By Julie Moir Messervy, Sarah Susanka

During this groundbreaking ebook, famous panorama fashion designer and award-winning author Julie Moir Messervy and bestselling writer Sarah Susanka exhibit find out how to carry residence and backyard into excellent concord. in any case, who doesn't yearn for a panorama that's besides designed because the inside in their domestic? In "Outside the now not So immense House," Julie and Sarah train you every little thing you want to learn about the layout options necessary to extending your place past its 4 walls.
Lushly photographed and illustrated with vibrant drawings, "Outside the now not So huge House" explores how one can construct pathways and trips on your gardens; tips to utilize your website; the best way to use info to carry all of it jointly. Twenty houses from around the state aptly illustrate those easy-to-grasp layout principles. lovers of Sarah's earlier now not So great books should be happy to find not just Julie's transparent, concise prose but additionally a brand new imaginative and prescient for developing domestic.

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Fit showers and tubs with safety rails and grab bars. • Install shower doors so they swing open into the bathroom, not the shower. • Use tempered glass or another type of safety glass for all glass doors and partitions. • Include storage for soap, towels, and other items near the shower, located within 15 to 48" above the floor. These should be accessible to a person in the shower or tub. • Provide natural light equal to at least 10% of the floor area in the room. • Illuminate all activity centers in the bathroom with task and ambient lighting.

Vanity cabinets hide plumbing, provide storage, and support the countertop and sink. A vanity is often a bathroom’s visual focal point and can set the decorative tone for the whole room. Cabinetry can be a dominating design element, as in the large, luxurious bathroom above. For floor-to-ceiling banks of cabinets you may use kitchen cabinetry, but choose a base cabinet that’s specifically designed for bathrooms if you are including a sink or vanity. Vanity cabinets are 4” shorter than kitchen sink base cabinets.

Or, replace a swing door with a pocket door to gain clear space. indd 47 5/26/10 7:53:00 PM 5/26/10 7:54:39 PM (Ray) Text Job:05-19423 Title: CPI-HI 0605 CG to Bathrooms #175 Dtp:216 Page:47 A swing-in door makes bathtubs accessible to practically anyone. The door creates a tight seal when closed and cannot be opened if the tub is full. Install a pocket door in your bathroom to gain more clearance room for wheelchairs and walkers. Pocket doors do not require door stop molding, allowing for some additional clearance.

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