THE PROFESSIONAL DESIGNER'S GUIDE TO GARDEN FURNISHINGS

摘要

The author Vanessa Gardner Nagel addresses choosing the right furnishings for a space, interspersing beautiful photos of furniture in varied settings with talk about how the furniture is made, what it's made of, and why that matters. Know the difference between a biscuit joint, rabbet joint, and finger joint? They all work, but "the more surface area involved in a joint, the better the adhesion," Nagel says. And while stainless steel is resistant to weather, if it's not cleaned regularly it can rust. Materials covered include wood, metal, textiles, wicker, ceramics, stone, glass, concrete, and synthetics.