The Best House & Home Books 2025

1. The Complete Guide to Sharpening (Paperback)

You know how frustrating it is to work wood with tools that are dull. All that is over. Tool expert Leonard Lee has consolidated a lifetime of study of sharpening methods, techniques, and devices into the most practical reference on the subject. In The Complete Guide to Sharpening, you'll discover the most effective ways to sharpen your tools-from chisels to drill bits. You'll get better edges than on most razor blades, and you'll learn how to shape them to cut better and stay sharp longer. In fact, Lee's simple principles and some basic equipment wil allow you to sharpen any woodworking tool you are likely to encounter.

The Complete Guide to Sharpening (Paperback)

2. Pyrography Designs

Here is a collection of designs for pyrographers to use without fear of copyright infringement. Norma Gregory shares her designs and has supplied additional elements that can be combined to create hundreds of new images to suit your individual needs. Includes birds, mammals, flowers, herbs, water life, farms and Celtic knotwork. Author: Norma Gregory Publisher: GMC Publications Published: 03/01/1999 Pages: 128 Binding Type: Paperback Weight: 1.03lbs Size: 10.84h x 8.27w x 0.31d ISBN: 9781861081162

Pyrography Designs (Paperback)

3. Build a Smokehouse - Paperback

Learn how to build the best smokehouse for your backyard! Whether you are searching for an efficient way to preserve foods like poultry, fish, and game or interested in learning how to make your own affordable versions of your favorite smoked delicacies, this booklet will teach you everything you need to know about building a backyard smokehouse. Learn the basics of hot smoking, cold smoking, and curing and smoking, and find detailed instructions for building 4 different projects, from a simple smoke pit to a permanent smokehouse. Designs include: The Hot Smoke Pit The Barrel Smoker The Box Smoker Concrete Block Smokehouse with a Concrete Floor

Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin Build a Smokehouse, Book 81, (Paperback) Author: Storey Publishing ISBN: 9780882662954 Format: Paperback Publication Date: 1981-01-10 Page Count: 32

4. House (Paperback)

In the New York Times bestseller House, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder takes readers to the heart of the American Dream: the building of a family's first house with all its day-to-day frustrations, crises, tensions, challenges, and triumphs. In Kidder's "remarkable piece of craftsmanship in itself" (Chicago Tribune), constructing a staircase or applying a coat of paint becomes a riveting tale of conflicting wills, the strength and strain of relationships, and pride in skills. With drama, sensitivity, and insight, he takes us from blueprints to moving day, shedding light on objects usually taken for granted and creating a vivid cast of memorable characters in the process. "The making of a house is a strange blend of dreams and mundane work, of heaven and earth, and Mr. Kidder has explained it."--New York Times Book Review

House (Paperback)

5. Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin Build Your Own Underground Root Cellar, Book 76, (Paperback)

Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.

Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin Build Your Own Underground Root Cellar, Book 76, (Paperback) Author: Storey Publishing ISBN: 9780882662909 Format: Paperback Publication Date: 1983-01-01 Page Count: 32

6. Haircutting for Dummies

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Haircutting for Dummies

7. Living a Beautiful Life, (Paperback)

With the publication of Living A Beautiful Life, Alexandra Stoddard originated the idea of creating an atmosphere of beauty and tranquility with simple touches that turn the ordinary into the extraordinary. As a world-famous interior decorator, she has worked her magic on interiors large and small, from mansions and embassies to cottages and studio apartments. Through her writing and lectures, she has encouraged millions to brighten their lives and their homes by turning mundane tasks into small pleasurable rituals that add beauty and joy to everything they do. Alexandra Stoddard's secrets of Living A Beautiful Life are yours. With the publication of Living A Beautiful Life, Alexandra Stoddard originated the idea of creating an atmosphere of beauty and tranquillity with simple touches that turn the ordinary into the extraordinary. As a world-famous interior decorator, she has worked her madic on interiors large and small, from mansions and embassies to cottages and studio apartments. Though her writing and lectures, she has encouraged millions to brighten their lives and their homes by turning mundane tasks into small pleasurable rituals that add beauty and joy to everything they do. Alexandra Stoddard's secrets of Living A Beautiful Life are yours.

Living a Beautiful Life, (Paperback) Author: William Morrow & Company ISBN: 9780380705115 Format: Paperback Publication Date: 2004-05-06 Page Count: 192

8. Easy-to-Build Adirondack Furniture - Paperback

Building Adirondack furniture is a time-honored craft. Sturdy and rustic, this furniture can be a beautiful addition to any indoor decor, although it's most often used to set the scene outdoors. There, the furniture is subjected to a lifetime of abuse. Yearly it moves from somewhere hidden away (probably dark and musty winter storage) to front-and-center on the summer stage. Now, hour after hour it is beaten on by intense UV light, drenched in driving rains, then fried again in the summer sun. Through it all, the furniture patiently endures--ever handsome, ever inviting, ever lasting. To survive summertime abuse and the semiannual ritual of being dragged into and out of storage, outdoor furniture must be sturdy, rugged, and well built--all qualities that epitomize Adirondack pieces. This bulletin contains instructions for building an Adirondack chair, matching footstool, companion side table, and Westport chair (an ancestor of the modern-day slatted Adirondack chair). Each project will take the moderately skilled carpenter less than a day to fabricate; for the beginner, maybe a weekend. Learn how to choose the right lumber and hardware, complete with instructions for table, footstool, and the Westport chair.

Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin Easy-To-Build Adirondack Furniture: Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-216, (Paperback) Author: Storey Publishing ISBN: 9781580172646 Format: Paperback Publication Date: 2000-01-10 Page Count: 32

9. Extending Your Telephone Wiring

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Calendar, Sunset Books Inc, 2000, ISBN # 037607003X

10. Do Your Own Wiring 9780806984728

ISBN: 9780806984728 ISBN10: 0806984724 Contributors: Armpriester, K. E.,

Do Your Own Wiring (Paperback) 9780806984728