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Summary
Summary
The charm of the garden is yours year-round when you decorate your home in garden style. Whether you live in a country cottage, suburban house, or city apartment, you can warm your home with the furnishings and ornaments of the garden--and easily design and create inviting, comfortably furnished, fresh-air spaces. Visualize a room fragrant with blooming plants, relaxed by gently aged outdoor furniture, and personalized by well-loved tools. Imagine yourself on a porch transformed into a romantic dining room with draperies, a colorful rug, and a mix of favorite furnishings and fabrics. This becomes all the more possible with the inspiration of hundreds of easy, creative decorating ideas and more than 350 inspiring photographs featured in Better Homes and Gardens Garden Style. Book jacket.
Author Notes
Better Homes & Gardens Magazine Better Homes and Gardens is a home and family magazine for people who want to make those things the focal points of their lives. It provides the readers with information to make more informed decisions and covers subjects such as education, parenting, travel, gardening, health, cars, money-management and home entertainment. The magazine also includes recipes and home improvement topics from decorating to do-it-yourself projects.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Table of Contents
| Inspired By The Garden | p. 6 |
| Creating Fresh-Air Rooms | p. 14 |
| Creating Fresh-Air Rooms | p. 14 |
| Living On The Porch | p. 16 |
| Porch Pleasures | p. 20 |
| Terraces and Outdoor Rooms | p. 30 |
| The Terrace As Skyline Garden | p. 34 |
| Warmed By The Fire | p. 36 |
| Decks For Entertaining | p. 38 |
| Potting Sheds | p. 42 |
| Structure For The Garden | p. 46 |
| Bringing The Outdoors In | p. 54 |
| Living In The Garden | p. 54 |
| The Spirit Of British Colonial | p. 64 |
| The Winter Garden | p. 66 |
| Old World Garden Touches | p. 70 |
| Dining With Roses | p. 72 |
| Dining In The Garden | p. 74 |
| Terrace-Style Elegance | p. 82 |
| The Kitchen Garden | p. 90 |
| Fresh-Air Kitchen Accents | p. 92 |
| Sun-Filled Rooms | p. 96 |
| Sunny Spaces | p. 98 |
| The Conservatory Sun Porch | p. 104 |
| A Collector's Retreat | p. 106 |
| For The Love Of The Lily | p. 110 |
| Sleeping With Salvage | p. 112 |
| Bed and Bath Bowers | p. 114 |
| A Touch Of Victorian Style | p. 122 |
| Down By The River | p. 124 |
| Baby's Garden of Verses | p. 126 |
| Living The Garden Life | p. 135 |
| Country In The Suburbs | p. 130 |
| Bungalow On A Budget | p. 140 |
| Nature In The City | p. 152 |
| Casual In California | p. 160 |
| Old World In Connecticut | p. 170 |
| Ideas Sources, Inspirations | p. 190 |
| The East Coast | p. 152 |
| The South | p. 188 |
| The Midwest | p. 188 |
| The West and Southwest | p. 152 |
| Your Shopping: State By State Listings | p. 152 |
| Sources and Photography Credits | p. 220 |
| Index | p. 222 |