LIBRARY NOTES: Home project books run the gamut

Whether you are building a new house or doing some remodeling on your current home, the library has a vast amount of resources for you to choose from.

Looking for a house plan? We have books for you. Looking to make kitchen or bathroom updates? We can help you there as well. Perhaps you want to work on a patio or your garden. We have design books with ideas galore.

Looking for, much less finding, a house plan that has all or most of the features that you want can be challenging. Square footage, design and flow are all important things to consider when creating your dream home. Most Popular One-story Home Plans by Creative Homeowner Press and Designers Best Two-story Home Plans are two books with more than 300 best-selling plans and have a wide variety of house plans with design features to meet any of your personal needs, desires or dreams.

Maybe you are just looking to update a room in your home or to better organize and utilize your existing space. Updating or remodeling your kitchen or bathroom can be successfully accomplished with a little hard work and the use of some resources from the library.

Kitchen Remodeling by Tauntons Fine Homebuilding is a great resource for remodeling your kitchen no matter what your budget might be. Whether you are looking at upgrading your cabinetry, tiling a backsplash, changing your flooring or brightening your lighting, this book has many do-it-yourself techniques and many ideas on how to begin your project.

Affordable Bathroom Upgrades: Transform Your Bathroom on a Small Budget by Steve Cory and Diane Slavik is an awesome book no matter what style of bathroom you are envisioning. You will learn the benefits of different types of bathroom fixtures and what might suit your needs. This also has do-it-yourself techniques on tiling, flooring and painting and is a great visual resource for ideas.

Organizing is a great way to visually change the look of a room. 1001 Ideas for Kitchen Organization by Joseph Provey and Home Organizing & Closet Makeovers by Bridget Biscotti Bradley are two resources that will give you a vast number of ideas to help make your existing space more visually appealing.

Do you want to create a place for family and friends to gather or simply enhance the beauty of your home? A patio is the perfect place for outdoor entertainment.

Patio & Stone: A Sunset Design Guide by Tom Wilhite will give you direction on design, stone, garden and water features to help make your dream patio a reality.

If you have a dream, we have a book. Come on in and let your mind wander over the possibilities that await you.

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LIBRARY NOTES: Home project books run the gamut