The Outdoor Decorator: How to Transform Your Garden, Patio or Balcony into a Stylish Living Area - Hardcover

McCloud, Kevin

9780091864392: The Outdoor Decorator: How to Transform Your Garden, Patio or Balcony into a Stylish Living Area

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0091864399 ISBN 13: 9780091864392

Publisher: Ebury Press, 2000

Whether you have a large country garden or an urban patio, this book shows you how to create extra living space for your home. In addition to the specific projects, there is information on many other featureswhich make an outdoor space successful.

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About the Author:

Kevin McCloud began his career as a theatrical designer, and rapidly gained a reputation for stunning paint and decorative effects. His first book, The Decorating Book (1990) has enjoyed phenomenal success. He now carries out commissions for many prestigious projects including Harrod's Food Halls and Eurodisney.

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form your garden, patio or balcony into a stylish living area.

Whether you have a garden, patio or balcony, this innovative and practical book will open up a whole new area of decorating. Forget about ground cover and seasonal planting and instead, transform your outdoor space with paint, fabric, tiles and a host of other materials. While interior decorating has become increasingly sophisticated, often the clever ideas and effects stop at the garden door. The Outdoor Decorator shows you that when it comes to decorating, the sky’s the limit! Step-by-step, Kevin McCloud covers all the elements that can transform an outdoor space – from walls, floors and fabrics, to furniture, lighting and accessories. Why not paint your garden walls in spectacular Mediterranean colours, install Cape Cod beach house decking, or rig up a pretty canopy of simple cotton fabric on your balcony? The emphasis is on quick, inexpensive projects that will suit even limited budgets, and will b

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