The details can make a room. The bullnose edge of a marble countertop. The wood grain and color of the flooring. The particular pleat of the drape. Amber Lewis, the esteemed designer known for her signature California-inspired style, obsesses over the tiniest of features to create her eclectic, laid-back look. In Call It Home, she shares her secrets to choosing and applying fabric, paint, finishes, tile, flooring, and more for a beautifully designed home, shortcutting the often-overwhelming decision-making process.

Amber walks you through eight new homes she designed--including her own--and the thought processes behind every major choice. Whether you're decorating one room, renovating your entire house, or planning new construction, she shares how to approach a project from start to finish, guiding you on how to find the right team so you can get the perfect results. Then she takes you through mountain retreats and surfside homes, dreamy escapes she's created by pulling inspiration from the surrounding property for a look that's unique to each home. Through personal essays, you'll learn how she set about the project, what challenges her team faced, and the materials she used to achieve the finished result.

With more than 200 gorgeous images of livings rooms, kitchens, dining rooms, entryways, bedrooms, and baths, you'll have photographs of Amber's details on hand when you're ready to create your own collection of stunning spaces--and call it home.

Unlock the full potential of your home with Basements Complete, the ultimate guide for transforming your basement into a functional and beautiful living space.

Whether you're looking to create an extra bedroom, a home theater, or a game room, this comprehensive book by expert Steve Corey provides all the tools and insights you need for a successful basement renovation.

Whether you're planning a full-scale renovation or small upgrades, Basements Complete equips you with the knowledge to complete your basement transformation with confidence. Ideal for homeowners, DIYers, and anyone looking to add value to their property.

Key Features:

• Detailed step-by-step instructions: Perfect for beginners and DIY enthusiasts alike, this guide breaks down every phase of the basement finishing process, from planning and design to insulation, drywall, flooring, and final touches.
• Expert tips and tricks: Steve Corey shares insider tips on how to navigate common challenges such as moisture control, electrical wiring, and ventilation, ensuring a smooth and professional finish.
• Innovative design ideas: Get inspired with creative ideas for maximizing space, improving lighting, and integrating storage solutions that fit your needs.
• Comprehensive project planning: Learn how to budget, source materials, and hire contractors effectively to keep your project on time and within budget.

Master the art of drywall installation with the newly revised and updated fourth edition of Drywall: Professional Techniques for Great Results by Myron R. Ferguson.

This essential guide provides everything you need to know to achieve professional-quality results in your drywall projects.

Whether you're a DIY enthusiast or a professional contractor, this book is an invaluable resource for achieving flawless drywall results.

Myron R. Ferguson, with over 25 years of experience in the field, shares his expertise to help you tackle any drywall project with confidence.

What's Inside:

• Comprehensive Coverage: From selecting the right materials to finishing techniques, this book covers every aspect of drywall installation.
• Step-by-Step Instructions: Detailed, easy-to-follow instructions and over 500 illustrations guide you through each stage of the process.
• Latest Tools and Materials: Learn about the newest tools and materials that have been field-tested by the author since the last edition.
• Expert Tips and Tricks: Discover professional techniques for hanging, taping, and finishing drywall, as well as repairing damaged walls and ceilings.
• Bonus DVD: Includes a bound-in DVD with additional tips and techniques for hassle-free drywall installation

Whether you're thinking about a simple kitchen upgrade or a full-blown kitchen remodel, All New Kitchen Ideas that Work will inspire you with more than 350 design ideas and essential DIY information.

• Ideas range from simple, budget-friendly upgrades to full-scale remodels and new construction projects, so homeowners can make smart choices about what they want and can afford in a kitchen transformation
• Design trends for cabinets, countertops, color palettes, sinks, appliances, flooring, and all kinds of finish details, as well as accessibility and high-tech options for the kitchen

This completely updated edition addresses all of today's kitchen design trends while also guiding the reader through the basics of organizing a remodel: budget, layout, and finishing touches.

Welcome to the magical world of Cheap Old Houses, where the new American dream comes with zero mortgage and an affordable lifestyle fit for a storybook. Ethan and Elizabeth Finkelstein have scoured the country to find homes in desperate need of saving--including a $45,000 Victorian in Mississippi, a $25,000 mansion in Indiana, an $82,000 recreational camp in Maine, and more. Cheap Old Houses features the stories of how these homes were acquired and lovingly restored.

Within these pages, you'll discover sprawling Victorian mansions, Italianate-style farmhouses, off-the-beaten-path cabins, and even old churches turned into residences. You'll meet a couple who camped out on their back porch while they made their 6,000-square foot manor livable, and homeowners who found a free bungalow and moved it seventy miles to their property. Additionally, Elizabeth, a historical preservationist, gives information on the details to preserve in historic houses, from pocket doors that might be hiding in the walls to badly cracked plaster walls that are worth repairing and butler's pantries that are once again more desirable for storing dishes and small appliances.

With hundreds of beautiful photographs capturing these homes in all their glory, you'll be inspired to find the one--a fixer upper to rescue that will rescue you right back.

The Visual Handbook of Building and Remodeling, 5th Edition by Charlie Wing is an essential resource for anyone involved in the building or remodeling process.

This comprehensive guide demystifies the complex journey of home construction, from the initial design stages to the final touches.

With the latest updates on solar power, insulating best practices, and crucial building codes, this edition equips homeowners, builders, and remodelers with the knowledge they need to ensure their projects run smoothly.

Transform your building and remodeling experience with the Visual Handbook of Building and Remodeling and gain the confidence to tackle any project with clarity and ease.

Key Features:

• Comprehensive Coverage: With 25 detailed chapters and 688 pages, this handbook covers every aspect of home design and construction, making it an invaluable reference for both novice and experienced builders.

• Visual Learning: Featuring 1,700 full-color illustrations and 300 quick-reference charts, this book allows you to visualize the processes and techniques needed for successful building and remodeling projects.

• Updated Information: Stay informed with the most current information on framing, sheathing, air sealing, heating, cooling, and more, tailored to the needs of today's homeowners and builders.

• Practical Guidance: Each chapter is filled with best practices and expert tips to help you make informed decisions and avoid common pitfalls during your construction or remodeling journey.

• Durable Design: Not just a reference book, its sturdy format ensures it can withstand the rigors of a job site, making it a practical companion for any builder.

Erin Napier, designer, host of HGTV's Home Town, and author of Make Something Good Today, returns with a gorgeously illustrated and one-of-a-kind celebration of the homes we live in and love.

Our homes are more than an assemblage of bricks and glass, wood and nails.

They are the keepers of our childhood memories, our milestones, and heartaches. They evolve as we do. As a family grows and eventually retracts, a home can change hands and begin again. We are the chapters in the book of a house. They carry on after we are gone, setting the stage for another story, a new life, new memories.

From Erin Napier, coauthor with her husband, Ben, of their memoir Make Something Good Today, comes a collection of essays walking us through every room in her home, telling the story of a family's life, of the days that made their home the place she longs for when she's away.

We learn about when they became the new owners of Erin's dream house from childhood in downtown Laurel, Mississippi, and explore the beautiful homes of family, friends, and projects past in photographs.

With essays that evoke her Southern home, photos of the beautifully imperfect, lived-in spaces of her family and friends, and prompts for us to document our own homemade memories, Heirloom Rooms feels like walking through the front door of the collected and loved-in houses Erin and Ben are known for revitalizing in HGTV's #1 hit series, Home Town.

When it comes to home renovation, there's no substitute for experience. Renovation 5th Edition contains the collective wisdom of hundreds of remodeling contractors, architects, and tradespeople who shared their first-hand experience with Mike Litchfield as he interviewed and photographed them on job sites across North America.

As a founding editor of Fine Homebuilding magazine, the author of 16 acclaimed books, and a home renovator himself, Litchfield was able to record lifetimes of practical, field-tested solutions and trade secrets from the cream of the crop--the remodeling pros that other pros admire.

Both first-time renovators and professionals who want to supplement their knowledge of specific trades will find Renovation 5th Edition invaluable. Renovation 5 reflects the new realities of planning carefully, spending wisely, maximizing space and building durably. Its 656 pages contain extensively revised chapters on planning; doors, windows and skylights; electrical wiring; structural carpentry; masonry and foundations. Its illustrations are crisp and informative and its 1,000+ photos were selected from more than 45,000 that the author has taken over the years.

This classic work covers renovation from start to finish. Best of all, Renovation 5 is written in a down-to-earth conversational style that is clear and easy to understand. Written with a sharp wit and a dry sense of humor, Renovation 5 is not only immensely useful, but great fun to read.

Why settle for ordinary when you can have a Barndominium! A home that screams I'm unique, practical, and yes, I know my way around a hammer! Whether you're a seasoned DIY-er or someone who's never even held a power tool, this book is for you.

What's Inside?

Budget Hacks: Build your dream barndo without wiping out your savings.The Code-Cracker's Guide: Permits, zoning, and other not-so-fun stuff you need to know.DIY Confidence: Get the knowledge to build with confidence.Pro Tips: Avoid rookie mistakes (because nobody wants to turn their dream home into a DIY horror story).From Zero to Barndo Hero: We'll take you from where do I start? to look what I built! in no time.

You'll have all the expert guidance you need, minus the confusing jargon.

Get Ready to Turn Heads and Save Bucks!

Details, details, details ...they're what make the exterior of your home stand out from the crowd. This new edition of Siding, Roofing, and Trim--the latest installment in the FOR PROS BY PROS series from the editors of Fine Homebuilding--provides you with all the expert advice and instruction you need to choose, install, and detail these three main parts of your home's exterior.

Among the many fresh design topics covered in this all-in-one resource are how to: safely replace a roof, while keeping in mind venting and flashing for a weather-tight and long-lasting installation; apply trim details to achieve that finished look; choose a roof that will last a lifetime; paint like a pro with 10 expert tips; fix 10 typical roof goofs; plus energy-saving advice.

A tastemaking couple shares their playbook for creating a home that's both beautiful and comfortable

Chris Mitchell and Pilar Guzmán are design obsessives who both want the same thing: rooms that are spare yet warm, layered yet clean, current yet timeless. Rooms that never forget the real humans--with all their needs, hopes, emotions, aspirations, and even spills--who live in these spaces. Over the course of six ever more ambitious home renovations, they've cracked the code on how to achieve this.

It's a simple formula, one that lies in mixing modern design with timeworn materials--in particular, white oak, brass, and bridle leather, all three of which become richer, mellower, and burnished with patina as they age. Add a few essential lessons (Decorating by Mood, Borrowing from the Best) and a nine-point manifesto that covers everything from lighting (rooms should feel like lanterns at night), to the use of black as an accent, to the intention that every space should serve multiple purposes, and the result is Patina Modern, a uniquely inspiring and practical design guide.

The book leads by example, as the authors reveal in room-by-room detail the full evolution of their homes, including a Brooklyn brownstone and two classic Hamptons cottages. Along the way, we come to not only understand just how they see and think but also learn what they've learned, getting an education in color, proportion, paint, and the world of modern furniture design, for which the authors have a special passion.

Tools, principles, and the power of designing around the things you love--this is the gift of Patina Modern, showing just how to put it all together to create your own beautiful spaces.

In Creative Homes, photographer Anna Malmberg and stylist Mari Strenghielm visit 12 unique and creative homes belonging to artists, designers, photographers, musicians, and more, many of them never before photographed. In each home, they discover how the interior reflects the creative endeavors and preoccupations of its inhabitants and gives an insight into their processes, inspirations, and way of life. The homeowners range from a couple of designers sharing a small London apartment who conceived and built their own furniture, lighting, and decorative details, to a textile artist and ceramist living in rustic seclusion on a Mallorcan farm surrounded by their artworks. Among others, Anna and Mari also explore the characterful studio/apartment of a Parisian sculptor, and the former monastery where a Sicilian artist lives and works. With glorious photographs and intriguing stories, Creative Homes is sure to inspire readers to both live, dream, and decorate creatively in their own homes.

Add significant value to your home, with more bang for your buck, by renovating and remodeling your kitchen or bathroom space.

Cabinets, Vanities, and Countertops is the must-have source of builder-tested techniques to help you remodel with confidence. Learn professional methods and tips to build and install high-quality, durable, and cost-efficient cabinets, vanities, and countertops with a wide range of kitchen and bath projects. With guidance from the pros you will graduate from simple projects to more skilled work. Homeowners and professional builders alike will pore over the:

• how-to's for proper construction
• installation
• finishing
• expert advice like A Designer's Guide to Countertops
• much more to get the job done right the first time!

Gene Logsdon has long served as a voice of grounded agricultural wisdom. His wry humor and keen insights have made him a favorite among homesteaders, gardeners, orchardists, and farmers. In Gene Logsdon's Practical Skills, he turns his attention to traditional crafts and practices, reviving and documenting the homemaking, culinary, and agricultural skills handed down through generations of American farmers.

This wide-ranging volume of practical instruction is divided into 5 parts, each focused on a different aspect of country life, including:

• Home maintenance and comfort
• Food preparation and domestic chores
• Landscaping and gardening
• Barn construction and livestock management
• Agricultural and woodlot land management

Develop the skills your grandparents knew by heart. Gene Logsdon's Practical Skills is a book you can learn from for years to come.

Gene Logsdon and his wife Carol have a small-scale experimental farm in Wyandot County, Ohio. Gene is the author of numerous books and magazine articles on farm-related issues, and believes sustainable pastoral farming is the solution for our stressed agricultural system.

Readers interested in related titles from Eugene Logsdon will also want to see: Getting Food From Water (ISBN: 1626545987), Homesteading (ISBN: 1626545960), Organic Orcharding (ISBN: 1626545790), Successful Berry Growing (ISBN: 1626546002), Two Acre Eden (ISBN: 1626545820).

Achieve the bathroom of your dreams with expert advice from the pros. Bathroom Remodeling equips you with everything you need to tackle any bathroom renovation, from simple updates to complete remodels, while ensuring you stay on budget and avoid costly mistakes.

Written by experienced professionals, this guide takes you through every phase of bathroom design, construction, and installation with up-to-date techniques and tips that will help you add value to your home and create a space you'll love.

With expert guidance on plumbing, tile, fixtures, and design, Bathroom Remodeling (For Pros By Pros) gives you the knowledge and confidence to tackle any bathroom renovation, ensuring the end result meets both your aesthetic and functional goals.

Key Features:

• Comprehensive Bathroom Makeovers: Learn how to transform any bathroom, from creating luxurious spa-like retreats to making efficient use of small spaces.
• Expert Solutions to Common Challenges: Avoid moisture issues, stay on budget, and discover the secrets to successful bathroom layouts, including how to sidestep the seven sins of bathroom design.
• New Materials & Techniques: Navigate the latest innovations in plumbing, tile, fixtures, and more to make informed choices that balance cost with durability and style.
• Professional-Grade Tips: From start to finish, this guide is packed with insights and practical advice that professionals use to create functional, long-lasting bathrooms.

Our passion for retro style shows no signs of fading. From the cerebral elegance of mid-century modern and the spare simplicity of Scandinavian retro design to the flamboyant opulence of the 1970s, retro interiors still exert enormous appeal. In this glorious book, Andrew Weaving visits 17 inspiring and varied homes around the globe that showcase the Retro Revival style. Furniture by Charles and Ray Eames, Arne Jacobsen, and Le Corbusier mingles with textiles by Lucienne Day, lighting by Isamu Noguchi, and ceramics by Russel Wright and Constance Spry. Take a tour of a minimalist loft in London and enjoy the colourful, playful chic of Palm Beach in the 1960s as you explore the many facets of a look that ranges from sophisticated glamour to pared-down elegance.

Sometimes small changes can have a big impact. But many homeowners looking for more living space still insist on building expensive additions or completely rebuilding their home. In the latest groundbreaking step in the Not So Big revolution Not So Big Remodeling, Sarah Susanka and Marc Vassallo demonstrate how carefully chosen tweaks and simple additions can make a home seem much larger and more inviting.

They avoid high-end architectural solutions, focusing instead on how Not So Big ideas can dramatically improve even the most modest home. The authors show readers how to think like an architect, so they can accurately assess their home's shortcomings, apply Not So Big principles to their remodeling plan, and phase in their project incrementally over time. With this book, Sarah Susanka once again proves that a little remodeling can go a long way.

Renovating a home can be mega intimidating, but not if you surrender to the wisdom of your new guru, Jasmine Roth. She knows all.--Jonathan Adler

Finding your style is the first step to creating your dream home, whether you're buying a new place, designing ground-up construction, or simply sprucing up the décor on a rental. Through her clear descriptions of four common design types and their many style subsets, along with thought-provoking questions and worksheets, Jasmine helps you create a cohesive feel with your home décor. She also includes helpful information on curb appeal and outdoor lighting (the most forgotten detail of your home), the science of knocking down walls, creative solutions to the five most common layout needs, floor finishes and wall treatments, everything kitchen and bathroom, and fun ways to personalize your space with DIY projects and unique bookshelf styling.

With hundreds of stunning photographs of Roth-designed interiors, House Story is a lush exploration of what is possible for you and your home, whatever the size and budget.