Redwood Decks: Ideas and Plan for Contemporary Outdoor Living (Schiffer Design Book)

redwood decks: ideas and plan for contemporary outdoor living (schiffer design book)

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Redwood Decks: Ideas and Plan for Contemporary Outdoor Living (Schiffer Design Book)

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Book Description
Redwood Decks: Ideas and Plans for Contemporary Outdoor Living is absolutely packed with more than 200 big, full-color photographs of fabulous decks from around the country, along with plans and building instructions for do-it-yourselfers. These great deck photos serve as a valuable resource for homeowners shopping around for exciting deck ideas. Here you can find ideas for overcoming problem slopes, incorporating treasured trees, encircling spas, creating conversation pits, and enhancing gardens. It shows how simple additions, such as stylized railings or varied floor patterns, can evoke images of Japanese gardens or colonial elegance. For those who want to undertake their own construction project, there's a cut-out planner along with blueprints and lots of helpful hints to get you started. Redwood Decks is a complete start-up kit for anyone looking for ways to refocus their life in the great outdoors.

About the Author
Tina Skinner is a professional writer and editor specializing in design and home remodeling books. Her other books include Pure Deck-adence: A Guide to Beautiful Decks and Outdoor Wood Works with Complete Plans for Ten Projects.

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Book Contents:

  1. Retail Desire: Design Display and Visual Merchandising
  2. Riviera Style: From St. Tropez to Capri
  3. Shelter Now : Creative Ideas for Today's Home
  4. Soft Architecture Machines
  5. Spanish Splendor : Great Palaces, Castles, and Country Homes
  6. Story As History, History As Story: The Gospel Tradition in the Context of Ancient Oral History
  7. Studies in Design
  8. Studio Apartments: Big Ideas for Small Spaces
  9. Sweet's Kitchen and Bath Sourcebook 2001
  10. Taste and Power: Furnishing Modern France (Studies on the History of Society and Culture , No 24)

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