The Room Outside: From Innovative Planting Schemes to Relaxing Seating Areas - Hardcover

Stevens, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1903221900 ISBN 13: 9781903221907

Publisher: Jacqui Small, 2007

Synopsis

These days the garden isn’ t just for tending your flowers and mowing the lawn – it offers a whole new living space that can vastly increase your enjoyment of your home. In The Room Outside David Stevens shows how you can optimise your outdoor area, freeing up space inside your home and enhancing your lifestyle at the same time, by allowing you to spend more time and enjoy more activities outdoors.

We are used to the idea of lighting up the barbeque, but why not build a dedicated outdoor kitchen? Working from home? Think how pleasant it would be to be able to look up from your computer and enjoy the vista of your garden from an outdoor office. Need an area for the children to let off steam while you relax on the deck? Play areas can be incorporated into a design, allowing the whole family to occupy their own individual spaces.

In The Room Outside, David Stevens shows in imaginative ways, and with sound advice and innovative ideas, the successful execution of a number of creative projects. Using pagodas, raised decks and gazebos, David demonstrates there is no limit to the opportunities afforded by these versatile, yet commonly available materials; much of it you can achieve simply and safely yourself.

Presenting his numerous design projects in a step-by-step fashion, from the most humble of built-in barbecues to more elaborate visions of floral arbours leading to a summerhouse, The Room Outside offers a unique portfolio of truly creative solutions.

About this title

About the Author

David Stevens is a highly influential garden designer, writer and broadcaster. He is a regular exhibitor at the Chelsea Flower Show, has worked with Terence Conran on a garden for the Imperial War Museum in 2005, and is the winner of 26 medals and three for best garden. He is the author of 22 books, including The Room Outside, Backyard Blueprints, Garden for Living and Small Space Gardens, and is the creator and presenter of numerous television and radio programmes. His company David Stevens International undertakes design and lecture commissions throughout the world, and he was previously Professor of Garden Design at Middlesex University. David sits on the academic board of the prestigious KLC College of Interior and Garden Design in Chelsea, London, and is also a deputy president of the Royal National Rose Society.

From the Back Cover

These days the garden isn’t just for tending your flowers and mowing the lawn –it offers a whole new living space that can vastly increase your enjoyment of your home. In The Room Outside David Stevens shows how you can optimise your outdoor area, freeing up space inside your home and enhancing your lifestyle at the same time, by allowing you to spend more time and enjoy more activities outdoors.

We are used to the idea of lighting up the barbeque, but why not build a dedicated outdoor kitchen? Working from home? Think how pleasant it would be to be able to look up from your computer and enjoy the vista of your garden from an outdoor office. Need an area for the children to let off steam while you relax on the deck? Play areas can be incorporated into a design, allowing the whole family to occupy their own individual spaces.

In The Room Outside, David Stevens shows in imaginative ways, and with sound advice and innovative ideas, the successful execution of a number of creative projects. Using pagodas, raised decks and gazebos, David demonstrates there is no limit to the opportunities afforded by these versatile, yet commonly available materials; much of it you can achieve simply and safely yourself.

Presenting his numerous design projects in a step-by-step fashion, from the most humble of built-in barbecues to more elaborate visions of floral arbours leading to a summerhouse, The Room Outside offers a unique portfolio of truly creative solutions.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jacqui Small
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1903221900
• ISBN 13: 9781903221907
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160