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The essential kitchen and bath design reference, updated with the latest codes NKBA Kitchen & Bathroom Planning Guidelines with Access Standards is the industry standard reference, written by the National Kitchen and Bath Association and updated with the latest codes and standards. This new second edition features revised guidelines for cooking surface clearance, electrical receptacles, and ventilation for kitchens, as well as ceiling height, shower size, electrical receptacles, and ventilation for bathrooms.

A photographic collection of stylish, functional, and sustainable design ideas for your new--or old--bathroom. The bathroom--one of the most private and essential rooms in your house--should be designed with care, love, and efficiency. And why shouldn't you give this intimate space that you use every day with modern, stylish, and sustainable design ideals? Modern Bathrooms is a gorgeous full-color home design and photography reference book that catalogs more than 200 unique bathroom design ideas that will completely transform your bathroom's aesthetic. The book's 500 and more photographs are categorized into six design themes to suit your particular needs--natural, smart, luxury, space-efficient, bare-essential, and open and ensuite bathrooms. Browse and get ideas to use materials like ceramic, resin, or pine to create a natural sensuality; redesign a green bathroom to save water, introduce a freestanding bathtub; organize spaces with shelves and cabinets; adopt a minimalist and monochromatic style; or integrate the bathroom into the bedroom.

Faced with man-made climate change and the need to provide housing for a growing world population, society needs to rethink the way future buildings are made. Wood is a truly renewable building material that is unlimited in supply if its growth and harvest are sustainably managed. Recent technological advancements in engineering allow the use of timber for the construction of multi-story structures, turning our buildings into carbon sinks rather than becoming sources for CO2-emissions. The book presents convincing arguments for the increased use of wood as an alternative to more fossil fuel intensive building materials, with the goal of demonstrating that an integrated approach can have the potential for positive impact on the environment, local economies, and the building culture at large.

This special re-print edition of J.H.'s book "Cabinet Making" has not been available to those interested in cabinet making and carpentry since its first publication in 1913.Chapters include A Simple Cost System, Timber, The Seasoning of Timber, Draughting For Woodworkers, Taking Measurements, Setting Out Skids or Rods, Mitreing and Halfing of Angles, Mireing of Curved and Straight Mouldings, Mouldings and Their Application, Veneering and more. Also included are details on popular cabinetry projects such as tables, bookcases, desks, cabinets and more.A real treasury of information on cabinet making and carpentry. Note: This public domain edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.

A complete guide to cabinet making, taking the reader through the initial stages of design and marking out, through the use of hand tools and machinery, cutting joints and mouldings, veneering and marquetry, right through to finishing and polishing. It covers the use of materials other than wood, including cane seating, gilding and much much more.

The Art And Craft Of Cabinet-Making by David Denning, 1891. David Denning wrote four influential books on: cabinet-making; fretwork; carving and finishing. His works were and are frequently quoted and referenced in books by woodworkers, for woodworkers. In print through numerous editions from the late 19th Century through the early 20th Century, The Art And Craft Of Cabinet-Making provides a thorough review of the tools and techniques of hand crafted cabinet-making as practiced during the 1800's.

The latest budget-wise strategies for kitchen design. What's new? What works? What's affordable?

A comprehensive, full-color handbook, packed with hundreds of photographs that showcase the latest in beautiful, welcoming, and efficient kitchen design. 150 Best New Kitchen Ideas offers an in-depth look at exemplary new kitchen designs from today's most renowned architects and designers. Packed with 500 pages of gorgeous full-color photographs, it features the most attractive, functional, and cost-effective kitchen designs from around the world. Here are hundreds of ideas for lighting, floor, wall, and window treatments to create kitchens that are attractive, inviting, and highly functional, as well as a wealth of notions for cabinetry, countertops, sinks, and more. Covering a diversity of current trends, 150 Best New Kitchen Ideas is an indispensable design and decorating resource filled with inspirational ideas for the homeowner, designer, interior decorator, and architect.

This essential resource will walk homeowners through the decision-making process for a kitchen or bath renovation to create the perfect space.