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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 643 EAN: 9781600850202 Format: Illustrated ISBN: 1600850200 Label: Taunton Manufacturer: Taunton Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 216 Publication Date: January 08, 2008 Publisher: Taunton Release Date: January 08, 2008 Studio: Taunton Editorial Review: Product Description: Outside the Not So Big House extends the principles from The Not So Big House to offer a unified source of design advice about making the indoors and outdoors work together. Through the unique pairing of bestselling author and residential architect Sarah Susanka and landscape designer and award-winning writer Julie Moir Messervy, two highly qualified experts teach us how to think in a new way about designing our outdoor spaces--so they are in keeping with our interior ones. Outside the Not So Big House gives language to design concepts that unify home and landscape. Two major concepts--make building decisions in the context of the land and make landscape decisions that draw the inside toward the outside--inspire homeowners to attune their homes and property to fit the way we live today. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - ideas to inspireMy husband and I purchased this book to get ideas for a new home. We want to "bring the outdoors in," and this book is full of ideas to do just that. Rating:  - Rip Off: Subset of "Inside & Outside the Not So Big House"Rip off. "Outside the Not So Big House" is just a copy of the second half of the "Inside and Outside the Not So Big House". I'm not just talking about a picture here or there. I'm talking about exact content, page by page (Pages 192 - 371 of "Inside and Outside..." is what comprises "Outside the Not...". If you are going to put out a new book, MAKE NEW IDEAS! The product description should have been clear that this book is just the "Outside" portion of the "Inside and Outside the Not So Big House" ... Read More Rating: - Great Idea BookI am an interior designer and thought this book was great for exterior ideas. I highly recommend it. Rating:  - Beautiful book, but Not So Big - NotIt is a beautiful book that is well written and illustrated. So I'll give it 3 stars. But I don't believe it belongs in the Not So Big series. It feels like false advertising or misrepresentation. I appreciate the concept of connecting the outside and inside, but I expected to see ideas for small gardens/yards in small lots, not small planting areas within large lots and acreage attached to large houses. Rating: - Disappointing for a "Not So Big House" fanI agree with many of the poor reviews by fellow "Not So Big House" thinkers. I was very, very disappointed by the lack of practical information and very few useful principles for "creating the landscape of home". While I agree with and have used so many of the principles in her other books, this one left me with nothing I can use to landscape my property. While some of the examples are quite interesting, most are also quite unusual and there is not much to take away for those of us with ... Read More |
