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Sheetrock & shellac : a thinking person's guide to the art and science of home improvement / David Owen.
LIBRA - Special TH4816 .O945 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Owen, David, 1955-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dwellings--Remodeling--Amateurs' manuals.
- Dwellings.
- Dwellings--Remodeling.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 303 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- Sheetrock and shellac
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Simon & Schuster, [2006]
- Summary:
- A "New Yorker" writer composes a thoughtful, adventure-filled, witty look at what the spaces one inhabits says about him or her, and explores the pleasures of home renovation projects great and small.
- Contents:
- 1 Rooms and Dreams 1
- 2 Outside, Inside 23
- 3 The Big Kitchen Project 53
- 4 The Cabin 103
- 5 Backhoes and Concrete Mixers 133
- 6 Studs, Windows, Screens, and Porches 159
- 7 Walls, Ceilings, and Floors 197
- 8 The Wet Parts 231
- 9 The Last Ten Percent 261.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0743251199
- OCLC:
- 64427556
- Publisher Number:
- 9780743251198
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