Prefabulous + Almost Off The Grid – Your path to building an energy-independent home

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As most of you already know I have a strong passion for prefab and Eco friendly homes, so you can imagine how excited I was to receive a copy of Sheri Koones’s new book: Prefabulous + Almost Off The Grid – Your path to building an energy-independent home.

This 240-page hardcover starts with an inspiring forward by the environmentalist, actor and director, Robert Redford, followed by a wonderful collection of some of the most environmentally friendly and energy efficient homes across North America. Continue reading →

Where Children Sleep: seeing the world through a child’s bedroom

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As a kid I had my own bedroom and I was allowed to decorate it as I pleased. Depending on my age and fashion it evolved from pink frills to rock concert posters and scented candles. I have three kids and once they outgrew the clouds and cartoon animal phase they too were given free reign over their rooms. Looking at the photographs in the book “Where Children Sleep” I realized how I had taken this for granted and how so many children around the world grow up differently. Continue reading →

The LEGO Book

Packaged in a beautiful slip case with cutting-edge design, the fascinating, two-volume LEGO Book is full of images from the LEGO product line, video game, artwork, competition and collectible as well as from the group’s photo archives – many seen here for the first time – and inspiring ideas on how to make a variety of things from just a few bricks. Continue reading →

Show Me How

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Show Me How: 500 Things You Should Know
Instructions for Life From the Everyday to the Exotic

Show Me How is a beautiful book by ‘The Curiosity Shoppe’ Lauren Smith and Derek Fagerstrom. It’s a work of art and a feast for the eye, where virtually every piece of modern life essentials, from ‘wrap a temaki sushi’ to ‘hug a hedgehog’, is presented in a highly informative step-by-step graphics. Continue reading →

Bestselling Books: Cabin Design

Whether you’re on a camping trip, a fishing vacation or a secluded romantic retreat – a small log cabin in the woods, by the lake or atop a mountain will bring you closer to nature. Here is our favorite selection of the best selling cabin design books, full of great ideas and gorgeous photographs of both luxury and rustic cabin design. Continue reading →

Bestselling Books: Prefab Homes

On an urban lot or the edge of wilderness, from prefabricated homes to recycled shipping containers, today’s modern prefabs combine style, practicality and sustainability. The prefab home is built in a factory, transported on the back of a truck and assembled on site, offering contemporary modular design for everyone. Here is our favorite selection of the best selling prefab home books, completed with glossy photographs, detailed house plans and full of inspiration. Continue reading →

Bestselling Books: Cottage Style Decorating

Whether on a magical lakeside, a secluded woodland or a flowering prairie, the unique shabby-chic home decor is full of charm, nooks and crannies. Here is our favorite selection of the best selling cottage style homes – the kind of homes that many of us have always dreamed of living in – capturing the beauty and romance of cottage living. Continue reading →

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