A beautiful landscape reflects well on your house, making it a welcome part of a neighborhood or native terrain. And it dramatically increases your home’s value. Landscaping also makes your house and yard more useful and better able to complement your family’s lifestyle. Trees shade your home to reduce energy use. Thorny shrubs deter prowlers. Lawns reduce dust from bare ground and give children the perfect play area. Patios and decks are great for entertaining. And a vegetable garden can yield fresh, delicious salads to eat on that patio or deck. 
Landscaping for Dummies has everything you need to turn the little patch of earth you call your own into a personal paradise. Whether you’ve waited for the day to have property to landscape, you’d never given it a second thought until you had to, or you want to improve on an existing landscape, this book offers a clearly written wealth of knowledge on: <ul>
<li>Designs</li> <li>Fences, walls, gates, and paths</li> <li>Decks, patios, and outdoor rooms</li> <li>Trees</li> <li>Shrubs and vines</li> <li>Ground cover</li> </ul>
From the basic principles of landscape design, to all the ins and outs of hillsides, balcony gardens, and water gardens, this book will show you how to: <ul>
<li>Think like a designer</li> <li>Dream up the right landscape for your family’s needs</li> <li>Increase your home’s resale value</li> <li>Conserve energy</li> <li>Deal with contractors, nurseries, and hardware suppliers</li> <li>Create an edible landscape</li> </ul>
Full of helpful problem-solvers for all kinds of landscapes, Landscaping for Dummies also features sample plans, “theme” landscape ideas, and a brilliant color photo section to inspire the imagination. Accessible and informative to both beginner and expert landscapers, this is the complete guide to creating the yard you’ve always wanted.

Landscaping for Dummies

Walheim, Lance

National Gardening Association (U.S.)

BECKSTROM.Robert J.

Arts & Photography

For Dummies

An A to Z format with instructions for interior and exterior home improvement projects. From carpentry, plumbing, masonry, electric wiring, and solar energy projects or repairs. With detailed instructions and illustrations for each project. Section on tools, and characteristics of different grains of woods for projects, zoning, codes and permits. Index from a to z. Great for the handyman or woman..

Ortho's Home Improvement Encyclopedia

Reference

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Demonstrates useful construction techniques, shows how to decorate attic and basement spaces, and discusses ventilation, heating and cooling, and lighting

How to Plan and Remodel Attics and Basements/05926

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Home Improvement & Design

Ortho Books

This book presents clear, detailed information on the basic types of home additions: simple ground-level rooms, bathrooms and kitchens, and multi-story construction. Whether you plan to do the work yourself or hire a contractor, this book is a valuable addition to your home-improvement library.

How to Build Additions

Science & Math

Technology

Depicts a variety of kitchen designs and supplies guidance for installing new appliances and fixtures

Designing and Remodeling Kitchens

Book by Birchard, John, Beckstrom, Robert J., Smith, Sally W.

Projects for Woodworkers

Birchard, John

Smith, Sally W.

Describes the materials and techniques used to build and maintain decks

How to Design and Build Decks

Bremer, Mark R.

Bremer, Beverly

Shows how to build 12 stylish decks—simple ground level to multi-level.
Each project explained in detail with cutaway illustrations, construction details, and instructional text and each includes a complete materials list.
Tells what kind of deck readers should choose based on their needs and how to modify deck plans if needed.

Ortho's Deck Plans (Ortho's All About Home Improvement)

Burton, Kenneth S., Jr.

Gardening & Landscape Design

Better Homes & Gardens Books

Structural Edition. How to solve multiple problems concerning your both interior and exterior including Safety. windows, Roofs etc.

Ortho's home repair probelm solver (Handman Club library)

Handyman Club of America

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