Junk Beautiful: Room by Room Makeovers with Junkmarket Style10 reviews Sue Whitney, Ki Nassauer Taunton, 2008 Fabulous Junk + Some Junk In the Trunk or How To Be A Junk Rocker + Junk Beatiful Room by Room + Great ideas!             Window Treatments Idea Book (Taunton Home Idea Books)11 reviews Sue Sampson, Ellen Delucia Taunton, 2006 Great design idea source! + great photos + Window Treatments + lots of great ideas + Your Window Treatment Resource             Sell, Keep, or Toss?: How to Downsize a Home, Settle an Estate, and Appraise Personal Property2 reviews Harry L. Rinker House of Collectibles, 2007 Really informative book, great job! + Time saver! This book will help you cut the stress of downsizing your life or settling an estate in half or more with its no-nonsense, clearly defined step-by-step suggestions for organizing, evaluating and dispensing property. Legal, tax and other tips highlighted throughout, as well as useful anecdotes of ...             The Not So Big House: A Blueprint for the Way We Really Live (Susanka)147 reviews Sarah Susanka, Kira Obolensky Taunton, 2008 Sound ideas, Great house. + Outdated details, but timeless concepts + wonderful book The Not So Big House was given me by a craftsman friend who had used it building his new, wonderful home. I kept this book through my new addition / remodel project of 7 months, using it as the reference for my decisions. The ideas are sound; easy to understand and implement. I recommend The Not ...             Green Building & Remodeling For Dummies (For Dummies (Home & Garden))10 reviews Eric Corey Freed For Dummies, 2007 A brief comment + great idea book! + Excellent overall review of green building + Green building for dummies + Pretty good book.             Feng Shui Your Life57 reviews Jayme Barrett Sterling, 2003 Perfect! + Feng Shui made simple + Good guidelines for Fengshui implementation + Best Feng Shui book ever + Great Energy Flow - Very Postive Reading             Stylish Sheds and Elegant Hideaways: Big Ideas for Small Backyard Destinations18 reviews Debra Prinzing Clarkson Potter, 2008 I beg to differ with Dennis... + packed with ideas and inspiration + Big Ideas/Great Destinations I originally put this text in the comments section by Dennis' review but figured no one would see it there because of his negative attitude. I beg to differ with Dennis. I am the creator of the "Mod Pod". I was flattered and eager to help contribute to Debra's book. This is not a ...             Decorating Idea Book (Idea Books)9 reviews Heather Paper Taunton, 2005 Fun Ideas You Can't Keep to Yourself + nice book, but furniture design in the book a bit too old fashioned. + A Beautiful Book + Excellent Resource + Helps to visualize and plan!             The Urban Homestead: Your Guide to Self-sufficient Living in the Heart of the City (Process Self-reliance ...9 reviews Kelly Coyne, Erik Knutzen Process, 2008 The Urban Homestead + Worth reading because it is different + Fun, easy to read guide My wife and I were delighted to get our hands on The Urban Homestead. We have been following the Urban Homestead journey via the authors' blog and we have enjoyed the projects, the experiments, the successes and the failures. Most of all, we have enjoyed a shift in our consciousness as we began to ...             The Home Energy Diet: How to Save Money by Making Your House Energy-Smart (Mother Earth News Wiser Living ...12 reviews Paul Scheckel New Society Publishers, 2005 Great information that will save your money + Consider "Insulate and Weatherize" Instead + The Home Energy Diet + More than just an overview of ideas. + Good book             Taunton's Home Storage Idea Book11 reviews Joanne Kellar Bouknight Taunton, 2003 Good, But Not Perfect! I really like this series of books that range from this "Storage" one to "Bathrooms," "Family Houses," etc... but I am giving this book a 4 because it shows alot of houses that seem to be beyond the means of most people that I know around my area. This book also likes to tell you to build storage ...             Elle Decor So Chic: Glamorous Lives, Stylish Spaces (Elle Decor)12 reviews Margaret Russell, Editors of Elle Decor Filipacchi, 2007 Margaret Russell is SOOOO Chic! + Nice Eye Candy For Your Decor Book Collection + beautiful book + Good to have! + FABULOUS!             An Affair with a House40 reviews Bunny Williams, Christine Pettel "Stewart, Tabori and Chang", 2005 This book has inspired me to stop 'casually dating' my own house and take our relationship to the next level! + Affair with a House + What A Wonderful Book!!! + This book is one of my favorite books! + Perfect combination of words and pictures             Shabby Chic42 reviews Rachel Ashwell Regan Books, 1996 The "Shcbby Chic" home design + Magic and Absolutely Must-Have Book + A total joy! + Good info             Tricia Guild Pattern: Using Pattern to Create Sophisticated, Show-stopping Interiors10 reviews Tricia Guild, Elspeth Thompson Rizzoli, 2006 A Feast for the Eyes + a twist on technocolors + Eye candy + THIS ONE IS THE BEST! + An inspiration for designers!             The Homeowner's Handbook to Energy Efficiency: A Guide to Big and Small Improvements John Krigger, Chris Dorsi Saturn Resource Management, 2008 In The Homeowner's Guide to Energy Efficiency , John Krigger and Chris Dorsi help homeowners set realistic personal goals for reducing their energy consumption. Their methods for making homes more energy efficient will also improve comfort, safety, durability, and resale value. They guide readers through the process of assessing current energy usage and predicting the benefits and estimating the ...             Apartment Therapy Presents: Real Homes, Real People, Hundreds of Design Solutions8 reviews Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan Chronicle Books, 2008 create your own living space + Great Book - Like the Blog + therapy works! + Love it so much, I ration only a chapter per night...             The Nest Home Design Handbook: Simple ways to decorate, organize, and personalize your place1 review Carley Roney Clarkson Potter, 2008 Wonderful, create tips for those that like to "invent" I purchased this book because I wanted some unique ideas in an easy to read format and sure enough, this is what I was given!!! I love it!!! It is FULL of pictures which makes it easy for my husband to flip through and say like it/hate it....and that brings a huge grin to my face ;-) Oh, we ...             Candice Olson on Design47 reviews Candice Olson HGTV, 2006 VERY HELPFUL + The queen of interior spaces + Now you know how she does it. + Inspiring, educational and fun...             Outside the Not So Big House: Creating the Landscape of Home (Susanka)16 reviews Julie Moir Messervy, Sarah Susanka Taunton, 2008 A good gardening ideas book for both design professionals and ordinary gardeners + Great Idea Book + You can have a million-dollar view from your home A house and its garden are different parts of the same overall design. Bestselling author Sarah Susanka and acclaimed landscape designer and award-winning writer Julie Moir Messervy understand this concept. They describe it as "opening up the relationship of indoors and out" and demonstrate it ...