House Beautiful - Modern Living

Manufacturer: TriCoast Studios; Leisure Arts Brand: LEISURE ARTS

Design and decorating expert Chris Olsen demonstrates how to be creative and visionary in refreshing your home decor by giving new life to old stuff. With advice for savvy exploring and bargaining at flea markets, Chris inspires you to recognize potential greatness in not-so-great-looking treasures. Before-and-after photos show how ugly, worn-out items can become striking home accessories with simply a fresh finish of paint, tile, fabric, or other materials. Step-by-step visual and written instructions for 23+ projects in 8 makeover collections: Inspired Design, Hip Entertaining, Checkmate Table, Botanical Media Center, Romantic Nook, Welcome Home, Faux Bamboo Bench, and Offbeat Office.

Manufacturer: RANDOLPH FLOWERS JR Brand: Not Rated

This informative programming presents important information on the purchase, delivery, and installation processes of home appliances, furniture, televisions, and exercise equipment. Avoid missed days of work! Avoid reschedules! Avoid unexpected cost (plumbers, electricians, carpenters, installation accessories)!Avoid refunds an returns. Makes a great gift for first time buyer of home or appliance!

Zenchantment presents Zen Garden Flowers - Relaxation & Meditation DVD, capturing the stunning beauty and harmony of flowers in bloom in a variety of zen gardens, the ultimate deep chill relaxation DVD. A Japanese bridge framed by flowers beckons the viewer to enter into a world of sublime solitude, a beautiful iris flutters in the gentle breeze, a stone basin with flower petals invites contemplation and mindfulness. Step into a colorful and peaceful world of Zen Garden Flowers - Relaxation & Meditation DVD a tranquil world for inner contemplation. Shot in high definition, the Zen Garden Flowers - Relaxation & Meditation DVD artfully captures the quiet harmony of some of the country's oldest landscaped Zen gardens. Relaxing natural sounds of water, wind, and birds underscore the meditative floral scenery. An optional music track evokes a sense of calm and reverie. Enter into a world of inner tranquility and contemplation with Zen Garden Flowers- Relaxation & Meditation DVD . Zen Garden Flowers- Relaxation & Meditation DVD features:- 45 minutes of tranquil Zen garden floral scenes evolving slowly- Automatic play- just load and enjoy- Automatic looping function- Ambient music track mixed with nature sounds- Optional Nature Sounds ONLY audio track (Just use the audio button on the DVD remote to switch tracks)- Shot in high definition- Wide Screen format- Plays on any DVD player or Computer with DVD capabilityExhale slowly, and let the relaxing sounds and images of this calming...

Manufacturer: Popular Woodworking Magazine

We take you to a unique shop in the Catskill Mountains of New York, where truly fabulous furniture is made from unlikely materials by Steve Heller, and to the backwoods of Kentucky for the first part of a series on Windsor chair-making by David Wright. Safety and efficiency are two really important concerns for every woodworker, and there is no one better qualified than Kelly Mehler to explain how to avoid kickback accidents on the tablesaw, or Dennis Collins to demonstrate a brand new approach to frame-and-panel construction. Whatever your woodworking bent, you need sharp tools. Almost no area of woodworking is so mysterious as sharpening, so let Harrelson Stanley share some of the secrets of waterstone use.Also:Meet well-known writer and woodworker Mario Rodriguez and be inspired by a variety of contemporary works.Visit with Warren May and view his uniquely American, Kentucky Furniture style.Paul Henderson demonstrates how to make slotted dovetails.

Manufacturer: Popular Woodworking Magazine

Roy Underhill returns in Season Seventeen with 13 more episodes of woodworking techniques, advice, tutorials, and more.

Manufacturer: Popular Woodworking Books

The Campaign Chair was a mainstay of the British Military up until World War II, and, when compared to other British camp chairs of its day, it is a triumph of engineering and materials. Now you can watch how to build your own Campaign Chair with this DVD and Download video from Popular Woodworking.

Manufacturer: Taunton Press

Stretch your skills and build a beautiful piece. In just 80 minutes, you can treat yourself to an overview of the fundamentals of case construction in Build a Frame-and-Panel Cabinet. Furniture maker and woodworking instructor Tim Rousseau walks you through every step of the process, from rough board to final cabinet in this DVD, which includes a Bonus SketchUp Plan. The perfect project for improving your work. As Tim demonstrates, this one-door, one-drawer piece is the best vehicle for teaching all the fundamentals. It involves mastery of a variety of unique joinery techniques. The external frame is secured with basic mortise-and-tenon joints but, as you’ll see, there’s more to the internal frame than meets the eye – and that includes using connectors called blades. Tackle the details that make all the difference. You’ll learn how to make a frame-and-panel door that fits precisely into its opening, an efficient way to install knife hinges, and techniques for shaping tapered legs. Discover expert tips for installing a drawer that slides like a piston, so every drawer you build going forward will work just as smoothly. The one workshop class that’s a must-see. These how-to episodes offer intermediate woodworkers an invaluable opportunity to master the essentials of constructing quality casework. From initial design and plans to finishing and hardware, it’s all here.