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Home, Garden, and DIY May 2019
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| Seasonal Flower Arranging: Fill Your Home with Blooms, Branches, and Foraged... by Ariella Chezar with Julie Michaels; photos by Erin KunkelWhat it is: a beautifully written guide arranged by season that encourages the use of locally grown flowers and provides flexible, step-by-step instructions for 39 floral projects.
Don't miss: the eye-catching color photos and the section about creating a cutting garden.
Reviewers say: "a delightful companion for gardeners, florists, or armchair naturalists" (Publishers Weekly, starred review). |
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The Wood Carver's Dozen: A Collection of 12 Beautiful Projects for Beginners
by Celina Muire
Discover the practical and rewarding craft of hand wood carving with Celina Muire. The Wood Carver's Dozen is a perfect practical guide for anyone wanting to try this ancient craft and experience the pure joy of creating something beautiful from scratch. Learn about the tools of the trade and how to use them, how to pick the right wood for a project, and how to get the very best out of your materials. Simple step-by-step tutorials guide you through twelve unique and charming wood carving projects, suitable for any level of expertise. Thanks to clear instructions, photographs, and traceable templates, even absolute beginners can dive into this book to make something timeless and sublime.
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| Dinner Illustrated: 175 Meals Ready in 1 Hour or Less by America's Test KitchenWho it's for: busy people who want a meal kit in book form and would enjoy dinners like Crispy Skillet Turkey Burgers with Tomato-Feta Salad; Rice Noodles with Crisp Tofu and Cabbage; and Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Green Beans and Potatoes.
What's inside: 175 recipes for fast meals (including sides and salads); illustrated, step-by-step directions; ingredient lists that work as shopping lists; nutritional information; gluten-free, vegan, and vegetarian options. |
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| The Less Is More Garden: Big Ideas for Designing Your Small Yard by Susan MorrisonWhy you should read it: It takes a lifestyle-based approach to garden design that'll help aspiring gardeners turn their modest-sized yards into personalized spaces.
What's inside: inspiring color photographs, thoughtful questions, and suggestions for livable, low-maintenance designs using appropriate plants, furniture, and hardscaping. |
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| Learn to Paint in Acrylics with 50 Small Paintings by Mark Daniel NelsonWhat it is: an accessible how-to book for beginners that cleverly drops the intimidation factor by having readers paint on small (5x5) canvases, boards, or pieces of paper, working their way through 50 paintings, which start simple and progress as skills are acquired.
Want more? Try Claire Watson Garcia's Painting for the Absolute and Utter Beginner or Annie O'Brien Gonzales' The Joy of Acrylic Painting. |
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| Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism by Fumio SasakiWhat it is: a contemplative memoir and guide to minimalism with color photos by a Japanese book editor who got rid of all of his books.
Topics include: what minimalism is and why it's grown in popularity; tips on decluttering; why we own so much stuff; the positive changes in the author's life since going minimalist.
Other decluttering options: books by Marie Kondo, Peter Walsh, Joshua Becker, Francine Jay, or Dana K. White. |
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