Hardware Style

It's the most creative how-to book to come along in years, and it's now at a great price These 100 great ideas will change the way do-it-yourselfers look at their local home improvement center--and revolutionize home decor. With a layout inspired by the store's floor plan, this abundantly photographed guide tours all the different departments, from plumbing to hardware, electrical to lawn and garden, suggesting a host of imaginative ways to use what's on the shelves. Many of the projects take advantage of the latest decorating trend, repurposing, where items conceived for one function are used in an entirely different, original way. With only basic techniques, craft curtain tiebacks from welded chain, transform glass or metal screens into coasters, turn copper plumbing pipe into candleholders, and much more.