The American Home Book of Home Improvement Ideas
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Release | : 1955 |
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Author | : Sherry Petersik |
Publisher | : Artisan |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2015-07-14 |
Genre | : House & Home |
ISBN | : 1579656765 |
This New York Times bestselling book is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up your home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts and millions of hits per month on their blog YoungHouseLove.com, Sherry and John Petersik are home-improvement enthusiasts primed to pass on a slew of projects, tricks, and techniques to do-it-yourselfers of all levels. Packed with 243 tips and ideas—both classic and unexpected—and more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this is a book that readers will return to again and again for the creative projects and easy-to-follow instructions in the relatable voice the Petersiks are known for. Learn to trick out a thrift-store mirror, spice up plain old roller shades, "hack" your Ikea table to create three distinct looks, and so much more.
Author | : Richard Harris |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 446 |
Release | : 2012-08-21 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0226317684 |
A unique study of how the American Dream came to be—and came to be constantly updated and renovated: ”A pleasure to read.”—American Historical Review Each year, North Americans spend as much money fixing up their homes as they do buying new ones. This obsession with improving our dwellings has given rise to a multibillion-dollar industry that includes countless books, magazines, cable shows, and home improvement stores. Building a Market charts the rise of the home improvement industry in the United States and Canada from the end of World War I into the late 1950s. Drawing on the insights of business, social, and urban historians, and making use of a wide range of documentary sources, Richard Harris shows how the middle-class preference for home ownership first emerged in the 1920s—and how manufacturers, retailers, and the federal government combined to establish the massive home improvement market and a pervasive culture of Do-It-Yourself. Deeply insightful, Building a Market is the carefully crafted history of the emergence and evolution of a home improvement revolution that changed not just American culture but the American landscape as well. “An important topic that deserves to be widely read by scholars of business history, urban history, and social history.”—Journal of American History
Author | : Taunton Press |
Publisher | : Taunton Press |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9781561586547 |
Presents 22 articles from past issues of Fine Homebuilding that feature houses under 2,400 square feet.
Author | : Carolyn M. Goldstein |
Publisher | : Princeton Architectural Press |
Total Pages | : 118 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9781568981277 |
Do It Yourself investigates the history behind the current do-it-yourself craze in homebuilding and home repair. The origins of home improvement can be traced to the early part of the century when government loan programs placed home ownership within the reach of growing numbers of families, mass-circulation magazines began providing their readers with information about home remodeling and repair, and increasing numbers of Americans turned to the manual arts and handicrafts as leisure-time pursuits. World War II provided many Americans with the skills and confidence to undertake home-improvement projects on their own, and after the war, changes in the manufacturing and retail of tools and equipment created new possibilities for transforming one's home. As home remodeling became a central feature of domestic life and consumer culture, the "do-it-yourself" movement was born, coming of age in the baby-boomer 1950s and 1960s, when Americans created suburban paradises and reclaimed decaying urban centers. The text of Do It Yourself, which investigates topics ranging from women's roles in home repair to historic preservation, is a lively mix of illustrations -- including period photographs, magazine spreads, and advertisements -- and clearly written analysis of the trends behind these images.
Author | : Sarah Susanka |
Publisher | : Taunton Press |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Architecture, Domestic |
ISBN | : 1561583766 |
Provides a review of social trends and their effect on architecture and design.
Author | : Mike Lawrence |
Publisher | : Hermes House (UK) |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Building |
ISBN | : 9781840380521 |
More than 180 projects and over 95 techniques to transform your home with instructions for painting, paperhanging, tiling, laying floor coverings, making soft furnishings and instant makeovers.
Author | : Grace Mase |
Publisher | : Archway Publishing |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2019-04-23 |
Genre | : House & Home |
ISBN | : 1480874078 |
Everyone deserves a better life through a better home. Improving your home can upgrade your life. Are you thinking about remodeling, renovating, adding-on or building your home? "Revivify Your Home" will change how you approach your project. Author Grace Mase, founder and CEO of BEYREP, is like a fairy godmother for home improvements. She will provide you peace of mind by helping you take control of your home improvement project and avoid the costly heartaches. Like tidying up with Marie Kondo’s KonMari Method, Grace will show you a simple and strategic framework to guide you through the journey to successfully achieve your home improvement goals. When starting a major home improvement project, many homeowners would cold-call contractors or glorified handymen to gut and remodel their house without an architectural plan. It is like asking urgent care to perform delicate heart surgery without an attending heart surgeon's guidance. Fortunately, no reputable urgent care facility would take such a request, but not all contractors and handymen share the same ethical standards. This approach is a huge gamble. Perhaps it is not surprising that homeowner frustration with home improvement projects has consistently ranked as one of the top consumer complaints nationwide for over twenty years, according to the National Association of Consumer Agency Administrators and the Consumer Federation of America. Grace has heard many horror stories of home improvement projects gone wrong and transformed several potential disasters into successful projects. With architecture degrees from UC Berkeley and Yale University and experience as a former UC Berkeley Campus Architect, she has numerous successful renovation projects under her professional belt. Many homeowners stumble through their home improvement project because they are not prepared and don’t know what to expect. They don’t enjoy it and feel like they are on an emotional rollercoaster. Most of them don’t realize that renovating or remodeling their home is a significant emotional as well as a financial investment and rush in unprepared for such a significant undertaking. Others want to improve their home, but never take the first step because of their fear of being taken advantage of, or fear of the unknown. Grace will guide you through the process of planning strategically, preparing mentally and emotionally, and making smart decisions that save time and save money. Drawn from her experience on thousands of projects, Grace shares her proven process that resulted in the creation of her patented BEYREP personalized online home improvement tool. Each chapter contains key insights, best practices, and strategies to help you through the process and bring order to chaos, ensuring your home improvement will be a rewarding experience that you’ll enjoy for a lifetime. "Revivify Your Home: Take Control of Your Home Improvement With Peace of Mind and Level Up Your Life" will help you upgrade your life by empowering you to improve your home with confidence and peace of mind.
Author | : Editors of Fine Homebuilding |
Publisher | : Taunton |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Buildings |
ISBN | : 9781561586554 |
Containing 25 articles by architects and builders from past issues of Fine Homebuilding, this book provides photographic examples and tips for adding onto a house all at once or bit by bit.
Author | : Sarah Susanka |
Publisher | : Taunton Press |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Dwellings |
ISBN | : 156158827X |
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