Uses step-by-step photographic sequences to provide instructions for everything from quick-fix repair jobs to major construction projects, accompanied by coverage of essential tools and techniques to repair and maintain one's home.

It's love at first sight when Penelope Kite sees the stone farmhouse tucked high in the hills above the Luberon valley, complete with a garden, swimming pool, and sweeping mountain vistas. For years, Penelope put her unfaithful ex-husband and her ungrateful stepchildren first. But having taken early retirement from her job in forensics at the Home Office in England, she's going to start living for herself. She impulsively buys the property, but her...