The Family Handyman: Refresh your Home by
Readers Digest
Need to revive old trim? Quiet a noisy garage door? Fix wobbly
outlets? These are all really easy to do to refresh your home. Instead of
hiring expensive contractors and landscapers, this helpful guide will take you
step by step through a wide range of do-it-yourself ideas for your home, garage
and yard.
This book contains 500 simple projects and tips to help you save
money, update and renovate your home. It focuses more on home repairs and
simple tutorials that are necessary when fixing things such as plumbing,
electrical fixtures, landscaping and even a few tips for your car.
Money-Wise Makeovers by Jean Nayar
In this book, Nayar shows the reader different ideas for updating
your home. She focuses on the major areas of the home, such as living spaces,
dining rooms, kitchens, bathrooms, and bedrooms.
“Life changes, and sometime a house needs to change, too. Maybe
you’ve moved into an existing house that guzzles energy and drains your
resources. Or maybe you’ve simple outgrown the home you have, but don’t want to
leave it. In any case, there’s no reason to let an imperfect home compromise
the way you live. In fact, there’s hardly been a better time to upgrade and
existing home and improve its value without excessive spending.”
Period Details by Martin and Judith Miller
Period Details is a sourcebook that teaches you about the past of
architecture. Although it doesn’t have any DIY or remodeling tutorials inside,
it is a great book to help the reader come up with ideas, paint colors, and
even wallpaper designs.
Miller states in the opening comments of his book: “The only way
you can decorate for today is to know what the past is like. It’s like growing
up – if you don’t learn from experience, you don’t ever find out, and you fall
into a pattern of mistakes. Although architects and designers are required to
learn about the past in school they don’t necessarily put that knowledge into
practice. Therefore, you need constantly to educate your eyes as I do, by
looking at paintings, at furniture, and at buildings. Visit museums, read books and magazines, and
all your life gather ideas.”
Affordable Remodel by Fernando Pages Ruiz
Affordable remodel provides a guide for those who want to improve
and enhance the value of their homes, whether by planning and overseeing the
remodel or by doing the work themselves. Ruiz, shares his hard-won secrets in
this book by revealing a full range of money-saving options available to
homeowners today. With the power of
insider knowledge, you too will find ways to achieve the home of your dreams
without breaking your budget.
Not so Big Remodeling by Sarah Susanka
Susanka is spearheading a movement that will re-define the way
Americans remodel their homes. She says in this book: “I’ve worked with
thousands of individuals, couples, and families over the past two decades, so I
knew exactly what was needed to keep costs down and livability up on my own
house. Although a remodeled house is rarely as personal, architecturally
speaking, as a house you design from scratch, there are lots of small things
you can do that will make it much more closely aligned with your visions for a
dream home than you’ve probably ever thought possible. My goal with this book
is to show you how to make a little remodeling go a long way. In fact, the
informing attitude is one of ‘Keep it simple.’”
Throughout the book, Susanka gives floor plan examples of houses
with before and after photos, as well as a constant stream of ideas that will
help the reader begin to imagine their own dream house.
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