Transform your home with the timeless elegance and functionality of built-ins! Built-Ins: Expert Advice from Start to Finish is the ultimate guide for anyone from novice woodworkers to master craftsmen.This comprehensive book offers a unique perspective on creating built-in furniture that fits your space seamlessly, from strategic planning to tackling the challenges of idiosyncratic areas.As the latest addition to the successful Build Like a Pro se...

Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide to Choosing & Installing Hardware is the essential reference for homeowners, woodworkers, DIYers, and professional builders seeking to select and install architectural and furniture hardware with precision and style.This fully illustrated guide demystifies a wide range of hardware types—from knobs, pulls, hinges, and slides to latches, catches, and locks—explaining both aesthetic and functional considerations.Wi...

Over the course of 5 years Matthieu Chemiee has painstakingly researched and fabricated over 100 chains and documented each step in the process for this book. Rounded out with important information about tools, classic goldsmithing techniques and studio best practices, Chainmaking for Jewelers contains everything you need to know to make chains.Precise step-by-step photos.Tools you need including instructions on some tools you make yourself.Projects span fr...

Learn how to master the medium—and how to go with the watercolor flow—to create one-of-a-kind lettered art and calligraphy that reflect your personal style.In this stunning follow-up to her highly praised and influential first book, The Art of Brush Lettering, lettering expert and workshop instructor Kelly Klapstein (popular on Instagram as @kellycreates) shares her secrets for mastering the essential techniques for creating lovely modern lettering and call...

50 Classic Devices You Can Make.In Hand Tool Jigs & Fixtures, expert hand tool woodworker Graham Blackburn brings classic devices back to life and shows you exactly how to make and use them in today's workshop.

Everything You Need to Know to Start Your Stained Glass JourneyDive in to the captivating world of stained glass with this practical handbook for beginners and beyond. Rosie Linebaugh is an expert in making modern stained glass art easy and accessible. With her encouraging advice, step-by-step tutorials, lead-free approach and full-size perforated, fold-out templates at hand, you’ll never want to leave your stained-glass studio.Begin by mastering foundation...

Discover the art of precision woodworking with Taunton's Complete Illustrated Guide to Jigs & Fixtures by Sandor Nagyszalanczy.Finding the right jig or fixture for a woodworking operation can be as challenging and time-consuming as designing a stunning piece of furniture or crafting a musical instrument. This comprehensive guide demystifies the process, combining solid woodworking knowledge with problem-solving skills to inspire you in your workshop....

Some projects give you high impact on a low budget and major improvements with only a minor time commitment. Weekend Improvements is packed with those kinds of projects. From saving energy and maximizing storage space to quick makeovers and money-saving repairs, this book is filled with great ideas for any home, indoors and out. Whether you are a DIY veteran or just getting started, our step-by-step instructions and detailed how-to photos make projects easy. Plus, every project includes ti...

Josh Volk, author of the best-selling Compact Farms, offers small-scale farmers an in-depth guide to building customized equipment that will save time and money and introduce much-needed efficiencies to their operations.Volk begins with the basics, such as setting up a workshop and understanding design principles, mechanical principles, and materials properties, then presents plans for making 15 tools suited to small-farm tasks and processes. Each project ...

Creative and practical, Kicking Glass is a step-by-step guide for those wanting to practice the popular craft of stained glass.From simple suncatchers and boho lamps to exquisite 3D constructions and delicately-poised glass butterflies, experienced artist Neile Cooper guides you through the magical world of stained glass with a creative handbook for both the novice and more experienced crafter alike.Beautifully illustrated with photographs of Neile...

Continuing Family Handyman’s “Whole House” series, this book offers readers a wide variety of tips and projects to help them tidy up and declutter around their living spaces. Chapters are as follows: Kitchen & Bathroom; Garage & Outdoors; Laundry Room, Closets & Clothes; Around the House; Workshop; Special Section: Storing Sports Gear.If you’ve got stuff, you need to have places to put it and ways to keep it neat—and that’s where this book comes in. Whether you’re ...

The Hardworking Home presents a wide range of achievable home improvements that will help you upgrade your home to better meet your needs in this shifting world.From home office to home school to home entertaining, today’s households have necessarily become functional microcosms of society. Before the pandemic, less than five percent of full-time employees worked remotely from home. At the height of the outbreak, more than half did. And even when the dust ...