Ty's Tricks: How to Make, Repair, Fix Everything FROM THE PUBLISHER
From the beloved and sexy carpenter on The Learning Channel's Trading Spaces comes a creative, fun, and practical how-to book for home repair and improvement projects.
Home improvement heartthrob Ty Pennington fuses carpentry with style in this practical and inspirational how-to book for tackling household projects both large and small-from decorating to home repair. Pennington shares the expertise gained from his years of experience as one of the carpenters on The Learning Channel's Trading Spaces and as a home renovation pro to create an accessible guide to eclectic decorating and renovation.
Ty gives readers a sneak peek at some of the projects he's done in his own home and shows how they can be recreated. He also gives readers the lowdown on great tools-and provides a list of his favorite cheap and easy ways to transform any room.
Filled with helpful tips, this inspirational book will help readers to explore their own personal style while building their confidence at the same time. It is a one-of-a-kind, fun, user-friendly guide, from a trusted and admired source.
Tips and techniques from Ty are included throughout the book to help readers solve minor and major repair projects — including helpful advice on:
— Home Evaluation: the question, plans, and checklists you need before you start
— Painting: The secrets of the pros for fast, easy painting
— Lighting: Bright ideas for making your own lamps using unusual parts
— Flooring: Fast, frugal ways you can fix it or re-floor it
— Walls: Time-saving tips from finding a stud to applying the mud
— Contracting: How to hire the pros and avoid the cons
Also included is a sneak peek into Ty's home, featuring projects that you can recreate in you own home, and Ty's Top Ten tools.
Ty Pennington is the founder of Furniture Unlimited, a home renovation and furniture building business. He is a carpenter on The Learning Channels Trading Spaces and was named one of People magazine's "50 Most Eligible Bachelors" of 2002. He lives in Los Angeles.
FROM THE CRITICS
Library Journal
Pennington, touted as "the beloved and sexy carpenter on The Learning Channel's Trading Spaces," has written an excellent, albeit somewhat nontraditional, guide to a wide range of DIY projects. Somewhat comedic and filled with double entendres, his prose makes for an easy read, but, more important, the information is accurate. Pennington offers tips on selecting a basic toolkit and covers a number of the most common repairs, including walls, flooring, lighting, and painting. Projects include a sink made from a metal salad bowl, a koi pond, a bamboo wall appliqu , and lights made from opaque plungers (they sound ridiculous but are quite attractive). Although there are many beefcake photos, for every reader who is put off, there is probably another who is thrilled. Essential owing to the popularity of Trading Spaces and its dead-on material. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
Art & Photography
Book Info
