The Complete Guide to DIY Projects for Luxurious Living: Adding Style & Elegance with Showcase Features You Can Build

by Jerri Farris

Luxury you can afford!A custom wine cellar with bistro seating; an elegant den with built-in library walls; an electric steam-room in the master bath; a billiards room with a fun, retro wet bar; a custom closet as big as a bedroomàhomeowners dream of the special features that set a home apart and make it extraordinary. Much of the time, though, dreams of luxury go unfulfilled because the pocketbook is out of sync with aspirations. But in Black & Decker« The Complete Guide to DIY Projects for Luxurious Living , readers discover the bridge over the gap between dreams and reality -- their own labor.

This book is a collection of high-end home improvement projects to give homeowners the satisfaction and pride of having features normally found only in luxury, designer homes. At a fraction of the cost, any homeowner can create the kind of features that friends and neighbors will envy, along with the satisfaction of achieving this through their own skills.




Complete directions for more than 30 ôgotta haveö projects
More than 600 color photos showing each process step-by-step
Features unusual, designer projects not found in other DIY books

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Jerri Farris is editor-in-chief of eHow.com. Before joining Demand Media, she authored 24 books and wrote for print magazines, video and online publications. Her specialties include lifestyles topics, home improvement and crafts. Farris lives and works in Santa Monica, Ca.

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Reviews

[Mark · Rating 2 out of 5]

Really not for us. Does have some plans for floor-to-ceiling bookshelves but they're too formal and waste way too much space.

If I was far wealthier there are some great ideas in it. Of course, if I was far wealthier then I would pay someone to do the work.