The complete terrace book;: How to design, build, furnish, plant and enjoy your terrace, patio, lanai, deck, porch, atrium, or engawa

The terrace today is one of the most important, most frequently used "rooms" in the home-a space for living outdoors, for entertaining, for cooking and serving al fresco meals, or for sitting and watching the stars come out. A terrace can be a simple deck, patio, or porch-or can range to such exotica as a Hawaiian Iannai, or a Pacific-island-style engawa. Terrace enthusiast Stanley Schuler concentrates on the multiprupose general living terrace, with side excursions into gazebos and garden houses. In his typically clear text, accompanied by more than 100 photographs, graphs, and tables, he tells the new-home owner and the older-home renovator the practical steps to follow to achieve the terrace of his dreams. The Total Guide to Basic Planning, Details on Material and Construciton, Heating and Cooling, Wiring and Lighting, Furnishings, and so much more.