Many Americans dream about building their own home. With this book you can make those dreams a reality. As innovative and original as it was when first published in 1972, Ken Kern's "The Owner-Built Home" is an aspiring DIY homebuilder's bible. Finally, after years of demand, it is back in print for the next generation of owner-builders.
The product of years of research and experimentation with innumerable design and construction techniques around the world, "The Owner-Built Home" is full of practical tips. It describes in refreshing, straight-forward language, everything involved in...
Many Americans dream about building their own home. With this book you can make those dreams a reality. As innovative and original as it was when f...
Homesteading is small-scale, intensive agriculture with a self-reliant attitude. Since the 1970s-when this book was first published-countless numbers have flocked to the countryside in search of self-sufficiency and refuge from cities and suburbs. This is the book that guided them. And now, 50 years later, it is finally back in print for a new generation of aspiring homesteaders.
Written in simple, direct language, "The Owner-Built Homestead "contains volumes of information about various aspects of settling and farming the land, including vegetable gardening, raising animals,...
Homesteading is small-scale, intensive agriculture with a self-reliant attitude. Since the 1970s-when this book was first published-countless numbe...
Homesteading is small-scale, intensive agriculture with a self-reliant attitude. Since the 1970s-when this book was first published-countless numbers have flocked to the countryside in search of self-sufficiency and refuge from cities and suburbs. This is the book that guided them. And now, 50 years later, it is finally back in print for a new generation of aspiring homesteaders.
Written in simple, direct language, "The Owner-Built Homestead "contains volumes of information about various aspects of settling and farming the land, including vegetable gardening, raising animals,...
Homesteading is small-scale, intensive agriculture with a self-reliant attitude. Since the 1970s-when this book was first published-countless numbe...
From simple stone walls to elaborate homes and studios, this is the ideal book for any DIY builder interested in working with stone.
Thanks to its utility and cost-effectiveness, stone is an ideal construction resource for the astute owner-builder. Cheap and readily available, rock can be gathered from streambeds, abandoned quarries, and open fields with relative ease. In fact, you'd be hard-pressed to find a natural landscape devoid of building stone. In this book, beloved home-building expert Ken Kern teams up with fellow stone masons Steve Magers and Lou Penfield to present the...
From simple stone walls to elaborate homes and studios, this is the ideal book for any DIY builder interested in working with stone.
