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  • Attracting & Feeding Cardinals
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    Attracting & Feeding Cardinals

    Learn to attract and feed cardinals with this pocket-sized guide.The vibrant red of the male Northern Cardinal is stunning any time of year-and nothing is more beautiful than the early spring duets of cardinals singing their hearts out. You love these...
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  • Attracting & Feeding Bluebirds
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    Attracting & Feeding Bluebirds

    Learn to attract and feed Eastern, Western, and Mountain Bluebirds with this pocket-sized guide.The Eastern Bluebird's blend of sky blue and rusty orange is a happy sprinkle of color in any backyard or garden. Easily tamed and full of personality,...
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  • Small Apartment Hacks
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    Small Apartment Hacks

    Helpful tips, space-saving tricks and DIY projects for making a shoebox apartment beautifully functional. This handy pocket guide enables readers to transform a tiny apartment into a welcoming, delightful and adorable abode...
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  • How Can I Care for Creation?
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    How Can I Care for Creation?

    Be inspired and empowered to make care of God's earth central to your life.From Earth Day in the 1970s to the present day, the Church has been a moral and ethical voice in encouraging a deep relationship between love of God and love of the earth. As...
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    The Ultimate Guide to Soil
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    The Ultimate Guide to Soil

    Grow twice the fruits and vegetables in half the space on the farm, in the backyard, or in your window! The Ultimate Guide to Soil begins with a personality test for your soil, then uses that information to plan a course of action for...
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    Nuclear War Survival Skills
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    Nuclear War Survival Skills

    A field-tested guide to surviving a nuclear attack, written by a revered civil defense expert.This edition of Cresson H. Kearny's iconic Nuclear War Survival Skills (originally published in 1979), updated by Kearny himself in 1987 and again in 2001,...
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  • Living Off the Grid
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    Living Off the Grid

    In daily life, we can take control of the resources and services we depend on. Electricity and energy don't have to come off the public utility grid-alternatives abound in solar, wind, and water generated power. Design decisions can drastically affect...
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  • 70 Things First-Time Home Buyers Need to Know
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    70 Things First-Time Home Buyers Need to Know

    Are you looking into buying your first home but don't know where to start?70 Things First-time Home Buyers Need To Knowbreaks down all the complicated real estate legalese and provides you with the straightforward knowledge you need to decide whether you...
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  • Randall Knives
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    Randall Knives

    This is the third book in a collector's series on Randall Made Knives, by Robert Hunt. These publications reflect the author's interest in the historical role that knives have played and he has documented their use during the wars of the 20th Century...
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  • Switchblades of Italy
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    Switchblades of Italy

    This book starts the reader on a journey through time, with a short history of folding knives, leading to the evolution of the first switchblade. Progressing through time, wonderful photos illustrate the descriptions of switchblades. Throughout the book,...
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    Year of No Garbage
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    Year of No Garbage

    "Eve's brave and honest experiment reveals the shocking impact of the throwaway society we've become and at the same time showing small ways we can all do better." -Rebecca Prince-Ruiz, founder of Plastic Free JulyYear of No Garbage is Super Size Me...
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    Unusual Uses for Ordinary Things
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    Unusual Uses for Ordinary Things

    Most people use nail polish remover to remove nail polish. They use coffee grounds to make coffee and hair dryers to dry their hair. The majority of people may also think that the use of eggs, lemons, mustard, butter, and mayonnaise should be restricted...
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    1001 Kitchen Tips & Tricks
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    1001 Kitchen Tips & Tricks

    Simple, practical, and inspiring tips for cooking, baking, and cleaning!The kitchen isthe 'hub' of any house. With this compilation of helpful hints, you can keep it running smoothly.Find hacks for the care of kitchen appliances,...
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    1,001 Country Home Tips & Tricks
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    1,001 Country Home Tips & Tricks

    Over 1,000 Tips for Gardening, Country Cooking, Saving Money, DIY Cleaning Solutions, Home Remedies, and More!This comprehensive collection of practical tips covers all aspects of keeping a country home, from painting a wall to removing wine stains,...
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  • Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management
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    Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management

    Originally published as twenty-four newspaper columns from 1859 to 1861, Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management is many things, but it is first and foremost a guide to managing a household during the nineteenth century.Beeton wrote, "As with the...
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    Everyday Woodworking
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    Everyday Woodworking

    Get started with simple, useful, handcrafted woodworking projects for everyday people - with only 12 basic tools!Lots of people want to try woodwork, but they get intimidated by dangerous power tools and difficult techniques. Good news: there are lots of...
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    Rental Style
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    Rental Style

    Rental Style, which doubles as a decor piece and handy design guide, shows readers how to decorate and organise small, rented spaces on a budget. The book will cover all home development stages from searching for a rental home to decorating and...
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    50 Do-It-Yourself Projects for Keeping Goats
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    50 Do-It-Yourself Projects for Keeping Goats

    Build Fences, Make Goat Milk Soap, Create Goat Play Structures, and Much More!Get ready to jump into the world of goats, one DIY project at a time. Owning and raising goats doesn't have to be an expensive venture. With imagination, simple tools, and...
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    Building a Sustainable Home
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    Building a Sustainable Home

    Learn the logistics of choosing windows, insulation, appliances, and lighting. Find out about FSC certified wood and about using reclaimed materials. Here is everything you need to make your home sustainable.Whether the reader is building a new home or...
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  • Zero Waste
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    Zero Waste

    Easy and Effective Strategies to Jumpstart a Sustainable, Waste-Free LifestyleWe have a worldwide trash epidemic. The average American disposes of 4.4 pounds of garbage per day, and our landfills hold 254 million tons of waste.What if there were a...
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    Can It & Ferment It
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    Can It & Ferment It

    Welcome to the world of produce preservation. In Can It & Ferment It, blogger and preservation enthusiast Stephanie Thurow brings the canning and fermenting communities together by offering recipes that work for both canning and fermenting. From a...
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    Homesteading From Scratch
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    Homesteading From Scratch

    Homesteading From Scratch is for people who want to do things differently-the type of people who want to eat real food, grow herbs, make cheese, raise baby animals, hunt mushrooms, pick blackberries, unschool their children, can jelly, ferment kraut,...
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    Modern Lumberjacking
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    Modern Lumberjacking

    Timber! Learn how to wield a chainsaw safely-and other lumberjacking skills.While the lumberjack look may be trending among the fashion-forward crowd, lumberjacking is a useful real-world skill. An amateur with a chainsaw or an ax is dangerous to both...
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    Minimal

    A stylish and inspiring guide for living a happier life in balance with the natural world.Minimal: For Simple and Sustainable Living offers readers inspiration and tools to embrace simple living and create meaningful, lasting change in their lives. From...
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  • The Half-Acre Homestead
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    The Half-Acre Homestead

    Lloyd, the former shelter editor of the Whole Earth Catalog, has published seven books on owner building, showcasing hundreds of builders, and this is his first book on his own work.Starting with a vacant half-acre piece of land, they built their own...
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  • The Septic System Owner's Manual
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    The Septic System Owner's Manual

    This is a thorough, non-technical handbook and guide to the basics of septic systems - the physical process that takes place in the septic system and the simple technology needed to make it work. Emphasis is on conventional...
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  • Another Life Is Possible
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    Another Life Is Possible

    A stunning photo essay paired with 100 stories of members gives a rare glimpse into the Bruderhof, a Christian community that has stood the test of time.Yes, it is possible to create a society where there are no rich or poor, where children and elderly...
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    Homemade for Sale, Second Edition
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    Homemade for Sale, Second Edition

    Updated and expanded! The authoritative guide to conceiving and launching your own home-based food business from idea to recipe to final product. Follow your dream to launch a food business from your home and join the booming movement of food...
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  • Living the 1.5 Degree Lifestyle
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    Living the 1.5 Degree Lifestyle

    Stop thinking about efficiency and start thinking about sufficiency.Living the 1.5 Degree Lifestyle reveals the carbon cost of everything we do, identifying where we can make big reductions, while not sweating the small stuff.The international scientific...
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    The Complete Guide to Seed and Nut Oils
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    The Complete Guide to Seed and Nut Oils

    Press your own right at home homemade oils for cooking and health.The Complete Guide to Seed and Nut Oils is a comprehensive, beautifully illustrated and photographed, full-color guide to growing, foraging, and pressing nut and seed crops to produce...
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    The Art of Plant-Based Cheesemaking, Second Edition
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    The Art of Plant-Based Cheesemaking, Second Edition

    Expanded and updated second edition of the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, 2018, Vegan Category Winner.Learn the craft of making authentic, delicious non-dairy cheese from acknowledged master plant-based cheesemaker Karen McAthy. Comprehensively updated...
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    Building Your Permaculture Property
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    Building Your Permaculture Property

    The best person to design the property of your dreams is you. This book gives you the tools to succeed. Building Your Permaculture Property offers a revolutionary holistic method to overcome overwhelm in the complex process of resilient land design. It...
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    The Edible Ecosystem Solution
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    The Edible Ecosystem Solution

    Start a peaceful revolution by planting an edible ecosystem and sharing the experience with your neighboursHumans have always thrived in rich, diverse, edible ecosystems. Yet most cities and suburbs are blanketed by lawns, ornamentals, and a lack of...
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    The Chinese Greenhouse

    Grow vegetables year-round in a greenhouse powered only by solar energy Originally developed in China to feed millions, Chinese greenhouses are earth-sheltered, solar-heated, east-west oriented, intelligently glazed, and well-insulated. They have proven...
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    Keeping Bees with a Smile

    The updated bestselling guide to laid-back beekeeping for all, naturally! Are you a beginner beekeeper curious about bees or a practicing beekeeper looking for natural alternatives that work? Then this book is for you! In the second edition of the...
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    Essential Green Roof Construction
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    Essential Green Roof Construction

    Simple green roof design and installation for the do-it-yourself builder Essential Green Roof Construction is a comprehensive, in-depth guide to building simple green roofs for houses and small buildings. Packed with detailed photos, illustrations, case...
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    Straw Bale Building Details
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    Straw Bale Building Details

    The devil is in the details - the science and art of designing and building durable, efficient, straw bale buildings Straw bale buildings promise superior insulation and flexibility across a range of design aesthetics, while using a typically...
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    Essential Rainwater Harvesting

    Design a rainwater harvesting system for any home in any climate.Water is a crucial resource increasingly under stress. Yet rainfall, even in arid climates, can make up a sizable portion of any home, acreage, or farm's water requirements if harvested and...
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    Essential Composting Toilets

    From wastestream to mainstream, a practical guide to composting toilet systems.Composting toilets are a key feature for local resilience, money saving, water conservation, resource recovery, septic system replacement, and an improved bathroom experience...
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    Essential Earthbag Construction

    Earthbag construction - building with polypropylene bags usually filled with earthen materials - is a versatile, easy-to-master, low-impact, and highly durable form of building, suitable for structures from houses to root cellars.Containing over 75...
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  • Being the Change
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    Being the Change

    Life on 1/10th the fossil fuels turns out to be awesome.We all want to be happy. Yet as we consume ever more in a frantic bid for happiness, global warming worsens.Alarmed by drastic changes now occurring in the Earth's climate systems, Peter Kalmus, a...
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    Essential Sustainable Home Design

    Design your own sustainable homeMany people dream of building a beautiful, environmentally friendly home. But until now there has been no systematic guide to help potential builders work through the complete process of imagining, planning, designing, and...
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    The Permaculture Market Garden
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    The Permaculture Market Garden

    Permaculture tends to be very much in the domain of home gardeners and property owners. But what if we could take it all a step further, and merge the fields of permaculture and market gardening?In The Permaculture Market Garden, author Zach...
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    The Year-Round Solar Greenhouse

    Fresh, local nutrient-dense fruits vegetables are hard to find in winter in cold climates. Growing warm-weather crops like tomatoes, bananas, avocados, and other perennials is nearly impossible using conventional structures. The solution for millions of...
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    The Rocket Mass Heater Builder's Guide
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    The Rocket Mass Heater Builder's Guide

    Heating with wood is often considered a natural and economical alternative to electricity or fossil fuels. However, even with a fairly new and efficient woodstove, many cords of wood are required for burning over the course of a single winter, and...
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  • Permaculture for the Rest of Us
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    Permaculture for the Rest of Us

    Many of us want to increase our self-sufficiency, but few have access to the ideal five sunny, gently sloping acres of rich, loamy, well-drained soil. Jenni Blackmore presents a highly entertaining, personal account of how permaculture can be practiced...
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Home & House Maintenance & Building Books at BookLoop

Welcome to BookLoop’s Home & House Maintenance & Building Books section, your trusted Australian destination for books on DIY renovation ideas, home renovation costs, outdoor area design and household management tips. From small home renovation projects to full extensions, we bring you practical books that inspire confidence and save money.

Expert Advice for DIY Renovations

Discover step-by-step DIY guides that make home projects approachable for everyone. Whether you are learning how to paint, install fixtures, or complete affordable makeovers, our DIY section delivers clear and practical instructions. Perfect for weekend warriors or first-time renovators.

Cost-Effective Renovation Planning

Wondering about home renovation cost? Our books explain realistic budgets for Australian homes, from budget kitchen renovations to small home renovation ideas under $5,000. Gain insider tips on saving money while achieving professional-quality finishes.

Outdoor Living & Design Inspiration

Love your outdoor spaces? Browse our Design and Maintenance – Outdoor Areas range for inspiration on outdoor kitchen design, verandah upkeep, deck building, and seasonal maintenance. These books offer creative yet practical ways to transform gardens, patios, and alfresco spaces across Australia.

Home Renovation & Extensions

Planning a bigger project? Our Home Renovation & Extension books demystify complex builds. Learn how to budget, select materials suited to the Australian climate, and comply with local building codes. From single-room remodels to full home extensions, these guides help you approach construction with confidence.

Household Management & Home Hints

Keep your home running smoothly with practical advice from our Household Management & Home Hints collection. These books cover cleaning routines, maintenance schedules, seasonal checklists, and clever home hacks designed for busy Australian families.

Why Choose BookLoop?

At BookLoop, we offer you a massive range of reliable, easy-to-follow books tailored for Australian homeowners. Whether you are interested in affordable DIY renovation ideas, cost to renovate a house, or streamlined household maintenance, our collection offers expert solutions for every need.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much will my home renovation cost?

Our books such as Building Your Own Home provide real-world cost breakdowns for kitchens, bathrooms, and extensions, with examples based on Australian trades and suppliers.

What are some affordable DIY renovation ideas?

Discover budget-friendly projects such as repainting kitchens, building clever storage, or refinishing existing spaces for under $5,000.

How do I maintain outdoor living areas?

Find advice on weatherproofing, seasonal maintenance, and design solutions that keep your decks, patios, and gardens in excellent condition year-round.

Can I plan a home extension myself?

Yes. Our renovation books cover compliance, budgeting, timelines, and design choices to guide you through the process step by step. You can follow expert guides like Be Your Own Builder for expert advice and ideas.

How can I stay on top of household chores?

Our management guides include spring-cleaning checklists, seasonal maintenance routines, and everyday organisation tips tailored for busy lives.

Start Your Home Transformation Today

From small DIY projects and kitchen facelifts to large-scale home extensions and household hacks, BookLoop provides the knowledge you need to maintain and improve your home the Australian way—with confidence, clarity, and practical expertise.