Product Description: Easy Closets shows homeowners how to get the most available storage space from the closets they already have in their homes. Through easy-to-follow text and photos, including installation sequences, homeowners learn how to select and install closet-system components that are available at home centers, hardware stores, and specialty closet retailers...read more

Product Description: his definitive homeowner's guide to solar energy has arrived at just the right time. With the cost of heating oil and electricity fluctuating wildly, consumers are clamoring for information on alternative energy. This source book covers all the relevant technologies, including solar space and water heating, as well as photovoltaic electricity...read more

Product Description: This book describes the advantages to container gardening in words and pictures. It includes more than 300 color photos and 20 illustrations, along with advice for choosing the right container and soil medium; dozens of plant-specific "recipes" for container gardens of flowers, vegetables, shrubs, and trees categorized by sunlight requirements; strategies for irrigation; expert tips for disease and pest prevention; and foolproof instructions for pruning, pinching, and bedding...read more

A 'green' guide to lawn care explains how homeowners can maintain a beautiful yard without harming the environment, offering practical tips on how to improve a lawn's appearance, seeding and laying sod, testing and improving soil composition and aeration, money-saving lawn maintenance, weed and pest control, and increasing drought resistance. Original.

Showcasing the work of leading designers from across the country, a beautifully illustrated volume takes homeowners through the complete process of planning, designing, building, and decorating an outdoor kitchen to suit any taste or budget, with tips on developing a floor plan, selecting appliances, creating food preparation and dining areas, amenities, and more. Original.