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Stylish Sheds and Elegant Hideaways: Big Ideas for Small Backyard Destinations
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Average Rating:  out of 19 Reviews
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Price: $30.00
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Sale: $18.28
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Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter
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EAN (European Article Number): 9780307352910
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Number of Items: 1
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Binding: Hardcover
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Author: Debra Prinzing
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Publisher: Clarkson Potter
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Dewey Decimal Number: 728.9
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Publication Date: 2008-04-29
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Reading Level: 224
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Description: Virginia Woolf was right. Women–and men, it turns out–yearn for a room of their own.
But instead of a little nook beneath the eaves, that room is now a shed. Today’s sheds, however, are not dusty shelters for plants and tools. Lace curtains have replaced cobwebs, charming antiques stand where shovels and rakes once rusted, and instead of corrugated walls, you will find cedar shingles and window boxes. Sheds are stylish and elegant and offer a hassle-free and affordable way to create more space without undergoing a major renovation. They function as artists’ studios, writers’ retreats, yoga dens, entertaining pavilions, children’s playhouses, garden rooms, or serene hideaways for any personal pursuit.
In Stylish Sheds and Elegant Hideaways, Debra Prinzing and William Wright showcase twenty-eight innovative and beautifully imagined spaces from New York City to East Hampton, from Seattle to San Diego, and from Atlanta to Austin to Santa Cruz. Some are elaborate and luxurious; others are delightfully modest. They are built in urban gardens and suburban backyards and tucked away on rural properties.
Stunning, lush color photography graces Stylish Sheds and Elegant Hideaways, bringing the reader into each space and face-to-face with all its nooks, crannies, and details; the text describes how the owners’ needs and interests inspired the shed practically and aesthetically. With sample plans for building a shed, advice on the practicalities of designing and decorating it, and thoughts from backyard philosophers who celebrate the appeal and possibilities of simple structures, Stylish Sheds and Elegant Hideaways is both an inspiration for creating your own backyard destination and an armchair journey to some of the country’s most private and serene places.
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Customer Reviews
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Review Summary: Stylish Sheds Indeed! |
Date: 2008-05-13 |
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Details: For anyone who wants to build or create a cool garden shed, art studio, playhouse, writer's retreat, greenhouse dining room.........this is THE book for them! If your style is cozy, crafty, rustic, or contemporary, there is a shed or hideaway, in this book, which will inspire you to start building. I have been saving old windows for years, and now I have the impetus to start to create my own special space using a combination of elements from several of the buildings featured in this book. The photos are wonderful. The writing is approachable and totally inspiring. |
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Review Summary: Stylish book full of great ideas for every taste |
Date: 2008-05-14 |
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Details: OK, first, full disclosure: My partner and I are featured in this book. Nevertheless, I'm compelled to throw my two cents out here in the comments section. Debra Prinzing has compiled an impressive collection of sheds, garden houses, and garden retreats that you will likely revisit again and again. Ours was one of the first garden houses to be photographed, so we weren't sure what the final product would look like. Now that this book has come together and we've been able to flip through it on our sofa, I'm extremely impressed by the wide array of styles featured in the book. If you're looking for traditional, it's here. Contemporary, it's here. Zen, yes. Whether you're looking to decorate a garden pavillion that seats 12, or simply a potting shed with a small bistro table, you'll find plenty of inspiration here. The book is engaging, inspiring, stylish, and, most of all, so beautiful you'll want to display it on your coffee table -- or maybe in a garden retreat of your own. |
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Review Summary: Modern Garden Inspiration |
Date: 2008-05-20 |
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Details: I'm one of the lucky shed owners in this book Stylish Sheds and
Elegant Hideaways. And I'm a lover of modern design. When looking through books and magazines I'm always flipping quickly trying to find the "good stuff". Debra Prinzing found the good stuff for her latest book.
This book has several contemporary designs, but I found the other sheds just as beautiful and interesting. I guess that's the style and elegance. Perfect title for the book.
William Wright's photos are gorgeous. He captures the sheds in their surroundings which makes this book a good tool for designing your own backyard oasis.
I want to use many of the great ideas I got from this book. In the chapter Poetic License the Italian tile is installed upside down and the Nordic pavilion in San Francisco has a grass roof. The glass block ceiling in the Manhattan shed makes a great sky light.
Plenty of planting arrangement ideas in every chapter. I go on garden tours to get ideas. With this book I can visit 28 gardens and their sheds from my easy chair.
I don't think I'm biased because I'm in this book. Just Lucky. |
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Review Summary: Dreamy Sheds Drawn One In |
Date: 2008-06-29 |
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Details: Debra Prinzing's newest book is a wonderful collaboration with William Wright, as photographer. Together, they documented fantastic outbuildings across the United States. These artist's retreats, decorator paradises, and architectural jewelry for the main house can sometimes scarcely be called sheds, but Ms. Prinzing makes all of us feel like friends who have dropped over for a glass of iced tea on a sunny afternoon.
I knew I was in for quality enjoyment when I opened the book, and the first line paraphrased Virginia Woolf's "room of one's own." Hasn't every writer or artist longed for such a place? I know I have, and now I have several templates from which to choose. |
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Review Summary: Tremendously Inspiring! |
Date: 2008-05-13 |
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Details: Stylish Sheds and Elegant Hideaways is full of innovative and creative ideas that I would love to use to liven up my own bland, suburban back garden and create a private space just for me! The book gave me many ideas of using sheds and elegant hideaways for more than just storing garden hoses, pots and a wheel barrow.
Bravo to the home owners for their wonderful "shed" visions and to Debra and William for capturing the essence of these great spaces through the book's words and photos. Each chapter is full of enticing images and words that capture the personality of the shed owners. There isn't a boring picture in the entire book.
I am inspired to even start collecting antique garden tools, bird houses or watering cans to duplicate the decorative displays in some of the garden shed pictures.
Stylish Sheds and Elegant Hideways is a classy book that I am sure everyone will find inspiring, no matter how big or small their yard or budget. |
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