Time-Life Book of Repair and Restoration: Making the House You Own the Home You Want

by John McGowan, David Holloway, Tony Wilkins, et al.

Book Overview

Can't afford to buy a dream home? Why not create one with the home already own? Whether you want make cosmetic changes or practical alterations, this book will give you all the information you need. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0737003073
• ISBN13: 9780737003079
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Time Life Medical
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.7" x 11.1"

Customer Reviews

Great book

This book has easy to follow, step by step techniques, illustrated w/full color photography to show you how to improve your home. The pages are filled with inspirational photo's of newly decorated rooms to fire your imagination. Alternative treatments let you customize your decoration to suit your own tastes. It also has numerous practical hints & lists of tools & materials to make sure your home improvements go smoothly.

A Fantastic Reference for Home Owners

This book is perfect for anyone who owns a home--especially and older home. From the first chapter, which describes in detail how to strip a room down to its bare bones, to others which describe how to make repairs to staircases, wallpaper around arches and other obstacles, lay flooring, etc., this book is packed with information and step by step instructions. Each chapter is divided into different tasks (for instance, the chapter on refinishing a hardwood floor separates out the tasks of sanding, repairing cracks, replacing a damaged board, and others), and each task is summarized with an approximate skill level, working time, and tools needed.Great book.