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Outdoor Rooms: Designs for Porches, Terraces, Decks, Gazebos

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Manufacturer: Rockport Publishers

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Outdoor Rooms is a beautiful guide to some of the best terraces, porches, patios, gazebos, sunrooms, and garden rooms created by designers, architects, landscapers, and homeowners. It presents spaces both small and large, in the city, in the country, and at the beach. It also includes a chapter on the best in furniture, lighting, accessories, and materials. It is an inspirational look at what one can do to create beauty and comfort in any outdoor space.


PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:

Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 712
EAN: 9781564967657
ISBN: 1564967654
Label: Rockport Publishers
Manufacturer: Rockport Publishers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: 2001-03-01
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
Studio: Rockport Publishers


SIMILAR ITEMS:

• Outdoor Rooms II: More Designs for Porches, Terraces, Decks, and Gazebos (Quarry Book)
• The Outdoor Living Room: Stylish Ideas for Porches, Patios, and Pools
• Fire Outdoors: Fireplaces, Fire Pits, Wood Fired Ovens & Cook Centers
• Ultimate Outdoor Kitchens
• Rooms Outside the House: From Gazebos to Garden Rooms


CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Dream Book -
This book will set your imagination on fire and motivate you to turn your ordinary backyard into a mini-paradise. Lots of pictures to drool over, you will find yourself thumbing thru it again and again..

Outdoor Rooms -
This is a great "thumb thur" book. It has really nice pictures of outdoor areas that are very "architectural".... Not helpful for the "average joe" looking for ideas to create your own backyard/outdoor patio/room.

Great for Entertaining Types -
If you need ideas on how to create outdoor spaces for entertaining - this book is for you. Dining, lounging, dining, lounging... Even different photos of the same patio have different place settings on the tables to give you dining ideas. After a while, I began looking for spaces where you could do something other than dine, or lounge. Overall, nice photos of nice outdoor spaces, but limited appeal.

Fresh ideas, lots of variety, great mixing of materials -
When looking for fresh ideas and inspiration on how to create the prefect outdoor space you needn't look any further than this book. From a modern symmetrical porch to lush English gardens, it showcases a wide range of styles. With so much to choose from anyone can find something to suit their taste.

Many of the outdoor rooms have pools. It is amazing how they manage to flawlessly integrate the pools into the environment without making them seem out of place or just thrown there. The magnificent outdoor spaces truly become a part of the home.

I love the combination of styles and how they compliment one another. One room features the creamy white walls of Greece, a timber roof and hot Mexican colors in a cushioned seat. Large color photos tell the story with brief descriptions of each example.

In the back there is a sampler of fine furnishing and accessories form a variety of different styles including historical, rustic, Mediterranean/island, and geometric. There is also a helpful directory of design professionals, photographers and product sources.

If you love concrete & steel, this book is for you! -
Or if you love browsing Swedish furniture catalogues, buy this book! Unfortunately, I'm not a big concrete & steel fan or heavily into Swedish furniture. It's a lovely book but if, like me, you're looking for garden inspiration or expecting visions that incorporate trees and plants, look elsewhere and save your money. The designs for outdoor rooms in this book left me cold. I gave it a reasonably good rating because I realize that readers who love modern architecture will probably enjoy it.

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