Outdoor Kitchens & Fireplaces

by Tina Skinner

Overview

Outdoor living is heating up the marketplace today, and more and more people take their leisure time outdoors. Toward that end, they’re bringing the kitchen with them, along with a blazing fire to warm and illuminate their yards into the later hours. This book offers the largest collection of images of landscapes, outdoor kitchens, and fireplaces available on the market today, and with those gorgeous photos come hundreds of ideas. Live vicariously as you leaf through these pages, and then make the dream come true in your own backyard with some of the many inspirations found here.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780764329555
Publisher:	Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Publication date:	04/18/2008
Series:	Schiffer Books
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Tina Skinner has authored numerous books on home design and landscaping, including Fire Outdoors: Fireplaces, Fire Pits, & Cook Centers and Outdoor Rooms: Fresh-Air Kitchens and Living Areas.

Editorial Reviews

Outdoor living spaces are the new trend. Skinner, the author of numerous design and decorating titles, e.g., Wine Cellars, Fire Outdoors, here presents a photo gallery of completed outdoor projects. There's no meat here at all, just an awful lot of photos, generally grouped by feature. Some of the really amazing details are not highlighted nearly enough, e.g., the glass-inlaid concrete countertops, certain types of appliances and accessories, and other construction and installation features. While this is a showcase of many different stylish outdoor areas, it is not a construction book or how-to-only eye candy. The projects shown are rather upper end, generally requiring professional installation. Homeowners can dream, but then they'd have to get out their wallets. This half-baked book is not recommended.

—Karen Ellis

Library Journal