Hundreds of exquisite color photographs, plus instructive text, offer divine inspiration for achieving symmetry and proportion, balancing restful and active areas, mixing sunshine and shade, and working with plants’ natural cycles. “Gardeners...will find practical information and paradisiacal inspiration within these pages.”—Booklist

The Comfortable Garden: Designs for Harmonious Living

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Zimmerman, Ann

Zimmerman, Scot

Gardening & Landscape Design

Sterling/Chapelle

California Cottage Style

This magnificent tribute brilliantly showcases the variety of styles that belong to this tradition. Splendid photographs, taken by a prominent architectural photographer, present Pioneer, Queen Anne, Spanish Colonial Revival, Craftsman, and English and Tudor revival homes. See exactly what makes cottages different from other houses and how to make the most of their beauty.

Crafts & Hobbies

The Comfortable Garden: Designs For Harmonious Living

"The Zimmermans, whose work has appeared in a number of architecture and design books and periodicals, show the array of styles that make up California cottages. Each home is depicted in numerous photographs."--Library Journal California cottages are famed for their openness and creatively designed interiors, and this magnificent tribute brilliantly showcases the variety of styles that belong to the tradition. Splendid photographs taken by a prominent architectural photographer present Pioneer, Queen Anne, Spanish Colonial Revival, Craftsman, and Tudor revival homes, some designed by major figures, such as Frank Lloyd Wright. Take a look at the examples and see exactly what makes cottages different from other houses, and how to make the most of their beauty. Each one will inspire fresh ideas for decorating in small spaces and gracing every square foot with lovely details.

Hundreds of lush and lavish color photographs give gardeners divine inspiration to transform their gardens into comfortable havens, with tantalizing colors, fabulous textures, and irresistible scents. "Gardeners...will find practical information and paradisiacal inspiration within these pages."--Booklist Every garden showcased here seems to extend an irresistible invitation to relax, stay a while, and enjoy the weather. Their fine design, appealing composition, and excellent lighting turn ordinary outdoor space into real outdoor rooms that feel like extensions of the house. See how to achieve symmetry and proportion by balancing restful and active areas, as well as sunshine and shade. Work with plants' natural cycles; use water to provide both cooling and soothing sounds; and add containers, collections, and special interest items to further personalize this little touch of paradise.

Chapelle

Decidedly not your grandparents’ beach cottage . . . The Coastal Cottage will usher you into summer with its quintessential exteriors and sunbathed interiors. Ann and Scot Zimmerman take the reader on tours of fourteen cottage homes along America’s coastal waterways, from the mid-Atlantic and South Florida to Southern California and Puget Sound. Lively prose and light-filled, colorful photographs will inspire the homeowner who wants to decorate in a relaxed, colorful family style. Discover the laid-back coastal way of life. Pull up a chair and soak up the surf, sand, and sun. Scot Zimmerman is a widely published commercial photographer with over thirty-five years experience specializing in location photography, including architecture, interiors, historical, resort, travel, landscape, and industrial. Scot works closely with his wife, Ann Zimmerman, who frequently styles his photos, and who has written books and articles about home construction, design, architecture, landscaping, lifestyle, and green building.

The Coastal Cottage

Arts & Photography

Architecture

Gibbs-Smith

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The Comfortable Garden: Designs for Harmonious Living

California Cottage Style

The Comfortable Garden: Designs for Harmonious Living

California Cottage Style

The Comfortable Garden: Designs For Harmonious Living

The Coastal Cottage