Garden Decorating: How to Add Beauty, Structure, and Function to Your Garden

These days, the yard is a palette for personal expression. And decorating in the garden is as mainstream as entertaining outdoors. Garden Decorating demonstrates how to translate interior style and design to exterior spaces.

Ahead-of-the-crowd ideas satisfy creative urges:

Build fire pits, rain chains, and garden-hose fountains

Utilize architectural salvage

Showcase antique garden furnishings

Turn garden trimmings into graceful trellises

New approaches appeal to gardeners and decorators alike:

Feature furnishings and art

Design with garden objects

Emphasize livability

Prioritize low maintenance

Outdoor decor to make the yard look and feel even more like home:

Personal style

Structural elements

Ornamentation

Functional embellishments