Outdoor Decorating and Style Guide

From Publishers Weekly
According to Greer's richly illustrated how-to, the principles that guide the creation of livable, elegant and well-appointed inside spaces are equally applicable to the world outside. "Like the interior of your home, this is your personal space and can be as peaceful and tranquil-or as lively-as you like," the author declares. Beginning with basic design concepts, such as the use of proportion, balance, and scale, Greer (Architecture Transformed) quickly moves on to more creative aspects of crafting an outdoor room. She enumerates a variety of thematic décor ideas, such as the "romantic" and the "exotic," and explores the uses of gazebos and sheds and the proper control of lighting outdoors. Finally, her book offers six brief profiles in outdoor living, from a coastal home with a garage door that opens onto the beach, to a stucco Spanish Revival house with open-air fireplace. Overall, Greer offers a multitude of good ideas for the creative use of the yard or the porch, though most of the insight derives from the copious photographs reproduced. For browsing and brainstorming, this encouraging tome will prove helpful to anyone looking for comfort outside as well as in. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.


Book Description
Your home doesn?t have to stop at its four walls?not if you don?t want it to. With a little creative decorating, you can extend your living space beyond the house, creating special outdoor spaces that combine the comfort of indoor living with the glory of Mother Nature. With this beautiful book, now in paperback, you can learn how to transform your outdoor space into a splendid retreat that celebrates nature, fulfills your rest and relaxation needs, serves as an elegant entertainment room for friends and family, and soothes your soul with its peacefulness. Learn how to make patios and terraces, sunrooms and porches, gazebos and summer houses, decks and loggias, garden rooms and conservatories, and trellises, archways, arbors, and pergolas. Author Nora Richter Greer shows through a variety of full-color photos how all this can be accomplished to make the space as useful, practical, and livable as possible.


About the Author
Nora Richter Greer is an architecture and design critic, whose professional writing career began in 1977 at Architecture magazine. She has written numerous magazine and newspaper articles, as well as contributed to and authored more than a dozen books on architecture, urban design, and interior design. Greer lives in Washington, D.C.


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Author Nora Richter Greer shows through a variety of full-color photos how all this can be accomplished to make the space as useful, practical, and livable as possible.


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