Outdoor Rooms: Design for Porches, Terraces, Decks, Gazebos - Softcover

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. These rooms have become the heart of the home—often literally with exterior fireplaces. In today’s busy world, where leisure time is precious, people want the most out of their homes, and are bringing in comfort to all living spaces—inside and out.

According to the humorous social critic Fran Lebowitz, "the outdoors is what you must pass through to get from your apartment into a taxicab." For homeowners today, the spaces between two forms of shelter are more than incidental atmosphere. Outdoor rooms have become the hearth of the home—often literally with exterior fireplaces. In today's busy world, where leisure time is precious, people want the most out of their homes, and are bringing comfort to all living spaces—inside and out.