From warm weather climates to properties built on permafrost, homeowners everywhere are discovering anew the allure of fire outdoors. With zoning laws, resources, and proximity often limiting the open bonfire enjoyed by our ancestors, fire is being tamed in a variety of attractive ways by creative landscape architects, designers, builders, and manufacturers. Today's outdoor fires radiate warmth for chilly evenings, add an attractive glow to gathered faces, form focal centers for outdoor gatherings, and provide a means of food preparation al fresco. This book presents a wide variety of ideas of outdoor fireplaces, fire pits, and cook centers. Manufactured outdoor hearth products and custom handmade masterpieces address a huge array of styles to satisfy a broad range of tastes and budgets. A selection of outdoor cook centers is also included, complete with wood burning pizza ovens. Over 200 images of designs by professional landscape architects, contractors, custom homebuilders, kitchen designers, and hearth product manufacturers were compiled to provide inspiration and present the most complete book on the subject ever published.
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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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If you are looking for inspiration before you start creating your backyard dream, this book is it! Lots of great photos that will give you ideas of what can work in your outdoor space. Fireplaces, wood-burning ovens,outdoor kitchens and much more.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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That's all. You may be able to get some inspiration from this book, but you could do that by just searching the internet for pics. There are no plans for anything you see. If you do like something and want to build it, you'll have to go elsewhere for the details. I wouldn't have bought it if I'd seen it first. 3 stars for the pics/quality and I did get 1 good idea.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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This book has lots of nice pictures, but no design details.
It is basically a big picture book. I would have liked to see a lot more substance.
It is basically a big picture book. I would have liked to see a lot more substance.
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Pictures only
I should have taken the time to read the reviews on this book before I bought it. It is indeed only a picture book. I was so very disappointed. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Ms. E. Marie
Great ideas!
Very nice book. It gives you some great ideas on backyard fireplaces. It helped me!!
Published on September 12, 2009 by Christal Bussenger
Not very useful if you want creative ideas
Lots of pictures, but none of which are very useful ... kind of "plane Jane" to be politically incorrect. I was hoping to see more creative designs.
Published on July 30, 2008 by George Winstead
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