House lessons : renovating a life / Erica Bauermeister ; illustrations by Elizabeth Person.
"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.
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- ISBN: 9781632172440
- ISBN: 1632172445
- Physical Description: xiii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Seattle : Sasquatch Books, [2020]
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-225). |
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Genre: | Autobiographies. Biographies. Autobiographies. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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House Lessons : Renovating a Life
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Table of Contents
House Lessons : Renovating a Life
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
---|---|---|
Author's Note | p. xi | |
Prologue | p. xiii | |
Part I | Discovery | p. 1 |
Falling in Love | p. 3 | |
Spirit of Place | p. 13 | |
Maintenance | p. 23 | |
The Four Rs | p. 39 | |
Part II | Digging Out | p. 51 |
Trash | p. 53 | |
Architects and Builders | p. 69 | |
Plaster and Lath | p. 83 | |
The Hearth | p. 93 | |
Part III | Digging In | p. 107 |
Foundation | p. 109 | |
Design | p. 121 | |
Roots | p. 133 | |
The Kitchen | p. 147 | |
Details | p. 157 | |
The Roof | p. 167 | |
Part IV | Domus | p. 179 |
The Empty Nest | p. 181 | |
Leaving Home | p. 193 | |
The Writing Shed | p. 203 | |
The Dinner | p. 213 | |
Acknowledgments | p. 219 | |
Bibliography | p. 221 |