Completely revised, this popular edition includes more than 2,000 new plant entries, plus improved climate zones. "Sunset Western Garden Book" offers hundreds of pages of tips, advice, and information on the latest tools and gear.
From dealing with a contractor to landscaping to safety, maintenance, and repair, this guide takes readers through the process of making a home pool or spa a reality. Included is a special chapter on saunas. 290 photos. 75 illustrations.
Putting delicious food on the table doesn't get more fulfilling--or fresher--than this! "The Edible Garden" is packed with practical advice for designing a horticultural haven that includes herbs, edible flowers, vegetables, and fruit trees. 305 photos. 70 illustrations.
This is "Sunset"'s first comprehensive garden book for 15 Northeastern states and Eastern Canada. A comprehensive plant encyclopedia lists more than 6,000 varieties and a plant selection guide will help solve any garden challenge.
Give every room in the house a fresh breath of cozy cottage style (minus the gingham) with Sunset's new Cottage Style Decorating. This book is all about the "new" cottage style -- a fresher, lighter approach to cottage colors, fabrics, furnishings, and decorating elements. Filled with over 300 full-color photographs and inspiring text, Cottage ...
Dedicated to gardeners from West Texas to Southern California, this comprehensive regional landscaping guide features stunning photo galleries that showcase signature Southwest garden environs. Climate, soil attributes, design elements, and more are covered. 420 photos.
This complete design and reference book explores the history of grasses in their natural settings, and describes how to integrate them in a variety of climatic situations--from shady woodland to desert, Asian-style gardens to naturalistic landscapes, family-friendly yards to small patios. 250 photos. 20 illustrations.
Cottage Gardens" visits the English origins of this increasingly popular style, and offers practical advice for getting started, specifics on regional variations, design tips, basic plant profiles, plus recommendations on structural details. 185 illustrations.
Sunset's all-new version of this classic book provides readers with the most "au currant" trends in contemporary design combined with the latest in practical functionality. A wealth of wonderful information and inspiration is included for everything from fixtures to lighting to floors. 240 photos. 20 illustrations.
Using this step-by-step guide, homeowners can learn how to plan, design, and build their own outdoor paradise. Featured are decorative effects for new concrete patios and driveways plus techniques for jazzing up existing concrete and ideas for recycling old concrete. 190 photos; 45 illustrations.
Designers and homeowners share the why and how behind the sometimes subtle, sometimes dramatic changes in kitchens large and small. Forty kitchens are shown in before-and-after format. Design details focus on innovative ideas and the touches that personalize a kitchen. 400 photos.
Organized into easily accessible chapters such as "Top 10 Perennials," "Edibles," "Annuals," "Shrubs," and "Roses," this guide offers both novice and seasoned gardeners a comprehensive guide to planning and maintaining a thriving a garden in the Northwest United States. 400 photos. 30 illustrations.
This brand new title in Sunset's hugely popular "Ideas for Great . . ." series covers everything a homeowner needs to know to plan, design, build, remodel, and install a fireplace, stove, or outdoor firepit. 222 photos.
This new volume helps do-it-yourselfers select from today's many surface options--ceramic, laminate, wood, granite, and even concrete. Detailed instructions and surefire techniques ensure smooth installation of work surfaces and countertops. 14 projects. 225 photos. 40 illustrations.
This all-new edition of one of Sunset's perennial best sellers is back and better than ever with loads of ready-made color combinations, tips on choosing the right painting effects, advice from the pros, and information on specialty tools. It has tons of photos to get your creative juices flowing and confidence-building instruction on techniques ...
A refuge, a game room--the uses a homeowner finds for a garage extend far beyond just a shelter for the family car. "The Ultimate Garage" offers ways to plan, organize, build, and refurbish a garage space. Recommendations on flooring, lighting, heating, and more are included. 240 photos. 25 illustrations.
We're so proud of our new book. And like its older sibling, this all-new edition is sure to be well loved. It's packed with adorable, inspirational, yet practical ideas, freshly updated for today's busy parents-to-be. Abundant photo layouts of different decorative styles provides creative starting points and help families take into account their ...
Built-in versus movable, storage versus display, custom versus ready-made--this updated, expanded edition of the popular "Ideas for Great Wall Systems" lets readers home in on the perfect wall system! 225 photos.
Introducing the 7th edition of Sunset?s Western Garden Book for 2001. Perhaps the most referenced gardening guide in the United States, Western Garden Book is written for all gardeners, from novice to expert. It is packed with plant descriptions and gardening information?all from Sunset, the authority on Western gardening for more than 60 years. ...
This outstanding primer covers every aspect of home decorating--including design, color, pattern, and texture; window treatments, flooring, furnishings, and lighting--and tells how to plan the environment so all these elements work toward a cohesive style. 446 photos.
If you're just discovering this exotic world, be forewarned: you're in for a fascinating but addictive journey. Bonsai, a new edition of a perennial Sunset bestseller, explores the Asian origins of this ancient art form, explains its underlying principles, and provides detailed how-to instructions. Bonsai Features Include: -- Step-by-step ...
Newly expanded, this guide includes a wealth of inspiration for homeowners seeking to create a new world of vertical expression in their gardens. More than 110 gardens are showcased in color photos. For the do-it-yourselfer, there are how-to instructions for building 42 trellises and arbors. 156 photos. 20 illustrations.
If you don't love the spaces you inhabit every day, it may be time for a makeover. Here's the place to start! This gallery of real-life makeovers offers lots of ideas and advice for turning ho-hum spaces into rooms you'll love. Each chapter focuses on a separate room of the house, and each makeover offers ideas for increasing usability and evoking ...
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