This Old Dump: Renovate Without Decking Your Mate [Paperback]

Laura Jensen Walker (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 156 pages
• Publisher: Revell (September 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0800759672
• ISBN-13: 978-0800759674
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,162,803 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Laura Jensen Walker is an award-winning writer and popular national speaker. Her previous novels include Daring Chloe, Turning the Paige, and Reconstructing Natalie, chosen as the first-ever Novel of the Year for Women of Faith® conferences. The author of several non-fiction humor books, Laura lives in Northern California with her husband, Michael, and their canine daughter Gracie.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a Hoot!, August 31, 2004

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Deb Haggerty (Orlando, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: This Old Dump: Renovate Without Decking Your Mate (Paperback)

What a hoot! Received my copy today, started reading and couldn't put it down until I finished. Every single story reminded me of something that happened as we were fixing up the various places we've lived in over the years. I could write an entire book about remodeling my husband's mom's house! My absolute favorite part was where Bill took the dog's Phenobarbital instead of his Prozac and the poison control center responded, "If you start barking, come in!" - I laughed out loud.
Another totally delightful book by Laura Jensen Walker - a must by for anyone who is starting a home "project!"

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars She does it again., December 20, 2004

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Carmen Leal (Kailua, HI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: This Old Dump: Renovate Without Decking Your Mate (Paperback)

Funny lady Laura Jensen Walker does it again. She has a way of taking any subject, adding a humorous twist, and helping us see ourselves through her hilarious stories and keen observations. After trying to wallpaper with my husband years ago I vowed to never do any home improvement with him again. Thanks to Laura's book This Old Dump I feel like maybe we can buy a fixer upper and still stay happily married.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Comic relief for fixer-upper types, November 28, 2004

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Janet H. McHenry "Author/Speaker" (Loyalton, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: This Old Dump: Renovate Without Decking Your Mate (Paperback)

When I picked up "This Old Dump," I still had paint stuck under my fingernails and wallpaper paste in my hair. I found my sense of humor again, as well as many friends in Laura Walker's book--and recommend it for anyone who's hooked on HGTV or who's known by his or her first name at Home Depot.