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Veneering Essentials demystifies the craft by using plain and simple language to describe the timeless techniques and the latest tools needed to build a range of modern, useful projects that will find a place in any home.

20 stylish and modern floral arrangements for all occasions.

Essential Natural Plasters is the most comprehensive guide to making and using natural plasters for all types of buildings. It covers clay, lime, and gypsum plasters; waterproof tadelakt plaster; fibers and additives; interior and exterior use; substrate preparation; mixing, testing, and tinting; and practical application tips.

A finely crafted meditation on the importance of making things and pushing yourself to grow as a person

Light straw clay is a code compliant high-performance, low-impact building material with insulation and moisture handling qualities. This illustrated guide to light straw clay for stud, timber, pole and other framing styles covers material specifications, best use, mixing, installation, retrofits, code compliance, finishing and maintenance.

This book was published as an in-depth guide to the selection, mixing and application of lime and clay based plasters, renders, paints and washes.

The complete practical woodworking book - a definitive reference guide for the beginner and the accomplished woodworking enthusiast alike.

A practical guide to all things wood fire, both indoors and out; packaged in an earthy, 'grow your own' style - perfect for the male gift market.

In English Decoration, London-based architectural and interior designer Ben Pentreath presents a major new survey of the best of the English style.

Clearing clutter can radically transform your life. Drawing on her wealth of experience as a feng shui, space clearing and clutter clearing consultant, Karen Kingston explains how clutter is stuck energy that has far-reaching physical, mental, emotional and spiritual effects. This book will motivate you to clutter-clear as never before, once you realise just how much your junk has been holding you back!Learn:- Why people keep clutter- How clutter causes stagnation in every area of your life- Why clearing clutter is essential for effective feng shui- How to clear clutter quickly and effectively- Karen Kingston's top ten clutter clearing tips

"More than just a story of an abiding cultural preoccupation, The Longing For Less peels back the commodified husk of minimalism to reveal something surprising and thoroughly alive." -Jenny Odell, author of How to Do Nothing "Thoughtful and absorbing . . . A superb outing from a gifted young critic that will spark joy in many readers." -Kirkus Reviews, starred review "Less is more": Everywhere we hear the mantra. Marie Kondo and other decluttering gurus promise that shedding our stuff will solve our problems. We commit to cleanse diets and strive for inbox zero. Amid the frantic pace and distraction of everyday life, we covet silence-and airy, Instagrammable spaces in which to enjoy it. The popular term for this brand of upscale austerity, "minimalism," has mostly come to stand for things to buy and consume. But minimalism has richer, deeper, and altogether more valuable gifts to offer. Kyle Chayka is one of our sharpest cultural observers. After spending years covering minimalist trends for leading publications, he now delves beneath this lifestyle's glossy surface, seeking better ways to claim the time and space we crave. He shows that our longing for less goes back further than we realize. His search leads him to the philosophical and spiritual origins of minimalism, and to the stories of artists such as Agnes Martin and Donald Judd; composers such as John Cage and Julius Eastman; architects and designers; visionaries and misfits. As Chayka looks anew at their extraordinary lives and explores the places where they worked-from Manhattan lofts to the Texas high desert and the back alleys of Kyoto-he reminds us that what we most require is presence, not absence. The result is an elegant new synthesis of our minimalist desires and our profound emotional needs.

Nomad at Home dissects the desire to wander the globe from the point of view of the design-led traveller, those for whom 'it is a better thing to travel hopefully than to arrive'.

A complete guide to growing tobacco at a scale suitable for home-growers. It's first chapter is a Quick Start summary of the basics of tobacco growing. The remainder of the book fleshes out all the details of growing, harvesting, and curing. Various finishing methods are explored, including Cavendish, Latakia, plugs, twists, pressing methods, and perique. Blend instructions and recipes are provided for cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, and smokeless tobacco. There are also a chapters on tobacco varieties and the whole leaf trade. 200 black and white images. Appendixes -Tobacco Glossary -Tobacco-Safe Plastics -Kiln / Flue-Cure Chamber Plans -Tobacco Pests -Fertilizers -Experimental Crossing -Resources Library of Congress Control Number: 2019917726

Whether you need to repair a strap on a favourite handbag or mend a leak in a washing machine, How to Repair Everything is packed full of tips and tricks of the trade for the person who likes to do-it-yourself.

Human life today is full of cares, anxieties, worries, complexities, unhappiness, and rat-races all over the world. Most people do not know that causes of our miseries lie mostly in our faulty and defective house building architecture - whether in dwelling units, business premises or any other constructions, inviting adverse cosmic interplanetary influence. This can easily be avoided and life can be made happier and peaceful with harmonious relationships, glories of success and achievements if the knowledge of the rich ancient Indian proven Architectural Science called "Vastu Shastra" is adhered to right from selection of a plot of land to completion of construction. The effect is magical. The book, "The Need of Vastu Shastra" is an honest and philanthropic effort and attempt of the author in plain words and candid language to open the door of the lighthouse of knowledge of this ideal Architectural Science to the people at large to make their life happier and easier. The book can be termed an encyclopedia of ideal architectural science and a panacea for all peacelessness and unhappiness of human life. The book deals with Ancient Indian architectural science of building constructions technology, equilibrium with directional alignment of magnetic field, energy sources of nature, positioning of five elements, and material to ensure prosperity and happiness. It gives a picturesque description of how a complete balance of the five elements, Fire, Air, Space, Earth, and Water, are associated with premises and construction controls prosperity, fortune, peace, and harmony in life. The book also deals with the subject of how Vastu of an existing defective construction can be corrected without demolishing it. It is a must-read book for all equally - one having an existing construction or one intending to construct one. Certain colored images have been provided in the book.

Shoji & Kumiko: 85 Vintage Designs was produced from the original, one of a kind c1930 Japanese Architects Design Proposal book in the collection of Gary Roberts, Publisher: Toolemera Press. www.toolemerapress.comNOTE: This reprint was produced in-house on professional flat bed scanners from the original book in my personal collection. The Architects Designs were intended for a community outside of Osaka, Japan and were for use by local carpenters. As such, there are no titles or dimensions.SHOJI: A Japanese screen or sliding door used to partition living spaces. KUMIKO: A decorative and practical Japanese woodworking system consisting of lattice pieces held together through precision joinery lacking any nails or other metal supportsToolemera Press preserves the printed history of early crafts, trades and industries. Visit www.toolemerapress.com for the online museum and book shop.

Are you looking to get into bouldering/climbing?Would you like to learn how to climb like the pros do? If you answered yes to these questions then this book is for you. Learn how to get started as well as everything you need to know about the sport and how to climb like a pro. Using these climbing techniques and tips will help you get started & climb better than ever before! Introducing the secrets bouldering professionals use to scale the most difficult surfaces! With decades of tested strategies, this ebook will show you the fastest and most effective way to learn the sport! Whats Included: - Getting Started.- Bouldering Background.- Scales & Grades.- What Gear to Use.- How to Climb & Fall.- Spotting.- Bouldering Types.+ MUCH MORE! If you want to be stronger and more effective at climbing, then this guide is for you. --> Scroll to the top of the page and click add to cart to purchase instantly

This edition of the "Machinery's Reference Series" deals with iron and steel, exploring how they are smelted, refined, and used in various mechanical processes of the iron and steel industry. It also contains chapters on the physical and chemical characteristics of these metals, and which tools they are best used to make based on this. Erik Oberg's "Iron and Steel" is perfect for novices or apprentices, and would make a handy reference guide for more experienced metalworkers. Contents include: "Principles of Iron and Steel Manufacture", "Steel Castings", "Open-hearth Furnaces", "Tests on Steel Castings", "Steel Hardened Metals", "Development and Use of High-speed Steel", "Hardening Steel, by E. R. Markham", "Case-Hardening", "The Brinell Method of Testing the Hardness of Metals", "Uses of Steel Castings", "Reliability of Steel Castings", "Manganese Steel", "Nickel Steel", "Tungsten Steel", "Molybdenum", etc. This book contains simple explanations and step-by-step instructions for any processes dealt with, making it ideal for novices or apprentices, as well as a handy reference guide for more experienced metalworkers using steel or iron. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on metalwork.