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New Front Yard Idea Book: Entries*Driveways*Pathways*Gardens
Curbside appeal goes a long way, and not just when homeowners are selling a house. Everyone wants to create a "wow" inspiring first impression and today's savvy homeowners are looking for expert advice and ideas that goes beyond the traditional lawn and foundation plantings. New Front Yard Idea Book offers the best design information from experts to inspire homeowners everywhere. Lushly illustrated with 325 4-color photographs, no other book focuses on this essential public area. The book is simply overflowing with inspiration for all the front-yard spaces, including the entrance, porches and porticos, gardens and arbors, paths and driveways, fences and gates, and landscaping and lighting. As readers set out to refresh and enhance their front yards, the first step is sit down with this invaluable reference.

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New Front Yard Idea Book: Entries*Driveways*Pathways*Gardens
Curbside appeal goes a long way, and not just when homeowners are selling a house. Everyone wants to create a "wow" inspiring first impression and today's savvy homeowners are looking for expert advice and ideas that goes beyond the traditional lawn and foundation plantings. New Front Yard Idea Book offers the best design information from experts to inspire homeowners everywhere. Lushly illustrated with 325 4-color photographs, no other book focuses on this essential public area. The book is simply overflowing with inspiration for all the front-yard spaces, including the entrance, porches and porticos, gardens and arbors, paths and driveways, fences and gates, and landscaping and lighting. As readers set out to refresh and enhance their front yards, the first step is sit down with this invaluable reference.

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New Front Yard Idea Book: Entries*Driveways*Pathways*Gardens

New Front Yard Idea Book: Entries*Driveways*Pathways*Gardens

by Sandra S. Soria
New Front Yard Idea Book: Entries*Driveways*Pathways*Gardens

New Front Yard Idea Book: Entries*Driveways*Pathways*Gardens

by Sandra S. Soria

Overview

Curbside appeal goes a long way, and not just when homeowners are selling a house. Everyone wants to create a "wow" inspiring first impression and today's savvy homeowners are looking for expert advice and ideas that goes beyond the traditional lawn and foundation plantings. New Front Yard Idea Book offers the best design information from experts to inspire homeowners everywhere. Lushly illustrated with 325 4-color photographs, no other book focuses on this essential public area. The book is simply overflowing with inspiration for all the front-yard spaces, including the entrance, porches and porticos, gardens and arbors, paths and driveways, fences and gates, and landscaping and lighting. As readers set out to refresh and enhance their front yards, the first step is sit down with this invaluable reference.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781600853715
Publisher: Taunton Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 01/03/2012
Series: Taunton Home Idea Books
Pages: 192
Sales rank: 959,977
Product dimensions: 9.00(w) x 10.70(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Following a 25-year career in consumer magazines, SANDRA S. SORIA became the creative force behind prairie-scapes. Author of the All New Bathroom Idea Book, she contributes shelter and lifestyle articles to Traditional Home, Better Homes and Gardens, Country Gardens, and PositivelyGreen. A former longtime executive editor for Country Home magazine, she lives in Minburn, Iowa.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Getting Started Assessing Your Architecture Architectural Styles Evaluating Your Needs Creating Your Site Plan Consider the Neighborhood Let Color Lead the Way When to Hire a Professional

Chapter 2 Making an Entrance Porches and Porticos Entry Gardens Arbor Ideas

Chapter 3 Paths and Driveways Planning for Pathways Materials for Walkways Steps and Slopes Driveways and Parking Parking Considerations

Chapter 4 Landscapes Landscape Themes Foundation Plantings The Beauty of Trees Shrubs Accessorizing the Landscape

Chapter 5 Gardens Picking a Garden Style Small-Space Gardens Planting an Island Bed Gardening to the Street Container Gardens

Chapter 6 Property Boundaries Fence lines Gates and Arbors Hedges

Chapter 7 Ground Covers Lawns Alternative Ground Covers Nonliving Ground Covers

Chapter 8 Brilliant Lighting An overall lighting plan More Lighting Schemes

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