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House lessons : renovating a life / Erica Bauermeister ; illustrations by Elizabeth Person.

Summary:

"In this memoir-in-essays, New York Times bestselling author Erica Bauermeister renovates a trash-filled house in the eccentric town of Port Townsend, WA, and in the process takes readers on a journey into the ways our spaces subliminally affect us, ultimately showing us how to make our houses (and lives) better"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781632172440
  • ISBN: 1632172445
  • Physical Description: xiii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Seattle : Sasquatch Books, [2020]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-225).
Subject: Bauermeister, Erica > Homes and haunts > New York (State)
Dwellings > Psychological aspects.
Women authors, American > Biography.
Authors, American > 20th century > Biography.
Authors, American.
Dwellings > Psychological aspects.
Homes.
Women authors, American.
Port Townsend (Wash.) > Biography.
New York (State)
Washington (State) > Port Townsend.
Genre: Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.

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House Lessons : Renovating a Life
House Lessons : Renovating a Life
by Bauermeister, Erica
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Table of Contents

House Lessons : Renovating a Life

SectionSection DescriptionPage Number
Author's Notep. xi
Prologuep. xiii
Part IDiscoveryp. 1
    Falling in Lovep. 3
    Spirit of Placep. 13
    Maintenancep. 23
    The Four Rsp. 39
Part IIDigging Outp. 51
    Trashp. 53
    Architects and Buildersp. 69
    Plaster and Lathp. 83
    The Hearthp. 93
Part IIIDigging Inp. 107
    Foundationp. 109
    Designp. 121
    Rootsp. 133
    The Kitchenp. 147
    Detailsp. 157
    The Roofp. 167
Part IVDomusp. 179
    The Empty Nestp. 181
    Leaving Homep. 193
    The Writing Shedp. 203
    The Dinnerp. 213
Acknowledgmentsp. 219
Bibliographyp. 221

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