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Home Life
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Web Sites
Acme How To
www.acmehowto.com/home.php
Step-by-step troubleshooting and repair of common household problems from plumbing to insect control.
DIY Network
www.diynetwork.com
Hundreds of video downloads are available
Do It Yourself
doityourself.com
Hundreds of home improvement and repair topics with step-by-step instructions. Includes home decorating, too.
HGTV
www.hgtv.com
HGTV’s web site includes information from its many do-it-yourself and home design programs.
Home Maintenance and Repair
www.msue.msu.edu/hmr
Full text articles on topics of home maintenance and repairs.
How to Clean Anything
www.howtocleananything.com
Cleaning tips for in and around the house.
Renovation Nation
www.planetgreen.discovery.com/tv/renovation-nation
From the Planet Green channel, this website offers environmentally friendly repair and renovation methods.
Taunton
www.taunton.com
Selected articles from Fine Woodworking, Fine Homebuilding, Fine Cooking, Fine Gardening, and Threads
Toiletology 101
www.toiletology.com Almost everything you ever wanted to know about your toilet.
This Old House
www.thisoldhouse.com
Complete instructions for home repair and improvement projects, as well as an online video library where experts solve everyday homeowner problems. Site also includes material calculator to estimate the amount of paint, wallpaper, insulation, air conditioning, or flooring needed for a project
Better Homes and Gardens
www.bhg.com
Lots of decorating ideas and tools. Especially noteworthy are the tools that allow you to arrange-a-room, color a room, or plan a garden.
Browse the Shelves
Listed below are the Dewey decimal numbers for the following subject categories.
621.319 |
Electric Wiring |
Magazines
To help with design, building, maintaining and decorating your home.
Architectural Digest
Better Homes and Gardens
Boston Consumer's Checkbook
Fine Homebuilding
Fine Woodworking
Good Housekeeping
House Beautiful
This Old House
Books
A sampling of the many books in our circulating collection.
Cleaning and Clutter Control
Jameson, Marni. House of Havoc [648.5 JAM]
Payne, Vicki. Easy Home Organizer [640 PAY]
Squires, Kathleen. Real Simple Cleaning
[648.5 SQU]
Stewart, Martha. Martha Stewart’s Homekeeping Handbook [640 STE]
Improvements and Remodeling
Hillstrom, Susan. Design Ideas for Bathrooms [643.52 HIL]
Complete Guide to Decks: [690.893 COM]
Complete Photo Guide to Home Improvement [643.7 COM]
German, Peter Remodeling a Basement [643.5 GER]
Bouknight, Joanne New Kichen Idea Book
[643.8 BOU]
Peters, Rick Kitchens: Moneysmart Makeovers [643.3 PET]
Peters, Rick Popular Mechanics Money Smart Makeovers: bathrooms [643.52 PET]
Construction and Design
Exterior Planner [690.8 EXT]
Harley, Bruce. Insulate and Weatherize [693.83 HAN]
Litchfield, Michael. Renovation [643.7 LIT]
Schoenherr, Matthew. House Transformed: getting the house you want with the house you have [690.837 SCH]
Solakian, Susan. Homeowner’s Guide to Managing a Renovation [643.7 SOL]
Scutella, Richard. How to Plan, Contract,
and Build Your Own Home [690.837 SCU]
Simpson, Scot. Complete book of Framing [694.2 SIM]
Barrett, Neal. Ultimate Guide to Trim Carpentry [694.6 BAR]
Home Repair
Complete Photo Guide to Home Repair [643.7 COM]
Manfredini, Lou. Mr. Fix-It Introduces You To Your Home [643.7 MAN]
Ferington, Esther. You Can Build: Plumbing
[696.1 FER]
Stanley Complete Wiring [621.3192 STA]
Decorating
Cohen, Sacha. Decorator’s Problem Solver [643.7 COH]
King, Heidi. Design Ideas for Home Decorating [747 KIN]
Callery, Emma. 1001 Ideas for Color & Paint [698.14 CAL]
Going Green
Begley, Ed. Ed Begley Jr.’s Guide to Sustainable Living [333.72 BEG]
Green Your Home All-In-One for Dummies
[643.7 GRE]
Hren, Stephen. The Carbon-Free House
[644 HRE]
Johnston, David. Green from the Ground Up
[690.837 JOH]
Sandbeck, Ellen. Organic Housekeeping
[648.5 SAN]
White, Nick. Save Energy and Cut Your Bills
[644 WHI]
Videos and DVDs
A number of home improvement videos and DVDs are available in the non-fiction section of our video and DVD collection on the main floor. Topics include flooring, HVAC, remodeling, storage ideas, building a deck, preventative home maintenance, decorating, furniture refinishing, basement and garage conversion and stonemasonry.
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Updated 10/10
