This is a Good, Used condition Nonfiction book helping you to remodel, improve and enlarge your home written by Marie E. Daniels. It was published by The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc. in New York. This is a First Printing Edition of the Book, ISBN#0672523043. The first couple Partsor Sections of the book discuss a few of the more basic or simpler less costly ideas/ methods of remodeling or increasing living space such as by first familiarizing yourself withthe codes, taxes and planning everything out in as much detail as possible on paper. Then 5 of the easier & less expensive ways to remodel and increase your living space are discussed. These inlude adding a halfbath, Turning an Eat-in kitchen into a formal dining room, Basement conversions, the Attic, Enclosing Porch or Open Breezeway and ways to regain Storage Space Lost in Remodeling. Next is a few chapters on Foundations- build it yourself or have it built, building pier foundation, building a perimeter foundation, and starting framework on a perimeter foundation. Then the next few chapters dicuss-Framing walls & ceilings, framing the roof, interior work, doing your own plumbing & wiring, building of patios,porches and decks. The last five chapters discuss most popular ways to enlarge your home- adding two car garage & gain a family room, Adding one car garage & gain 2 bedrooms & a den, enlarging living room & add new bedroom and doubling a one car garage. There are two appendixes right before the Index one on Tools needed and other a list of suppliers. Book is 10.25" x 8.25" x .75" inches in size with 208 pages. It does have a name on inside cover shown in pics and missing its dust jacket thus allowing the cover to pickup a stain or two on it. The book is still a great addition to the home shop for anyone thinking of a remodel or enlargement.

ISBN: 0672523043