Own Knife Handles has you covered.All you need is the knife blade of your choice, easily picked up at any woodworking store or knife shop, and Chris Gleason's new book, and you'll soon be customizing your own beautiful knife. With simple construction techniques, Make Your Own Knife Handles covers all the basics of selecting the wood, prepping it for your blade, and how to assemble the knife. The 16 projects cover all the styles you'll need, from a simple folding knife and kitchen paring knife to an Alaskan Ulu and hatchet. With a knife kit and a little bit of wood and time, you'll have a custom blade that will soon become your most trusted friend.

Ditch fast fashion and create a more sustainable wardrobeWant to learn how to make more ethical fashion choices? Sustainable Fashion For Dummies will teach you how to pick up new habits that align with a more sustainable future. The rise of fast fashion in recent years has contributed to unsafe work environments, unfair wages, and toxic pollution. With sustainable fashion, you can have groovy clothing and accessories that are produced in an ecologically and socially responsible manner, using quality products and long-lasting materials. You don't have to sacrifice your natural fashion sense--the sustainable fashion movement is responsible for some of the most exciting new trends. Pick up this easy-to-read handbook for practical tips and strategies on making more environmentally friendly fashion choices.* Get started on your sustainable fashion journey* Discover inexpensive options for making more eco-friendly fashion choices* Make the most of what's already in your closet* Master the art of thrift shoppingLet this Dummies guide be your guru as you start making socially and environmentally friendly fashion choices and becoming more thoughtful about what you purchase (or don't purchase).

Breathe new life into old furniture and thrift store findsUpcycling Furniture For Dummies shows you how to revitalize old furniture, with just a little effort and imagination, and maybe a few coats of fresh paint. Upcycling furniture is affordable, good for the environment, and a whole lot of fun! This easy, step-by-step guide shows you how to get creative and put your own unique flair on your designs. You'll gain the knowledge and confidence you need to select items that are worth transforming or restoring and learn specific techniques to give old pieces a new lease on life.* Learn the process of upcycling dressers, tables, chairs, and other furniture* Enjoy the fun of sourcing items and increasing their value with your creativity!* Update your décor with gorgeous, upcycled furniture* Express yourself and find out how to flip your creations for a profit!This Dummies reference is great for anyone with an interest in turning trash into treasure.

Backyard Building will cover backyard accessories, the fundamentals of tools and materials, and useful tips based on real-life questions from the couple's popular website. Its unique style, with hand-drawn illustrations to guide the reader through the building process in a user-friendly way, stands out from the crowd. The clear, detailed drawings are not only easy to follow but a pleasure to look at; they are supplemented by irresistible color photographs.

Flower Philosophy offers a nature-inspired guide to creative floral arrangements that uplift and inspire.

Home builders can contribute in many ways to reduce the use of products and processes that convert solid and liquid carbon containing materials into gaseous carbon. This guide includes the practical steps that owner builders need to take to ensure their building meets the aims of local regulations in environmental efficiency.

Everything you ever wanted to know about timber - and more!The Essential Guide is designed for anyone wanting to know the characteristics of timber, whether it be about trees in their native habitat, how they are harvested for the building and furniture industries, what types of timber are best used in commercial, residential and hobby projects, and what types of pests timber may be subject to.The Guide even provides several examples of how timber products have been wrongly applied in past projects, so that builders, and even DIY hobbists can avoid making costly mistakes.

This book is a comprehensive pictorial index of those woodworking handtools common in the Western civilization from eighteenth century to the present. Not only a fascinating record of trades and skills from cabinetmakers to wheelwrights in an age before powertools became the norm, The Encyclopedia of Woodworking Handtools Instruments & Devices also emerges as a remarkable tribute to man s technological ingenuity. More than 600 tools are listed and described here, both alphabetically and fully cross-referenced for easy access, from the adze, awl, bevel, and bit to the wrest, yardstick, and zig-zag rule, complete with explicit definitions, many interesting etymologies, and much fascinating historical information. This classic reference contains more then 570 detailed line-drawings, accompanied by an expert s authoritative text. Whether uses a handy guide book to identify a tool and its use, or read simply for enjoyment, this book stands along in capturing for all time the sophisticated beauty and inventiveness of woodworking handtools."

Achieve simple, sweet, and stackable puzzles and toys! The ultimate project guide for beginners, 20-Minute Scroll Saw Puzzles features over 55 easy and adorable animal family puzzle designs that consist of no more than 10 pieces each. After opening with detailed sections on the scroll saw basics, wood selection, safety, child-safe finishes, and more, a helpful step-by-step tutorial will show you how to make a puzzle project from start to finish. From there, be inspired by high-quality, full-size scroll saw patterns and make a collection of classic yet one-of-a-kind wooden toys and puzzles, consisting of sloths, koalas, unicorns, safari animals, sea creatures, and so much more! Author, scroll saw artist, and Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts contributor Jaeheon Yun is most notable for his whimsical puzzles and nontraditional designs that consist of interlocking animals that can be stacked and arranged in a variety of ways.

Cut and come again forestry - reviving the ancient practice of resprout silviculture to power local woodland-based economies.Coppice Agroforestry is a richly illustrated, comprehensive guide to resprout silviculture - managing trees and shrubs by coppicing, pollarding, shredding, and pleaching - for a continuous supply of small diameter polewood for products from firewood to fine furniture.Contextualizing resprout silviculture historically, ecologically, and economically, Coppice Agroforestry explores the potential of this ancient practice for modern times. Coverage includes:The cultural history of coppicing in Europe and North AmericaTree and shrub anatomy, biology, and woodland ecologyA suite of woodland management systemsDozens of handcrafted wood products on a continuum of value, offering a wide range of business opportunitiesCase studies of diverse coppice-based enterprisesAssessing existing forests for coppice potentialDesigning new resprout silviculture systemsTables highlighting diverse species for various usesA vision of a modern resprout silviculture renaissance.A decade in the making, encyclopedic in scope, and written by the hand of a woodsman, Coppice Agroforestry is a deep dive into this ancient practice, blending it with modern science, systems thinking, and tools to land it firmly into the 21st century.Whether you have a few trees or an entire forest, Coppice Agroforestry is the must-have practical guide for homesteaders, farmers, foresters, land managers, and educators who ally themselves with the remarkable resilience of woody plants.

NEW PRINT WITH PROFESSIONAL TYPE-SET IN CONTRAST TO SCANNED PRINTS OFFERED BY OTHERSThe Complete Home: Edited By Clara E. LaughlinThis book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature.In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards:1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a 'fresh and newly' reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions.2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work.We believe that this work holds historical, cultural and/or intellectual importance in the literary works community, therefore despite the oddities, we accounted the work for print as a part of our continuing effort towards preservation of literary work and our contribution towards the development of the society as a whole, driven by our beliefs. We are grateful to our readers for putting their faith in us and accepting our imperfections with regard to preservation of the historical content. HAPPY READING!

In this acclaimed guide, master craftsman Michael Dunbar shares his vast experience with finding, refurbishing, and using high-quality vintage hand tools. An essential resource for the library (or workshop) of any classic hand-tool collector.

Design your dream home and discover the benefits of low-cost building with the wonders of shipping container houses!Are you searching for a cheap, eco-friendly alternative to traditional housing?Have you always wanted to get stuck in and build a shipping container home, but you never knew where to begin? Here's just a little of what you'll discover inside this ultimate guide:Top tips and tricks for choosing your location and starting your projectEssential advice on frames, foundations, flooring, and all the must-have comforts of modern lifeIngenious and inspiring ideas for making the inside and outside of your home look beautifulHow to easily heat and cool your shipping container homeSix must-know tips to keep in mind before you build your shipping container homeAnd so much more!This book is a complete guide for those who want to build their own home using containers.This not only represents the possibility of owning a property in a much cheaper way and without debt constraints for years but above all, it provides all the information to help you build your own home with your own hands, a place where you can live with your family, in the area you prefer most.