Straw bale houses are easy to build, affordable, super energy efficient, environmentally friendly, attractive, and can be designed to match the builder's personal space needs, esthetics and budget. Despite mushrooming interest in the technique, however, most straw bale books focus on "selling" the dream of straw bale building, but don't adequately address the most critical issues faced by bale house builders. Moreover, since many developments in this field are recent, few books are completely up to date with the latest techniques.
Give any room in the house an instant dose of colorful charm with these "Breit" Ideas for Home Decor. Over 91 fabulous and functional projects include a home office desk made from a door, furniture slipcovers, cheerful pillows, and an antique tilting mirror, all with the unique appeal of Mary Engelbreit's popular designs. Learn to use decorative painting, decoupage, and signature fabrics for projects that will transform a girl's bedroom, a kitchen, a sunroom, and more. Full-color photography and simple, step-by-step instructions accompany each project.
Practical and Decorative Origami (Creative Origami)
Shows how to produce a range of decorative and functional items in origami - the ancient Japanese art of paper-folding. This practical book includes advice on choice of paper, a reference section of basic folds, as well as explicit instructions and colour-coded folding diagrams for each design.
Published originally in 1914, this is the first Asian cookbook published in America. The fascinating new introduction by Asian cooking authority Jacqueline M. Newman reveals the trickery at play from the two sisters of Anglo-Chinese descent who wrote the book. The Chinese recipes are simple Chinese-American ones using ordinary ingredients. Many are for chop suey and chow mein using lots of celery, bean sprouts, and gravy. The Japanese meat and fish recipes are also simple even though several use rabbit, pheasant, venison, pigeon, even whale; the vegetable dishes are more Chinese than Japanese.
This book delivers what today's crafters are looking for: updated, sophisticated home decorating projects that are easy, inexpensive and fun to make. Taking a new approach to the classic craft of decoupage, weekend crafters will learn to transform flea market finds and ordinary objects into decorative pieces that enhance the decor of every room.
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Chip Carving - Expert Techniques and 50 All-Time Favorite Projects
In this collection of 29 projects, woodworkers of all skill levels are taught several variations of chip carving—the timeless art of decorating a wood surface by removing chips of wood with short triangular-shaped cuts—including basic chip carving, line carving, shallow-chip carving, and highly stylized European chip carving. Featuring patterns from a host of preeminent chipcarvers—such as Barry McKenzie, Dennis Moor, Darrell Jannsen, and Roger Strautman—this handy guidebook includes Christmas ornaments, a beautiful line-carved birdhouse, a handsome chip-carved chess set...
