![]() I was expecting to see more about using plant design and garden structures to draw the eye inward or outward. These ideas are not practical for the vast majority of people because their implementation would require substantial structural design, or changing the very foundation of a building, yet these ideas were reiterated in illustration after illustration. The book speaks much about enlarging windows and angling corners full of windows to face certain aspects of the landscape. ![]() My greatest criticism of the book is that it seems to speak primarily to people with endless finances and structural possibilities. BUT, there are great photos and layouts of a number of greatly-varied landscapes and in the end one of the photos did validate an idea I had been tossing around for my yard. ![]() Reading Outside the Not So Big House, I felt there was a disconnect between the home design aspect and the garden design aspect, and neither aspect was discussed adequately. All from 1.45 New Books from 12.20 Used Books from 1. I had previously read Julie Moir Messervy's _The Inward Garden_ and found it much more useful. Extending the original principles from her book 'The Not So Big House,' award-winning landscape designer Sarah Susanka joins forces with noted landscape designer Julie Moir Messervy to offer innovative designs that promote unifying home and landscape. I read this book for home landscaping/garden design ideas and was disappointed. ![]()
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