{"id":4960,"date":"2016-09-09T12:51:16","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T12:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/?p=4960"},"modified":"2018-02-15T10:45:01","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T10:45:01","slug":"best-guidebooks-for-the-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/best-guidebooks-for-the-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Guidebooks for the Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- SEO Ultimate Plus (https:\/\/seoultimateplus.com) - Code Inserter module -->\n<script async>(function(s,u,m,o,j,v){j=u.createElement(m);v=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0];j.async=1;j.src=o;j.dataset.sumoSiteId='b68b392479b5981b8acf46565e9fe32a0734fc21a1f7c1e60121eaa6ca1a1c64';v.parentNode.insertBefore(j,v)})(window,document,'script','\/\/load.sumo.com\/');<\/script>\n<!-- \/SEO Ultimate Plus -->\n\n<p><strong>&#8216;The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying: An simple, effective way to banish clutter forever&#8217; by Marie Kondo\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This book is ideal for the untidy person. It will change your perspective of having things in the <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"houses\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/house\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/house;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.03jm5;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/House\" >house<\/a>. There will be less clutter and transform your space into a clutter-free-zone. Kondo\u2019s guide will head you into the right for successful tidying. The book is also Amazon\u2019s number one \u00a0best-seller in practical and motivational self help, showing you the right way to manage excess things in your <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"homes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/home\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/home;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.01l0mw;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Home\" >home<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 247px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41gWgbYrVDL._SY344_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"346\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Life-Changing-Magic-Tidying-effective-clutter\/dp\/0091955106\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1440864718&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+life+changing+magic+of+tidying\">Found on Amazon<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;Housebuilders Bible 11&#8217; &#8211; by Mark Brinkley\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This \u2018Bible\u2019 is the UK\u2019s best-selling building guide. It gives direction of how to be a successful builder, aimed for amateurs to professionals. It covers many different aspects of building a home from buying the right materials to finding the right people, this will show you all the right ways to building and improving a <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/property\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/property;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.05wrt;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Property\" >property<\/a>. Brinkley also includes tables for costing your building project, so you can budget the right way to make your dream home that is right for you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 319px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51C7GGEZU4L._SX374_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"309\" height=\"410\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Housebuilders-Bible-11-Mark-Brinkley\/dp\/1905959559\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1440864830&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=housebuilders+bible+11\">Found on Amazon<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8216;An Eye for Design&#8217; &#8211; by Allegra Hicks\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This book includes inspiring textile and pattern designs for your home. Whether its for little or big change the interior design book will set you on the right path for improving and changing up the looks and inner surroundings of your home. It also features fashionable textiles and where they originate from and nature features such as birds and bees. Allegra Hicks cover luxury fashion, homewares and accessories, to make your home more beautiful and homely as can be. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 335px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/61m9K4fYNfL._SX416_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"389\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Allegra-Hicks-En-Eye-Design\/dp\/0810995735\">Found on Amazon<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8216;Scrapbook for Living&#8217; &#8211; by Bunny Williams\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This scrapbook includes everything you need to know about making a house a home. It embraces ideas on glamorous and inspiring designs and pays close attention to detail. From those little features of the home to the more exposed. Bunny Williams gives enlightenment and direction on creative ways to organise and add personal touches to a home; covering different topics and aspects of the home such as \u2018Keeping a house organised\u2019 to a chapter on \u2018Bringing a home to life.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 376px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/61FFKyo69qL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"366\" height=\"366\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/A-Scrapbook-Living-Bunny-Williams\/dp\/1584798599\">Found on Amazon<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;A La Carte: The Elements of an Elegant Home&#8217; &#8211; by Sherrill Canet\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sherrill Canet inspires her readers with past interiors and re-creating them ideas with a modern twist. The book has innovation from different centuries and periods from various regions from France to English antiques. \u00a0From centuries such as the Eighteenth to Nineteenth &#8211; claimed to be \u2018redefining the <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/land\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/land;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Land\" >land<\/a> of Gatsby &#8211; we love.\u2019 Canet features decoration of a home in a range of different styles to suit everyone\u2019s tastes from \u2018old world traditional to chic and tailored.\u2019 She aims to encourage recreation of a house into a dream home, which is a happy and wonderful place to live in.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 328px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/612YsIjNTCL._SX439_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\" height=\"361\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/La-Carte-Elements-Elegant-Home\/dp\/0982358547\">Found on Amazon<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying: An simple, effective way to banish clutter forever&#8217; by Marie Kondo\u00a0 This book is ideal for the untidy person. 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