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For too long we ve been led to believe there are only two
choices when it comes to cleaning our homes: either spend an arm
and a leg on green products, or pollute our homes and the
environment with noxious chemicals. No longer "Cheaper, Greener,
Cleaner: Ceiling to Floor Savings" shatters this myth with
easy-to-follow recipes for inexpensive, homemade cleaners that will
allow you to save money while going green.
Spend pennies, not dollars, for your cleaning and laundry needs.
Do away with mystery ingredients with unpronounceable names. No
more guessing what 's really in your cleaning and laundry products.
Everything you need to create cheaper, greener cleaning products is
already in your kitchen or can be found easily at your local store.
If you can make a cake mix, you will have no problem following the
step-by-step recipes provided. It really is that simple.
"Cheaper, Greener, Cleaner: Ceiling to Floor Savings" will show
you how to clean your twenty-first century home at a
nineteenth-century price
Ingrained is a love letter to trees, timber and craftsmanship – and to
finding your own voice.
The eldest son of a Master Woodworker, Callum Robinson spent his
childhood surrounded by wood and trees, absorbing craft lessons in his
father’s workshop, playing amongst the sycamore, oak and Scots pine
that bordered his home. In time he became his father’s apprentice,
helping to create exquisite bespoke objects. But eventually the need to
find his own path led him to establish his own workshop; to chase ever
bigger and more commercial projects, to business meetings, bright
lights and bureaucracy, to lose touch with his roots. Until the
devastating loss of one major job threatened to bring it all crashing
down. Faced with the end of his business, his team and everything he
had worked so hard to build, he was forced to question what mattered
most.
In beautifully wrought prose, Callum tells the story of returning to
the workshop, and to the wood; to handcrafting furniture for people who
will love it, and then pass it on to the next generation – antidotes to
a culture where everything seems so easily disposable. As he does so,
he brings us closer to nature, and to the physical act of creation.
Close enough to smell the sawdust, to see the wood’s grain and
character and to feel the magic of furniture coming to life. At the
same time, we begin to understand how he has been shaped, as both a
craftsman and a son.
Blending memoir and nature writing at its finest, Ingrained is an
uplifting meditation on the challenges of working with your hands in
our modern age, on community, consumerism, and the beauty of the
natural world – one that asks us to see our local trees, and our own
wooden objects, in a new and revelatory light.
The Wheelwright's Shop By George Stuart Originally published in
1930. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to
the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. Obscure Press are republishing these classic works in
affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text
and artwork. Contents include: The Wheelwright's shop - Timber:
Buying - Timber: Carting and converting - The Sawyers - Timber:
Seasoning - Wheel-stuff - Hand work - Bottom-timbers - Waggons -
Curves, Tapering and Shaving - Learning the trade - Wheels: Dish -
Wheels: Spokes and Felloes - Stocks and Ringing the Wheel - The
Smith: Getting ready - The smith: Putting on and Boxing on - Iron
work and Jobbing.
Staining and Polishing - Including Varnishing & Other Methods
of Finishing Wood, With Appendix of Recipes Originally published in
1917. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to
the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. Obscure Press are republishing these classic works in
affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text
and artwork. Contents include: Stains for Woods - Woods for
Staining - Staining - French Polishing - Preparing Furniture for
French polishing - French Polishing - Glazing etc, - Matching and
Improving - Defects in Polishing and Their Remedies - Polishing
Inlaid Work etc, - Oak and its Various Finishes - Oil Polishing and
Wax Polishing - Stencilling on Wood and Ornamental Wood Staining -
Varnish - Varnishing - Faults in Varnishing - Appendix
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