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Garden Surfaces: 20 Projects for Paths, Decks, Steps, Patios, and Edgings Total Hits - 967  |  Hits Today - 3Rating:   Rating Average (8)    |  View Ratings  |  Add Your Rating
From a simple edging to a cobbled patio, this book offers gardeners both inspiration for garden surfaces and practical expertise. This book of 20 surfacing ideas, including stepping stones, a wooden bridge, and a gravel path, shows garden enthusiasts of all levels how to achieve professional results. Dozens of suggestions for unusual materials and effects as well as 500 color photos are included.
ISBN: 1571458247   Date Published on 1/1/2003
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Building Garden & Patio FurnitureTotal Hits - 461  |  Hits Today - 3Rating:   Rating Average (4)    |  View Ratings  |  Add Your Rating
Family, friends, kids-everyone enjoys hanging out in the backyard or garden. Just think how impressed they'll be when they find out you built the furniture. Sunset commissioned a master woodworker to design these 18 high-end, elegantly simple pieces of outdoor furniture. Full-color photography shows off the beautiful design and craftsmanship of the completed projects. Several kinds of outdoor-resilient wood are used, such as pine, teak, mahogany, and recycled plastic lumber.
ISBN: 0376010274   Date Published on 11/1/2002
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Complete Patio Book (Southern Living)Total Hits - 358  |  Hits Today - 3Rating:   Rating Average (0)    |  View Ratings  |  Add Your Rating
Complete Patio Book (Southern Living)
ISBN: 0376090812   Date Published on 1/1/2000
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Garden Design Details Total Hits - 1646  |  Hits Today - 2Rating:   Rating Average (20)    |  View Ratings  |  Add Your Rating

Whether you want a wall or a pond, a new look for your lawn or an inventive way to pave your patio, Garden Design Details is packed with hundreds of images and ideas.With practical information about what materials and designs will work in harmony with your garden, this book will open your eyes to the possibilities at hand. All the ideas are attainable and durable, with options for different styles and sizes of garden.

Divided into four main chapters - Verticals; Horizontals, Punctuation; and Casework - the book discusses the main visual elements of a garden and then shows them in context through a selection of international case studies. In Verticals you'll find walls; hedges; fences; railings; trellis work; entrances and openings; gates; doors; level changes; feature plants and trees; woods; orchards; and land sculpture. Horizontals covers beds; borders; edging; paths; terraces; lawns; meadows; wild flower planting; knots; parterres; mazes; lakes; ponds; water features; natural swimming pools; stepping stones; land sculpture; and bridges. Punctuation discusses eye-catchers; seating; planters; pots and urns; statues; sculpture; fountains; arches; pergolas; tunnels; plant supports; and garden buildings. A final chapter of case studies shows the bigger picture with vertical, horizontal and punctuation design elements together in situ to show how they can be used to the best advantage. The case studies illustrate a range of styles and settings including traditional, contemporary, minimal and international.

Arne Maynard gives useful and practical advice for every type of garden from country acres to town courtyard. With over 350 photographs and design information covering everything from walls to paving, and fences to ponds, Garden Design Details is packed full of ideas.

ISBN: 0060596317   Date Published on 8/17/2004
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Small Spaces, Beautiful GardensTotal Hits - 1538  |  Hits Today - 2Rating:   Rating Average (29)    |  View Ratings  |  Add Your Rating
Small Spaces, Beautiful Gardens
ISBN: 1564969738   Date Published on 2/1/2003
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Outdoor Living Idea Book (Taunton's Idea Book Series)Total Hits - 1383  |  Hits Today - 2Rating:   Rating Average (8)    |  View Ratings  |  Add Your Rating
Even if you have a small piece of land behind your home–whether it’s in the country or the city–you, too, can create your own outdoor room. An outdoor room can be as simple as a barbeque grill and a table and chairs on a patio or as elaborate as an outdoor guest bedroom complete with a teak-framed bed and outdoor fireplace.

Creating outdoor living spaces is the new American pastime, with homeowners wanting to create a place in their backyard that extends their living space and capitalizes on all the outdoors has to offer, whether it’s relaxing by the pool, playing a game of volleyball with the kids, or hosting an al fresco dinner party on the patio. Whatever your desire, you can have it! Outdoor Living Idea Book features hundreds of the latest ideas for creating outdoor living spaces of all kinds, from cooking and dining to entertaining and relaxing to playing, no matter what size yard you have and what your budget. Creative examples of furnishings and accessories, landscaping, lighting, sculpture, and water features offer readers the most up-to-date ideas for adding style to any outdoor space.

Topics covered include:
Outdoor Kitchens
Dining & Entertainment
Furniture & Accessories
Pools & Recreation
Landscaping
Storage
ISBN: 1561587575   Date Published on 3/7/2006
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The Patio Garden (Garden Bookshelf S.) Total Hits - 1378  |  Hits Today - 2Rating:   Rating Average (8)    |  View Ratings  |  Add Your Rating
This is a comprehensive guide to getting maximum benefit from a small area of outdoor living space, providing plans, photographs and plant lists for a wide range of superbly designed patio gardens.
ISBN: 0711210918   Date Published on 1/25/2007
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Garden & Patio Building Book, sunset Total Hits - 890  |  Hits Today - 2Rating:   Rating Average (8)    |  View Ratings  |  Add Your Rating
Garden & Patio Building Book, sunset
ISBN: 0376012102   Date Published on 
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Garden and Patio Building Book Total Hits - 864  |  Hits Today - 2Rating:   Rating Average (7)    |  View Ratings  |  Add Your Rating
Garden and Patio Building Book
ISBN: 0376012161   Date Published on 5/1/1983
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Decks & Patios for Dummies Total Hits - 418  |  Hits Today - 2Rating:   Rating Average (1)    |  View Ratings  |  Add Your Rating
Life is just so much sweeter when experienced from a good deck or patio. Breezes, sunlight, the smells of the garden, birdsongs…just a few minutes in your own backyard can enliven the senses and rejuvenate the spirit. Meals become relaxed affairs. Food tastes better. Conversations are richer. Time eases its hectic demands and drifts by at a more congenial pace. Whether for a neighborhood barbeque or just a quiet afternoon with a paperback, decks and patios offer us the perfect space to kick back and let the good times roll.

Decks and Patios for Dummies contains everything you need to know to design and build your dream deck or patio. Full of practical tips and clear, simple instructions, it shows the do-it-yourselfer how to solve problems in design and construction while avoiding pitfalls and unnecessary expenses. You’ll find useful information on:

  • Choosing the location
  • Sizing
  • Choosing materials
  • Preparing the site
  • Building
  • Adding barbeques, fireplaces, etc.
  • Maintenance

This is a start-to-finish guide on all aspects of deck and patio construction – including when you should seek help from the professionals! Designed to make the most of your budget, it walks you through:

  • Dealing with contractors, codes, and feasibility
  • The building checklist
  • Lighting, outlets, faucets, and other add-ons
  • Decks – from frames to finishes
  • Patios: concrete, flagstone, or brick?
  • Steps, stairs, and benches
  • Special details and decorations

Whether your project is a patio just big enough for two chaises-lounges or a screened-in, wraparound deck on the side of a mountain, Decks and Patios for Dummies makes building understandable and fun with illustrations, diagrams, helpful sidebars, and a color insert of photos to stir the imagination. Take advantage of this comprehensive guide and build your dream deck today.

ISBN: 0764550756   Date Published on 3/1/1998

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