Book Description
Everything you need to know about growing your favorite herbs using safe, natural, all-organic methods!Practical tips and advice on all aspects of successful herb growing.A wealth of great ideas and helpful how-to on using herbs in cooking, crafts, cosmetics, health care, insect repellents, and more.Illustrated herb directory featuring all the most popular herbs-- from aloe to yarrow-- each with complete information on growing, care, harvesting, and uses.
Product Description
Numerous studies show that a house that is well polished on the surface and staged properly will appeal to more buyers, sell faster, and most importantly for more money. You may not be able to improve the market value of your house, but you can improve its marketability. Remember: first impressions count the most. Home Staging is the art of decorating a home to sell fast and for the highest amount. Home stage experts and consultants get thousands of dollars to do what you can easily do inexpensively, with little or no money. Keep in mind this important fact: the way you live in your home and the way you market it for sale are two very different things. In this groundbreaking new book you will learn how small color changes will increase your home s value, minor repairs and de-cluttering tricks, how to rearrange your furniture and art work, decorating tips and ideas, how to look at your house from the buyer's viewpoint, how to add minor accessories, which items stay and what must go, which minor changes will bring you the greatest return, how to bring out a home's best features, table settings, candles, what photos must go and which ones stay, how to minimize problem areas, how to position your house for the marketplace, what music to play, what scents to spray, how to use design psychology techniques, lighting techniques, landscaping secrets, what to do with garages, basements and attics, what color you should never use, how to ensure a positive traffic flow through rooms, how to use mirrors and natural light, and much more. This brand new exhaustively researched book is the ultimate resource for novices and pros alike; it will guide you through every step of the process with hundreds of innovative ideas that you can put to use right away. This book gives you the proven strategies and innovative ideas used by the expert s everyday that you can easily do your self. The book also includes a full-color insert packed with photos of before and after shots!
Customer Reviews:
Excellent advice........2007-06-10
This book is full of helpful advice when undertaking the tremendous task of selling and moving out of your house. Some of the advice is common sense, but they offer great ideas.
From do-it-yourself enhancement projects to inexpensive solutions.......2007-06-10
Dozens of color photos of 'before' and 'after' examples illustrate staging step-by-step, offering homeowners and their agents key tips to understanding how a property presents itself and what enhances its salability. From do-it-yourself enhancement projects to inexpensive solutions for potentially expensive problems, 301 SIMPLE THINGS is the guide homeowners should consult first before even listing a property - and any public library lending collection will find it an excellent reference.
Solid Guide to Staging Your House for a Successful Sale.......2007-04-11
Selling a home can be a time-consuming and stressful time, especially if the home doesn't sell right away, or doesn't even get serious bites from potential buyers. There are a lot of reasons buyers might not be interested in a house - the location, for example - that are out of the seller's control. However, there are also a lot of things sellers can do to actually sell their house to the buyer, primarily by making the house a more attractive and compelling purchase. Teri B. Clark's book on house staging, the not-so-succinctly titled 301 Simple Things You Can Do to Sell Your Home NOW and For More Money Than You Thought, lays out how to effectively stage your house to maximize both the number of interested buyers, and the selling price.
For those unfamiliar with the concept, staging is essentially arranging and decorating your house in a way that makes it appealing to virtually anyone who enters it. Think of a window display in a store, or a floor model of a bedroom set, and you will get the idea: the objective is to make the house an eye-catching product that buyers are excited about purchasing. 301 Simple Things...covers the entire process of staging in great detail, from simple do-it-yourself tasks like cutting down on clutter, patching drywall, and thoroughly - and I mean thoroughly - cleaning your kitchen, bathroom, and windows, to more complex tasks that could require professional help, like putting in a new toilet. The overall point that the book drives home is that staging is not the same as remodeling, and should not require installation of expensive appliances or amenities, or major changes to the house itself. Staging is about doing a variety of small, things: painting cabinets, rearranging furniture, cleaning, opening curtains, etc. to make the house more presentable to buyers.
Though the book at times serves as an advertisement for some of the professional house stagers it features in its case studies, the content is actually based around a do-it-yourself type of attitude. It walks you through all the tasks and principles behind staging your house, and gives specific, step-by-step instructions on all the tasks it recommends. If you have never put up wallpaper or painted a concrete basement floor, for example, Clark walks you through all of the details of those processes. A simple carpentry book might be a good companion piece if you decide to stage your house yourself, but the information in 301 Simple Things... is detailed enough that you will probably only have to consult the carpentry book if you run into a problem. Speaking of problems: aside from guiding you through what to do, 301 Simple Things... also covers what not to do, describing problems and pitfalls that turn off potential buyers.
The great thing about 301 Simple Things You Can Do to Sell Your Home NOW and For More Money Than You Thought is that the vast majority of the book is useable content, without a lot of fluff. Case studies, which are essentially anecdotes from real estate professionals, serve to reinforce the importance of whatever topic the book is covering, and its illustrations (photographs) do a great job of showing, visually, how staging can change the look and feel of a house. If you are considering selling your home, 301 Simple Things...is a great read. It provides plenty of useable ideas for making your house a product that potential buyers will get excited about purchasing, and living in. Whether you decide to use the services of a professional, or make improvements yourself using its step-by-step guides, 301 Simple Things...can be a huge asset in your quest to sell your home.
Simply Fantastic!.......2007-04-05
I love this book! Teri Clark has created a gem that is full of fantastic ideas to help you easily transform your house from a home into a product that others will want to buy. If you are selling your house, you need this book. No matter what your budget, you will find suggestions that will bring you thousands of dollars in profits and help your home sell faster.
As a home buyer, I have always felt much more inclined to try to get a bargain when making an offer for a house that wasn't loved than when walking through a house that was presentation ready. Don't sell your cherished home to bargain hunters when you can sell to home buyers who want to move up in the world to something better than they had before! "301 Simple Things" helps you create a living space that exceeds their expectations and ensures that you close the sale at a price that's right for you.
"301 Simple Things" is also great for people who simply want to live well. With a few simple tasks, you can create a beautiful environment that is a both a haven and a place to entertain and enjoy. Don't settle for good, read the book and see how easily you can make your house a great place to live.
Best book I've read for staging your home.......2007-03-24
This book is extremely useful when you're selling your house. I thought I already knew how to make my house look good, but I hadn't realized half of the things mentioned in this book. It details everything you will need to know, including how to complete minor repairs in your home from replacing a faucet to painting your walls. It also talks about furniture arrangement and getting rid of the clutter. I never realized that something as simple as turning your dining room table at a different angle could make that big of a difference. After seeing the pictures, I believe! This book is filled with before and after pictures (in color) that show what a difference staging the room can have. Clark's book also provides check-lists and tips throughout so that you won't forget anything. The tips she provides are practical and easily implemented. She also includes a section on how to get the most for your money, especially when you are on an extremely tight budget. If you are trying to sell your house, this is THE book to buy. It contains all of the information you will need to get more money for your house.
Book Description
Americans annually spend
millions of dollars to improve their homes. The cost of all home improvements, including landscaping, has dramatically increased in recent years due to higher labor and material costs. Doesn't it make sense to plan ahead? A mistake choosing paint color will usually cost less than a few hundred dollars to correct--but the cost of correcting a landscaping error may cost
thousands of dollars before you reach a solution.
Successful landscape design may not be rocket science, but it does require a good understanding of basic principles and time-tested techniques.
The
Landscape
Design
Answer
Book collects the accumulated wisdom of one of America's premier landscape designers--Jane Bath.
Writing specifically for new homeowners and those planning renovations, Bath pulls from her twenty-five-plus years of experience helping
thousands of clients. Even though Bath faces a wide range of landscape design
situations in her work, the
solutions to these important landscape problems remain constant. That's why
The
Landscape
Design
Answer
Book is unique. Bath reduces the subject of landscape design to about three hundred specific design problems (or goals) a homeowner may face--and provides solutions that can be
universally
applied.
The result is a book that you'll find both pleasing and functional, whether you tackle a landscape design project yourself or hire a professional. Features include:
-- More than 300 real-world solutions to landscape design situations
-- Photographs of completed projects, both large and small
-- Helpful photo call-outs that reveal specific design solutions and goals
-- Simple summaries of a landscape solution or goal, followed by real-world examples
Do you really want to undertake
any landscape design project without advance planning? Probably not. You can't afford
not to invest in a copy of
The
Landscape
Design
Answer
Book; it will be your wisest--and least expensive--decision.
Customer Reviews:
Full of Useful Information.......2007-04-13
As a Landscape Designer myself...I am always interested in checking out new material on the subject. Although this book seems to be written by Mrs. Bath to the general public, I think it should have been geared to her peers & fellow landscape designers. I say this primarily because it focuses on many of the issues a designer deals with in preparing their layouts. In fact the amount of detail covered in this area is phenomenal.
What I think my colleagues will enjoy & find useful is all the wealth of experience Mrs. Bath brings to the table from her years of desiging. One can easily trace throughout her words that the reader is benefiting from Mrs. Bath's mistakes & can make good use of her advice.
With regards to the general public..I don't think they would find this book helpful with regard to some of the quagmires they often find themselves in such as, where do I put the beds, appropriate scale, what plants are best for me etc. There isn't a comprehensive coverage in the book about the basics of good design that usually only a trained designer would already understand such as line, texture, scale, rhythm, form etc. For this reason the average novice gardener may not find this book all encompassing.
However for the designer, this book is a treasure of gems that can be adapted to any gardening zone in the world. I highly recommend this book for anyone who already has a solid basic understanding of design concepts whether interior of exterior as this book can take you to another level of knowledge & expertise.
The only thing I didn't particularly like about the book was the layout. I would have rather had a different format...but again..Mrs. Bath was speaking to a certain audience which I'm guessing justifies this sort of arrangement of topics. I deducted one star because of this shortcoming.
This book is what it promises...well worth the price & then some.
Not relevant to my garden.......2007-03-27
I bought this book at the SF Garden Show on a whim and am kind of disappointed in it. This book features pictures of large, grass filled mini-estates in Georgia. This type of gardening style is not that useful in the Bay Area, where people have smaller homes and smaller yards, and are trying to eliminate large lawn areas to reduce water usage. I found some of her advice to be strange -- like avoiding groundcovers because they are not low maintenance. It seems like every single one of her featured evergreen shrubs is a neatly trimmed boxwood. Even in Georgia it seems like there might be a few more choices.
The bottom line: if you have a MacMansion somewhere east of the Mississippi and you like conventional landscapes then this book is for you. For everyone else there are better choices available.
Best practical guide to landscaping I have found........2007-02-07
Covers--in rich detail and with excellent illustrations and diagrams--so many things that no other landscaping guide even touches: driveways and guest parking areas, entryways, stairway and path size, slopes, boundaries and edgings, etc. etc. I am very grateful to have found this book before making a lot of errors.
Excellent ..........2006-09-10
This is one of the best references I have bought in a long while. The layout is wonderful ... it is infomative and beautiful. My goodness, what a great reference. Thanks Jane!
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Outstanding.......2006-09-07
This book is invaluable to anyone who has a home and garden. It is practical, sensible, and full of well organized information. It is beautifully laid out and a pleasure to read from cover to cover or to look through and read selected sections. The photography is interesting and helpful. This book is a great read and a valuable reference book.
Book Description
In this compact volume the author presents a concise look on growing fresh vegetables to meet the needs of the family with a surplus to share or sell - is the outgrowth of many years of research and experimentation im more than two score countries around the world under most unusual and varied circumstances, most recently in Africa, Southern Utah Indian reservations, Trinidad, Tobago, W.I, and Russia.
After these years of research a simple garden method has been perfected. The method is not limited by poor soils, rocks, hillsides, swamps, city limits, long seasons, short seasons, rain, arid regions, waste land, weeds, lack of powered equipment, or no equipment.
The Grow-Bed garden program outlined in this book is simple, inexpensive, and easy to implement. It will help you to eliminate failures and experience the best in gardening satisfaction and enduring success.
Customer Reviews:
Gardening Success Illustrated - Step By Step.......2001-09-19
Using 740 illustrations, Dr. Mittleider has created an outstanding book that belongs right in the garden with you. With examples of great gardens from around the world that have often been created on the worst soils you've ever seen, he shows you step by step how to have great success growing beautiful, healthy vegetables in any soil, in any climate!
This book will raise your sights regarding how much you can grow! You'll learn how to grow between 2 and 10 times what others were growing in the same place, with no weeds, and using half the water normally required. And it's so easy when it's done right!
Nothing is left out, as you learn how to pick the best location, prepare the soil, plant seeds, transplant, weed, water, prune, harvest, etc. And, you learn how to do everything the best, fastest, and most efficient way, so that you can really enjoy the gardening experience.
You can even learn how to build an excellent greenhouse in this great book - or how to automate your watering system - or how to grow your plants vertically in order to save space and maximize your yield while minimizing losses to bugs & diseases.
The chapter on how to spot problems with your plants and correct them is extremely helpful, and you'll discover ways to easily "cure" what you always thought were incurable diseases.
You will have all the benefits of an organic garden, without pesticides or herbicides, while producing yields more nearly what hydroponic growers achieve - simply by using the best cultural practices and natural mineral nutrients.
I wouldn't be without it. Get yours and you'll soon see why.
The Best book on Raised Bed gardening.......1999-01-16
This book is a very good users reference to raised bed gardening, probagating vegetable plant growth, intensive use of vegetable planting and growing a garden in the winter for very few dollars. I recommend it highly to anyone just starting out with vegetable gardening. The intensive plantings makes it possible for a large family to have a garden in a VERY small space and even in a city on concrete. Read this and prove me wrong I dare you!!!
Book Description
The Mittleider Method of Grow-box gardening is a synthesis of the best features of several major methods of gardening - organic, conventional, and hydroponic - giving the plant access to all available soil nutrients and microbial activity, adequate feeding and pest control, and high-density planting in a controlled environment. This book, loved by many thousands of successful gardeners around the world, is a step-by-step guidebook to Mittleider's methods for use by the home gardener. Hundreds of pictures and graphic illustrations make learning simple and pleasant. This book is a must-have for the home gardener with soil problems or space limitations.
Customer Reviews:
More Food From Your Garden Does The Job.......2001-03-20
This book uses very interesting graphic illustrations to show how to build containers and grow an excellent garden in virtually any space you might have available.
Everything is simple, logical, well illustrated, and explained, from choosing the location (sunny) to filling your grow-boxes with a clean, light mixture of sawdust and sand, or other ingredients that are inexpensive and readily available, and includes accurate feeding and watering instructions.
My garden is the envy of everyone who sees it, and draws raves almost every day. Thanks Dr. Mittleider!
Book Description
These 55 easy-to-follow projects give you creative options for making your outdoor living space more enjoyable. Basic information about working with materials, choosing designs, and coping with common landscape problems makes it easy for both beginning and experienced landscapers to get professional results.
Book Description
This must-have manual for every gardener will help save time and money and solve common garden problems. Short, easy-to-understand entries with over 1,700 how-to illustrations, photographs, charts and checklists are organized in an A-to-Z format for easy reference.
Customer Reviews:
As a beginner gardener, I couldn't ask for more!.......2003-08-05
This book answered every single question that I threw at it, and gave me so much more! The best money I've spent in a while! Short to the point answers, not complicated biology lessons. I will enjoy it thoroughly, and am fighting off my sister-in-law for reading time!
Reader's Digest has the answer!.......2003-05-19
416 pages of information you need to know to help you with your garden. In the Contents is a wondeful pages index. It's from A to Z. Whatever you are planting, buying or building or need information on good benefical bugs or the bad pests, it is all here. Climate, Architectural Plants, Colors, Fragrance, Herbs, Inside the House, Nature, Period Gardens, Projects & Crafts, Heirloom Roses, Tools, Vintage Vegetables and Wildflower Gardens. Any questions you may have about gardening and any fruit or vegetable, bush or tree, Reader's Digest will have the answer for you in this book.
A Must-Have Resource for Gardening!.......2003-05-05
This book is a wonderful resource for gardening. You will find all the answers to your questions and more. There are great ideas on setting up gardens, container planting, lawn care and general information of all types of plants. I have pulled it out several times already this spring. The set-up lets you find what you are looking for from A to Z.
Gorgeous! But "light" reading........2002-08-19
A gorgeous book! It doesn't go into depth. (Hey, it's "Reader's Digest" -- what do you expect?) If you want science, biology, botany, or anything terribly detailed, look elsewhere. If you want light, readable, helpful information inside a book that's beautiful to behold, this is a worthwhile purchase.
Easy, Excellent Guide for any degree of Gardening........2002-02-26
Have you ever just wanted to look up some facts about a plant and ended up thumbing through book after book? It's a waste of time- time you could have been out working in the garden.
Well- problem solved- this beautiful lay out makes it super simple with an alphabetically or indexed method to quickly find what you need.
You'll also read about tools, weather conditions, bugs and fun tidbits from the past.
The pictures alone are enough to get you in creative mode and the information assures your success.
Pickup a copy for yourself or a garden loving friend, it's sure to reap years of useful reference and glorious green rewards.,
Product Description
With the secrets from Fast Fixes and Miracle Mixes, you'll grow a goof-proof garden that keeps on giving beauty, bounty, blossoms, and more! Here at our Test Gardens, we've made every gardening mistake there isso you don't have to. We've done all the trial and error, so you can fast forward to green thumb success. What's more, you'll save a bundle while you're doing it.
Customer Reviews:
excellent veggie garden book.......2003-07-23
This is an excellent book on vegetable gardening. I like it enough to be buying a second copy for my daughter. No one book covers everything but this is one I consult fairly regularly, especially when laying out a new bed or design. I also recommend Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew and Postage Stamp Gardening, can't remember author.
Books:
- A Pattern Garden: The Essential Elements of Garden Making
- All New Square Foot Gardening
- All New Square Foot Gardening
- All New Square Foot Gardening
- All New Square Foot Gardening
- All New Square Foot Gardening
- Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing, The (4th Edition) (MyCompLab Series)
- American Horticultural Society Plant Propagation: The Fully Illustrated Plant-by-Plant Manual of Practical Techniques
- Apple Pro Training Series: Advanced Color Correction and Effects in Final Cut Pro 5 (Apple Pro Training)
- Ball Pest & Disease Manual: Disease, Insect, and Mite Control on Flower and Foliage Crops
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New Encyclopedia of Herbs & Their Uses
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