If you've got friends or family members who love their home, crafts and doing stuff with their hands, a fun how-to book could make the perfect gift. From books full of the basics of home repair to projects that help with aesthetics to books that tell you how to publish your own book, we've gathered a list of some of our favorite titles. And don't forget about yourself when book gift shopping!
1) D.I.Y. Design It Yourself by Ellen Lupton, $24.95
2) DIY Furniture: A Step-by-Step Guide by Christopher Stuart, $24.95
3) Indie Publishing:How to Design and Produce Your Own Book by Ellen Lupton, $24.95
4) Martha's Entertaining: A Year of Celebrations by Martha Stewart, $38.66
5) Pinhole Cameras: A DIY Guide by Chris Keeney, $18.95
6) LEED Materials: A Resource Guide to Green Building by Ari Meisel, Steven Winter, $40
7) Complete Do-It-Yourself Manual: Completely Revised and Updated $23.10
8) Same Place, More Space: 50 DIY Projects to Maximize Every Room in the House by Karl Champley, $24.95
9) Apartment Therapy's Big Book of Small, Cool Spaces by Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan, $19.80
What are your favorite DIY and how-to books? Have you ever given or received a how-to book as a gift? Let us know!
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The Ultimate Used Furniture Cleaning Kit
Ana Creates a Community at Home
Good Food to Share 
The Big Book of Small, Cool Spaces 
Apartment Therapy Presents 
The Eight-Step Home Cure 
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How To Cook Fluffy, Tasty Quinoa
Recipe: Spring Fruit and Nut Tabouli
Very cool idea.
This is another great resource for DIY scandinavian-inspired designs you can make. The plans are FREE.
http://dickreynoldsdesign.com/Home.html
I'm a big fan of kits because it makes shopping for someone a heck of a lot easier (and potentially cheaper). Why not put together a DIY kit? One of these DIY books and then the materials to make one of the projects inside.