Garden Room Style

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Garden Room Style
With elements from both iiiclooi s and out, a garden roDiii serves as a link in style between tlie house and garden. The.se rooms are light and refresliiiig, with sunshine and ])lants, offering a sense of .sjjace and of nature. No longer limited to the Victorian-style conseivatoiy, these glassed-in places can be kitchens or dining rooms, studios, small studies, or even a simjile bay window in a city ajjartment. Garden Room Style illustrates tlie art of bringing the outdoors inside by using garden materials and furniture, natural colors, and a decorating outlook that may be balanced or casual, but always puts one at ease.
Starting with background information on the evolution of glass rooms and the basic elements of the style, the book examines, in text and photograjjhs, each variation on the successful garden room. The chapters help the homeowner consider the effect of the garden outside, color, the pleasures of entertaining, wicker and other furniture,... Tovább

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Garden Room Style
With elements from both iiiclooi s and out, a garden roDiii serves as a link in style between tlie house and garden. The.se rooms are light and refresliiiig, with sunshine and ])lants, offering a sense of .sjjace and of nature. No longer limited to the Victorian-style conseivatoiy, these glassed-in places can be kitchens or dining rooms, studios, small studies, or even a simjile bay window in a city ajjartment. Garden Room Style illustrates tlie art of bringing the outdoors inside by using garden materials and furniture, natural colors, and a decorating outlook that may be balanced or casual, but always puts one at ease.
Starting with background information on the evolution of glass rooms and the basic elements of the style, the book examines, in text and photograjjhs, each variation on the successful garden room. The chapters help the homeowner consider the effect of the garden outside, color, the pleasures of entertaining, wicker and other furniture, fountains, antiques and statuary. The more technical considerations of wall and floor finishes, heating and lighting, rugs and blinds - and ofcourse, planting under glass - are all discussed in detail for a well-considered room.
Whether you have a spacious foyer or garden to transform, or a sunny, aiiy corner, Garden Room Style is a sumptuous guide and idea book for creating light-filled, leafy, relaxed spaces that let nature indoors. Vissza