Customizing Your Home

In these pages, you'll find dozens of projects to help you create the custom-quality look normally found only in the most luxurious homes. Ranging from decorative paint treatments to impressive carpentry additions, each project includes complete instructions with step-by-step photography.

; Showcases more than 250 home plans that can be customized to meet the specific needs of the reader; Detailed renderings and construction blueprints are available for every design in the book Over 250 ready-for-customization home plans are made available here - to fit any lifestyle. Kerb appeal and Wow! factors abound in this amazing portfolio, which includes: tips on customization projects - from minor alterations to major changes; full-colour photography showing the results of a well-customized home; information on the cost benefits of customizing a stock home plan over building a custom home from scratch; articles on energy efficiency and material selection; feature stories on how fine-tuning your home plan could save you money in the long run; a great selection of home designs to appeal to all tastes and budgets

New York Times bestselling author, Melissa Michaels, will inspire you to make your house a well-loved home. Her relatable style, unique voice, and practical decorating ideas have made her highly respected blog, The Inspired Room, a haven for fans of real-life style. Step inside Melissa's home as she shares lessons learned, inspiring photos, and encouraging insights to help you embrace your authentic style through doable improvements for every room; attainable decorating, organizational, and DIY solutions; transforming tips for lighting, color, and style; motivation to reclaim and organize small spaces Best of all, you don't need a big budget or perfect DIY skills to embrace Melissa's practical home decor philosophy. You'll return to this book again and again for inspiration to fall in love with the home you have.

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Select from a catalog of more than 360 expertly prepared plans for building small homes under 1,200 square feet. Easy-to-follow construction blueprints and materials lists are available for each project to ensure success.

Step-by-step instructions with callouts to iPhone images that show you exactly what to do. Help when you run into iPhone problems or limitations. Tips and Notes to help you get the most from your iPhone. Full-color, step-by-step tasks walk you through getting and keeping your iPhone working just the way you want. The tasks include how to: Connect to the Internet, Bluetooth devices, Wi-Fi networks, other iPhones, iPods, and iPads Manage your apps with the iPhone’s new multitasking capabilities Customize your iPhone with folders, wallpaper, ringtones, and much more Configure and sync your information, and efficiently manage contacts and calendars Communicate via FaceTime videoconferences, conference calls, text, email, and more Make the most of Safari to browse the Web and Mail to manage all of your email from one inbox Listen to music, subscribe to podcasts, and watch video–including movies and TV shows Capture photos and HD video Use your photos in slideshows, for wallpaper, and your contacts or share them via email, MobileMe, and texts Find, download, install, and use iPhone apps, including the amazing iBooks to read ebooks BONUS MATERIAL: Find additional tasks and other helpful information on this book’s website at quepublishing.com/title/9780789747143 CATEGORY: Apple Digital Media COVERS: Apple iPhone USER LEVEL: Beginning-Intermediate

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