Welcome to the wonderful world of home improvement! This book is packed with useful tips, techniques, quick fixes, and trade secrets to benefit complete beginners and those more experienced in the art of "do it yourself." The chapters are organized to include the basic elements of the home: walls and ceilings, doors and windows, storage solutions, and finally a section on essential maintenance to keep your home in tip top shape.
Each chapter contains invaluable advice in the form of step-by-step "how-to" sections, covering everything from surface preparation and quantity estimation to decoration, repair, replacement, maintenance, and most importantly how to get the job done avoiding costly mistakes and common pitfalls.
Packed with useful tips, techniques, quick fixes and trade secrets in the world of home improvement. With chapters on walls and ceilings, doors and windows, storage solutions and essential maintenance.
'This book . . . is packed with useful tips, techniques, quick fixes, and trade secrets to benefit complete beginners and those more experience in the art of "do it yourself". . . Each chapter contains invaluable advice in the form of step-by-step "how-to" sections, covering everythign from surface preparation and quantity estimation to decoration, repair, replacement, maintenance, and most importantly how to get the job done avoiding costly mistakes and common pitfalls.'
