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In his long running hit book Good Clean Fun, Nick Offerman brought us into his woodshop with personal reflections on woodworking alongside instructions to create some of his favorite projects. Now, in Little Woodchucks, the Offerman Woodshop is opening its avuncular doors to woodworkers of all ages in the form of twelve brand-new, family-friendly projects perfect for kids, from beginner projects like a handmade box kite to more challenging offerings like a little free library / meat locker.

Solar Power DIY Handbook is loaded with useful content and is an excellent guide on how one can choose, decide on, and install efficient and reliable solar power in one's home.

Organize Your House Like a Pro will help you develop a plan of action, so that you will feel a sense of empowerment when you begin to tackle the job of taking on the clutter of the house and in your life. Unlike other decluttering books, it will help you figure out what type of cleaning personality you have, and whether you are drawn to collecting things or letting them go. You will learn how to use the basic gifts of your personality to become more organized and develop better daily habits to help have a more peaceful and decluttered home. Inside this book, you will discover:

How to Declutter and Organize Your House in 30 Minutes: Great Organizing Tips is a simple yet effective guide to tackle those house chores that sometimes seem insurmountable in our day-to-day lives. This audiobook will help you to focus on how to declutter your house in 30 minutes and it will teach you to declutter and organize each room step-by-step without the need of a maid service or expensive cleaning supplies.

Lady on the Hill tells the inspiring story of the 35-year effort to restore a fading beauty, the Biltmore Estate, to her former glory - all without a penny of government funding or outside foundation grants. Central to this true-life tale of rebirth against the odds is George Vanderbilt's grandson William A. V. Cecil, a well-mannered, highly educated man who, when caught up in an idea, becomes a whirling dervish, generating enough energy and enthusiasm to motivate everyone around him.

The Upcycle is the eagerly awaited follow-up to Cradle to Cradle, the most consequential ecological manifesto of our time. Now, drawing on the lessons gained from 10 years of putting the cradle-to-cradle concept into practice with businesses, governments, and ordinary people, William McDonough and Michael Braungart envision the next step in the solution to our ecological crisis: We don't just reuse resources with greater effectiveness, we actually improve them as we use them.

Transferring one's residence to another country can be an exciting and challenging experience. In the end, visiting somewhere for a few days and living in a foreign country are two very different experiences. While it is lovely to embrace new cultures and explore possibilities in an unfamiliar place, you will also be required to make a plethora of courageous decisions and preparations on various fronts during your stay. In this audiobook, you will learn everything you need to know and consider when making a big move overseas.

Are you transitioning to off-grid boondocking, know you need a solar system, but you're scared as heck to get started? Building a mobile off-grid solar system can be intimidating to most beginners. Trust me, I used a portable generator for the first couple of years of van life. But understanding the basic principles of off-the-grid solar power can probably save your life if you start connecting wires before you understand what they all do.

Walk through the door and begin the personal journey of creating a sanctuary that reflects who you are - that unique combination of who God made you to be and how you shape life by what matters most. Award-winning designer Ginger Curtis uses her personal experience to inspire your every step with this truth: You are worthy of beauty. Dream of it. Plan for it. And watch it emerge as you create visual moments, let in color and light, select meaningful treasures, and allow the smallest details to shine.

No two tracts of land are the same. Buying timberland is not the same as buying farm land. Buying a wooded recreational tract is not the same as buying a wooded development tract. This book will give you specific information as it relates to a number of different rural real estate types, scenarios and what-to-watch-fors. You will get good information that can save you money, make you money, save time or all three!

Royal Lodge is one of a scattered group of dwellings, mansions, forts, and follies in the southern recesses and environs of Windsor Great Park which have served royal pleasures and private needs ever since the carefree days of Charles II. It has been the home of artists and courtiers and farmers and foresters, the picnic pavilion of queens and the private abode of two kings. Meticulously researched, royal chronicler Helen Cathcart paints a vivid picture of the evolving architecture, changing decor, and esteemed inhabitants of Royal Lodge from earliest days through to the mid-twentieth century.

When Jean Stoffer’s husband announced he was quitting his extremely stressful job to look for another career, she suddenly needed to bring in a lot more of the family income. The problem was, while she had a degree in business, her part-time job paid very little and she had few obvious options for earning more anytime soon. In Establishing Home, Jean tells how necessity sparked her journey from part-time receptionist to founder of an award-winning home design company and star of the Magnolia Network’s show, The Established Home.

In Encyclopedia for Off-Grid, RV Living, and Camping, you will learn about growing and storing your own food, supplying your own energy needs, and essential tips and strategies to help you make a plan to start living a simpler and more eco-friendly life starting today! The good news is that it doesn’t have to be all or nothing; you can start small and learn as you go. It is time to take charge, get back to basics, and secure your own future!

50 Things to Know About Habits That Reduce Your Housework by author Maris Liv offers an achievable approach to changing your daily habits in order to maximize your time for more pleasant activities than cleaning, organizing, and tidying up. Take back your leisure time by adopting more efficient and effective living habits. This book takes a different approach to managing a clean home by exploring specific habits a family can adopt to prevent a home from getting dirtier, thus reducing the cleaning all together.

In this guide, you will find 47 of the best electrical cheats, hacks, hints, tips, and tricks that you need to know. Whether you are a certified electrician or just the average homeowner, this book can be very beneficial to you. Electrical projects can be hard to tackle without using cheats, hacks, hints, tips, and tricks along the way. I have used many of the cheats, hacks, hints, tips, and tricks in this guide at least once in my lifetime, so I know you will use them, too.

Most people don’t realize it, but having a neat and organized kitchen can help boost your motivation to cook and be more productive overall. However, it can be challenging to know where to start. You know that you want to get your kitchen organized, but the task seems so daunting because it’s been a mess for so long that you can’t decide what you should start with first—The cabinets? Maybe the pantry? Or the fridge? That’s where this book comes in. Discover strategies that are guaranteed to help you get your unruly kitchen under control in just five easy steps!

You’ve seen the videos, news features, blogs, and other content showing how many individuals and families around the world have been able to leave behind the daily grind of the urban jungle. Now, they are living in healthier, more mindful, and adventure-filled residences, far from the daily grind of the modern-day consumer-driven culture. They know how to source their own food, produce their own electricity, and live comfortably without harming the environment. Does this sound like something you want for yourself and your household as well? Then you’ve come to the right source!

If you want to find a harmonious life and a harmonious living in flow with energy levels, then this audiobook is for you. It includes two books: Samadhi and Vastu. Learn all about Samadhi yoga, Vastu Shastra, and how you can lead a well-balanced, harmonious life.

Our dwellings - both our home and body - are intricately connected. Each has the potential to inspire the other to be its very best! Your home is where your life happens. Learn how to create a sanctuary that inspires your well-being, so you can experience a greater sense of peace, comfort, and belonging. Your body, including your mind and soul, needs daily nourishment to help you feel healthy and happy.

On the perimeter of Israel's Jezreel Valley, with the Carmel mountains rising up in the west, Meir Shalev has a beloved garden, "neither neatly organized nor well kept", as he cheerfully explains. Often covered in mud and scrapes, Shalev cultivates both nomadic plants and "house dwellers", using his own quirky techniques. He extolls the virtues of the lemon tree, rescues a precious variety of purple snapdragon from the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway, and does battle with a saboteur mole rat. He even gives us his superior private recipe for curing olives.