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Good Book to Borrow
Request your local library to buy this book, and check it out.

Exactly what I wanted
I wanted a book with lot's of color pictures that showed different deck styles and accents so I could design my own custom deck.If your looking for something for design ideas or to show to your contractor, this is thebook for you.I also picked up "A Portfolio of Deck Ideas" to gowith it.Read more

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Decks (Architecture, Domestic)    3. Designs and plans    4. Home Improvement / Construction    5. House & Home    6. Outdoor & Recreational Areas - General    7. Outdoor Structure Construction    8. Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings    9. Remodeling & Renovation - General    10. Garden design & planning    11. Home & House Maintenance    12. House & Home / Outdoor & Recreational Areas   

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Essential is right...
I have owned this book for several years now and still use it regularly asa design reference.The examples and illustrations are pretty much allclassics whether historic, traditional, or contemporary, and always seemfresh to my eye each time I pick up the book.

An excellent resource of hardscape elements for the garden!
As a landscape architect, I find this book is an excellent resource for hardscape ideas for the garden.The book is divided into the basics planes of the garden ... floors, boundaries & dividers, overhead structures,etc. The wonderful photographics are invaluable as well as the discriptionstelling the history, uses and construction of the site elements.I wouldrecommendthis book to professionals and weekend gardeners for itsinspiration and knowledge. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Gardening / Horticulture    2. Landscape Design And Planting    3. Outdoor Structure Construction    4. Sociology    5. Techniques   

Subjects:  1. Aquatic sports facilities    2. Management    3. Swimming pools    4. United States   

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Do-It-Yourself    3. Domestic    4. House & Home    5. Outdoor & Recreational Areas - General    6. Swimming pools    7. Architecture / Domestic    8. HOME REFERENCE - REMODEL/RENOVATION   

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Subjects:  1. Amateurs' manuals    2. Design and construction    3. Do-It-Yourself    4. Garden Design    5. Garden Furnishings    6. Garden structures    7. Home Gardening    8. Home Improvement / Construction    9. House & Home    10. Landscape construction    11. Outdoor & Recreational Areas - General    12. Outdoor Structure Construction    13. House & Home / Outdoor & Recreational Areas    14. JUVY-WORKBOOKS - JUV WORKBOOKS    15. Sale Books   

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Great BOOK!
TIME Life Books are great for instructional purposes. This book is easy to read and provided many pictures to guide you as you build your outdoor project.We use this as a guide for building our fence and outdoor patio cover. Great book! ... Read more

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Subjects:  1. Architecture, Domestic    2. Barbecues (Fireplaces)    3. Patios    4. Swimming pools   

Subjects:  1. Aquatic sports    2. Children: Grades 4-6    3. Games    4. Juvenile Nonfiction    5. Juvenile literature    6. Sports & Recreation - Water Sports    7. Swimming pools    8. Water sports   

Subjects:  1. Amateurs' manuals    2. Construction - General    3. Design and construction    4. General    5. Handbooks, manuals, etc    6. Home Improvement / Construction    7. Outdoor Structure Construction    8. Patios    9. Porches    10. Reference   

Subjects:  1. Baths    2. Design and construction    3. Fences    4. Swimming pools   

Subjects:  1. Aquatic sports    2. Equipment and supplies    3. Management    4. Reference    5. Sporting Facilities And Equipment    6. Sports & Recreation    7. Swimming    8. Swimming pools   

Subjects:  1. Étude et enseignement    2. Natation    3. Piscines    4. Study and teaching    5. Swimming    6. Swimming pools   

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beautiful projects,check for measurement errors in book
This book has the most attractive furniture I have seen in any how-to books.However, when I created a garden bench (the back slats of this particular bench are cut to create a diamond shape of open space betweenthe upper two slats and lower two slats) I found errors in the layout,(drawings and measurements) of the center rail.Either the rail must becut lower, or the mortises must be moved.My bench turned out beautifullydespite the required modifications.I will make other furniture frompatterns in this book, but I will definitely check the layout measurementsbefore I mark and cut--rather than assume they are correct!

Beautiful photos accompany complete plans & material lists
A beginner could enjoy the pictures but would not yet own the requisite tools for all of the projects. Completed projects rival area high-end specialty gardening stores.Contains materials lists, recommended woodsand finishes, and easy-to-understand drawings.A pleasure to own. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Do-It-Yourself    2. Furniture Arts And Crafts    3. Garden Furnishings    4. Garden ornaments and furniture    5. General    6. Home Improvement / Construction    7. Outdoor Structure Construction    8. Outdoor furniture    9. Furniture & furnishings manufacture    10. Gardening    11. Home furnishing & decoration   

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Classic Hollywood
If you love Classic Hollywood Photos in Classic Hollywood style, then you will enjoy this book.It's really as simple as that.Another Coffee Table Conversation starter. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cinema/Film: Book    2. Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions    3. Entertainment & Performing Arts - Actors & Actresses    4. Motion Picture Acting    5. Motion picture actors and actr    6. Motion picture actors and actresses    7. Photoessays & Documentaries    8. Photography    9. Portraits    10. Swimming pools    11. Biography: film, television & music    12. Films, cinema    13. Gift books    14. USA   

Subjects:  1. Amateurs' manuals    2. Decks (Architecture, Domestic)    3. Design and construction    4. Do-It-Yourself    5. Home Improvement / Construction    6. House & Home    7. Outdoor & Recreational Areas - General    8. Outdoor & Recreational Areas - Patios & Decks    9. Outdoor Structure Construction    10. Patios    11. House & Home / General   

Subjects:  1. Construction - General    2. Heat pumps    3. Heating And Ventilation Engineering    4. Heating and ventilation    5. Spa pools    6. Swimming pools    7. Technology & Industrial Arts   

Subjects:  1. Fireplaces    2. Swimming pools   

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Decorating    3. Decorating - General    4. Furniture    5. Home Improvement / Construction    6. Interior Design    7. Interior Design - General    8. Interior decoration    9. Outdoor & Recreational Areas - General    10. Outdoor Structure Construction    11. Outdoor furniture    12. Furniture & cabinetmaking    13. Greenhouses, conservatories, patios