Outdoor Fireplaces

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spring is here, but the nights are still cool. Why not enjoy an evening in front of a beautiful outdoor fireplace?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhbN-CRl6mZBcGSufDRxgHZbZql2pxrqJOV3CdZvQuTmadNVhG6rCtOBUef-H7r5xFwVikNzzHt4nZ6FJbhaKemXBeRKKX-rGGun585p5tm1CUJbQK4DclqdoWg_EHrfyHyUEJBICe3MI/s1600/item2.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.span-poolhouse-03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhbN-CRl6mZBcGSufDRxgHZbZql2pxrqJOV3CdZvQuTmadNVhG6rCtOBUef-H7r5xFwVikNzzHt4nZ6FJbhaKemXBeRKKX-rGGun585p5tm1CUJbQK4DclqdoWg_EHrfyHyUEJBICe3MI/s640/item2.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.span-poolhouse-03.jpg" width="496" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Stools by Christa are grouped before the fireplace in the sunken conversation space." Fieldstone walls and slatted cedar pergola.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Contemporary poolhouse on a wooded New England estate.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Design by New York City architectural firm SPaN.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Adrian Gaut.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Philip Nobel.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2012-08/span-architects-connecticut-poolhouse-slideshow#/slide=3" target="_blank">In The Swim</a>" produced by Michael Reynolds.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (August 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOvr7jyQDL-PlLeRgVWEXLGpwMtUZDJimb8DPrWDJ_DI99Ay89CjdrohNn28avReMOzBwXv2qbCup5LsFxD3xyV1uib2M3bZEQ5yLLyBrH583q9dBTmysnXfPWOIId0NrR_XHQaHyvEY/s1600/10-hbx-dark-wood-outdoor-furniture-veltman-0413-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOvr7jyQDL-PlLeRgVWEXLGpwMtUZDJimb8DPrWDJ_DI99Ay89CjdrohNn28avReMOzBwXv2qbCup5LsFxD3xyV1uib2M3bZEQ5yLLyBrH583q9dBTmysnXfPWOIId0NrR_XHQaHyvEY/s640/10-hbx-dark-wood-outdoor-furniture-veltman-0413-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The covered porch, with wood and metal furniture by Ruard Veltman Architecture, offers mountain views."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">North Carolina home in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture and design by <a href="http://www.ruardveltmanarchitecture.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Ruard Veltman</a>.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Eric Piasecki.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Philippa Brathwaite.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interview by Mimi Read.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/appalachian-house-0413?click=main_sr#slide-10" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Poetic Vision</a>" produced by David M. Murphy.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (April 2013).</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqNLxLYw6r3JxiCmgJPxNE6QAQAOTAJi7rpmk-WZ61ZqP5TjlqWO-vX7BK81BEcZuU59lrpWaHvARUxj5Ib-eBhsWlzx3mXPI5DY_qsfAC9mIocY5cYjRCwgItf5DNjQx7roWV_2AEV74/s1600/12-romantic-patio-kit0507-xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqNLxLYw6r3JxiCmgJPxNE6QAQAOTAJi7rpmk-WZ61ZqP5TjlqWO-vX7BK81BEcZuU59lrpWaHvARUxj5Ib-eBhsWlzx3mXPI5DY_qsfAC9mIocY5cYjRCwgItf5DNjQx7roWV_2AEV74/s640/12-romantic-patio-kit0507-xlg.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.99147605895996px; text-align: start;">"[Architect Wayne] Leong considered the outdoor living rooms as important as the indoor ones. Adjacent to the indoor kitchen is an outdoor one with a beehive-shaped stone pizza oven Leong designed to evoke Provence's Mesolithic storage structures and shelters. 'The flues for pizza ovens tend to be in front, and if you don't make an effort to make these ovens look interesting, they end up looking like dog houses on steroids with a smokestack on the front,' Leong says. </span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.99147605895996px; text-align: start;">'But by piling the stones high, we were able to run the flue out the center.' "</span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.99147605895996px; text-align: start;">Home in Napa Valley, California.</span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.99147605895996px; text-align: start;">Interior design by Erin Martin, <a href="http://www.erinmartindesign.com/" target="_blank">Erin Martin Design</a>.</span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.99147605895996px; text-align: start;">Architect: Wayne Leong, <a href="http://www.leongarch.com/" target="_blank">Leong Architects</a>.</span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.99147605895996px; text-align: start;">Photography by Dominique Vorillon.</span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.99147605895996px; text-align: start;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/kitchens/romantic-kitchen-0507?click=img_sr#slide-12" target="_blank">Romantic House . . . Romantic Kitchen</a>" by Mimi Read.</span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18.99147605895996px; text-align: start;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (May 2007).</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD47irhYk5phpu1ezJMhjYaQQme7ypTA0An4fnVFuiEOVF-YSLPly2i-h3zGyBYGHlR_PEAm4hRcUkp24gMqpKns-sZxt30Bkz50U7J_h0hBoIm3xi0VbSf1oP5z7D-J2xhm6yhjEQZD8/s1600/3-kitchen-otm-0508-xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD47irhYk5phpu1ezJMhjYaQQme7ypTA0An4fnVFuiEOVF-YSLPly2i-h3zGyBYGHlR_PEAm4hRcUkp24gMqpKns-sZxt30Bkz50U7J_h0hBoIm3xi0VbSf1oP5z7D-J2xhm6yhjEQZD8/s640/3-kitchen-otm-0508-xlg.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The outdoor fireplace, made from river rock, is accented with a stone carving from a European church, found at a flea market. The coffee table from Oasis Furniture is made of recycled wood. The Adirondack chairs were left behind by the former owners of the house."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home in Los Angeles.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Reed Davis.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/vacation-at-home?click=main_sr#slide-36">Take a Mini Vacation at Home</a>" by Jenn Andrlik.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHzGY3XNO3RirQoZTYz6TEliFM3mzVKxUgua08Yl7fuAbuugIS2X-0rMMX-vYT8D98_cqYKq0Bbl7tnonR2zzhbwgSLHaAu2rESIU4KpXPkPGDdqbJ7HB8q6gi3H2Zl_f6Q_nCkE85N9s/s1600/7-cozyisromantic-outdoorroom-1207-Y6dHsM-xlg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHzGY3XNO3RirQoZTYz6TEliFM3mzVKxUgua08Yl7fuAbuugIS2X-0rMMX-vYT8D98_cqYKq0Bbl7tnonR2zzhbwgSLHaAu2rESIU4KpXPkPGDdqbJ7HB8q6gi3H2Zl_f6Q_nCkE85N9s/s640/7-cozyisromantic-outdoorroom-1207-Y6dHsM-xlg.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"In this outdoor room, 'everything is meant to be a backdrop for the view,' says the designer, Fern Santini. 'You can see the entire Austin skyline, and a chain of lakes." Classic iron furniture from Janus et Cie."</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Ngoc Minh Ngo.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/vacation-at-home?click=main_sr#slide-39">Take a Mini Vacation at Home</a>" by Jenn Andrlik.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWL6yGrRTqumplJOkrRqykMN_VpQW6CnkEmUUe7dLixUFpRCMMEJksIzATyEoMtMddsjeUGMPx-VMnr_tpmkqyX76aOWLUCBW0ZZWLb8AnUT1m_T-S_m9daItuCqYF_L568729UFAZ0XY/s1600/BlogOutdoorFireplaceVerandaMayJune2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWL6yGrRTqumplJOkrRqykMN_VpQW6CnkEmUUe7dLixUFpRCMMEJksIzATyEoMtMddsjeUGMPx-VMnr_tpmkqyX76aOWLUCBW0ZZWLb8AnUT1m_T-S_m9daItuCqYF_L568729UFAZ0XY/s640/BlogOutdoorFireplaceVerandaMayJune2011.jpg" width="498" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shutters, von Weise Associates.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wisconsin lake house.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Suzanne Lovell.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by Chip von Weise.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape architecture by Douglas Hoerr.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Laura Resen.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Linda O'Keeffe.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Windows on Nature" produced by Anne Foxley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/">Veranda</a> (May - June 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL-u0ndQUYTBodWf90VTeOncrr83Nljrmd2S7Y7GO4RGxUe6kbp-aMqDkbVmex7KxEcZ0TBaOES8PcQruy0mbr1u1buY3i3GXiN3bQqWZEbkguCYTYHKEHlT0cdOLtk_rmFXOvYRNnnfY/s1600/16-hbx-brick-outdoor-fireplace-tobin-0513-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL-u0ndQUYTBodWf90VTeOncrr83Nljrmd2S7Y7GO4RGxUe6kbp-aMqDkbVmex7KxEcZ0TBaOES8PcQruy0mbr1u1buY3i3GXiN3bQqWZEbkguCYTYHKEHlT0cdOLtk_rmFXOvYRNnnfY/s640/16-hbx-brick-outdoor-fireplace-tobin-0513-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 18.99147605895996px;">"[Tobi] Tobin completely revamped the backyard. She used brick from an old patio for the new fireplace and created a terrace from sand mixed with granite. A candlelit chandelier can be raised and lowered by a rope pulley rigged to a tree. It casts a soft glow over </span><a href="http://www.restorationhardware.com/" style="color: #4e8bf6; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 18.99147605895996px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Restoration Hardware</a><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 18.99147605895996px;">'s Gun Barrel Salvaged Wood dining table and all-weather wicker from </span><a href="http://www.worldmarket.com/" style="color: #4e8bf6; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 18.99147605895996px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">World Market</a><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 18.99147605895996px;">."</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 18.99147605895996px;">Tobi Tobin's Hollywood Hills Cottage.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 18.99147605895996px;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.tobitobin.com/">Tobi Tobin</a>.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 18.99147605895996px;">Photography by Karyn R. Millet.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 18.99147605895996px;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/modern-farmhouse-design-ideas-0513?click=main_sr#slide-16">A 100-Year-Old Hollywood Farmhouse Goes Modern With a Neutral Palette and Mirrors Everywhere</a>" by Lisa Cregan.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 18.99147605895996px;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a> (May 2013).</span></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpxizaQXsmwcFKLuQgnALJ0-25Vh4ZCFz9heMwsyB956TbOAJDbpPrqz6jqVOJCvf24RTVJ_JLrL2jG4AOliBZqyrha5_GC9HW1Tzu24hVigNNPe5eBsrsHgu166dTFBBBCs3Y2Xainw4/s1600/0510-wolf-outdoor-de.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpxizaQXsmwcFKLuQgnALJ0-25Vh4ZCFz9heMwsyB956TbOAJDbpPrqz6jqVOJCvf24RTVJ_JLrL2jG4AOliBZqyrha5_GC9HW1Tzu24hVigNNPe5eBsrsHgu166dTFBBBCs3Y2Xainw4/s640/0510-wolf-outdoor-de.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"This outdoor room designed by Vicente Wolf, features white furniture from Usona Home, long white curtains from Janus et Cie to filter sunlight, and a fireplace."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by <a href="http://www.vicentewolf.com/" target="_blank">Vicente Wolf</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Erice Piasecki.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/mixing-different-design-styles#slide-6" target="_blank">A Southampton Home Mixes Modern and Primitive Design</a>" by Lisa Cregan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (May 2010).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX2f4Lru_mdMd-CrejMEMA851meek4ZguEwbKn76HDOZ4aAJVFrG-SrD9wee3tro60SSkQDBDbEn-V9PU1qfEzfow61MDY3KB69iv_vQz0d0sOpdTw3PrnnU0k0CX1IhJC4N1B4RD_lSs/s1600/VER-JAN11-OUTDOOR-ROOMS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX2f4Lru_mdMd-CrejMEMA851meek4ZguEwbKn76HDOZ4aAJVFrG-SrD9wee3tro60SSkQDBDbEn-V9PU1qfEzfow61MDY3KB69iv_vQz0d0sOpdTw3PrnnU0k0CX1IhJC4N1B4RD_lSs/s640/VER-JAN11-OUTDOOR-ROOMS.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A concrete sectional wrapped around a poolside fire pit creates a cozy spot for cool nights."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Vanessa Alexander.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape design by Scott Schrader.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pool by Alexander Designs.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Lisa Romerein.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/outdoor-garden/outdoor-rooms#slide-5" target="_blank">Well Lived: Outdoor Rooms</a>" by Sarah Bray.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a> (January 2011).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTL1_Z44rU_iL73oKZdkFMyzOnqEIkO2I45rh7xG3to5zgMdShajvnipOUbXfKvQ8CbeBFo0xhm3PUfrxoJEYLDejdxnwxXVT6Rx864KgeX_nlS1HTvvfHpvNBbsDM1NXgD_8bVhe0yXI/s1600/_54-beige-family-room-0806b_xlg-59773192.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTL1_Z44rU_iL73oKZdkFMyzOnqEIkO2I45rh7xG3to5zgMdShajvnipOUbXfKvQ8CbeBFo0xhm3PUfrxoJEYLDejdxnwxXVT6Rx864KgeX_nlS1HTvvfHpvNBbsDM1NXgD_8bVhe0yXI/s640/_54-beige-family-room-0806b_xlg-59773192.jpg" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"This outdoor space lets you do as the Romans do while feeling like you're in Italy. A 19th-century Italian terra-cotta intaglio from Nathan Turner Antiques anchors the wall of the outdoor fireplace. Fortuny pillows are on teak armchairs by Country Casual."</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Karyn R. Millet.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/vacation-at-home?click=main_sr#slide-41">Take a Mini Vacation at Home</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/">House Beautiful</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlwECvkbwzh-oO7vvs_6h6kzyJlQrwGt31YFUTa_CXEfsKJF4bWdRWN7SToiuF6_SRrou5cFXhKDMBrsiqzy85kPSMllPGljneAJJ4OtLDxQiNVLCEYPSu3ANuMO8z0N20d6Vv15nsCFs/s1600/item15.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.jenni-kayne-04+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlwECvkbwzh-oO7vvs_6h6kzyJlQrwGt31YFUTa_CXEfsKJF4bWdRWN7SToiuF6_SRrou5cFXhKDMBrsiqzy85kPSMllPGljneAJJ4OtLDxQiNVLCEYPSu3ANuMO8z0N20d6Vv15nsCFs/s640/item15.rendition.slideshowWideHorizontal.jenni-kayne-04+(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"On the rear terrace, Summit Furniture armchairs are upholstered in a perennials outdoor fabric."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beverly Hills home of designer Jenni Kayne and her family.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Renovation architects: Silvia Kuhle and Jeffrey Allsbrook of Standard.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape architect: Pamela Burton.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Roger Davies.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Mayer Rus.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/celebrity-homes/2012/jenni-kayne-los-angeles-house-slideshow#/slide=16" target="_blank">Comfort Zone</a>" produced by Robert Rufino.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (October 2012).</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcVocpmID4GEB0EQ5WNshfyGGJjmhgZHJFktbZ0M9IHBUx3nKBfzwCxLiToFyN-xlO0VgRe2FfpJZhTvsJpkFKwzZw4Wgnf1hR5NjkqzZztJzNsMppatUfkdXRiRtuSoyHiGbOYcrXvPI/s1600/ss_101945636.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcVocpmID4GEB0EQ5WNshfyGGJjmhgZHJFktbZ0M9IHBUx3nKBfzwCxLiToFyN-xlO0VgRe2FfpJZhTvsJpkFKwzZw4Wgnf1hR5NjkqzZztJzNsMppatUfkdXRiRtuSoyHiGbOYcrXvPI/s640/ss_101945636.jpg" width="640" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"With a dominating fireplace and lush surroundings, this patio is the perfect spot for outdoor entertaining. Blue garden stools provide extra seating; white sheer drapery and candlelight create an intimate setting."</span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Home of Sela Ward and her husband Howard Sherman.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Outdoor fireplace designed by Robbin Hayne, <a href="http://haynearchitects.com/">Hayne Architects</a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Ann Runyon Carter, Ann Carter Inc.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Dominique Vorillon.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written and produced by Jenny Bradley.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/sela-ward-belair-home_ss13.html">Sela Ward's Stylish Bel Air Home With a Southern Soul</a>" </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a> (August 2012). </span></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC1YG3qN0PW3OuljRop6AKWBEPzhC8iUERTMaDxANrP1D0Zj-N2EW0yaTh_troVS5Gng0AMI9h0ysbxLQp6kWR21RSPzTES9FSohXnOCLxR-RThViVYKKIFWzbgT8M6bN03SwVwCnN3Xg/s1600/ss_101948880_w.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC1YG3qN0PW3OuljRop6AKWBEPzhC8iUERTMaDxANrP1D0Zj-N2EW0yaTh_troVS5Gng0AMI9h0ysbxLQp6kWR21RSPzTES9FSohXnOCLxR-RThViVYKKIFWzbgT8M6bN03SwVwCnN3Xg/s640/ss_101948880_w.jpg" width="420" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The property was landscaped with brick walks and patios that provide outdoor living spaces. Areas like this one by the fireplace increase opportunities for family entertaining."</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Debbie and Beau Cummins's home in Atlanta's Buckhead neighborhood.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Debbie Cummins, D Cummins Design.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Designer/Builder: <a href="http://hammersmithatlanta.com/">Mike Hammersmith Inc.</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Emily Followill.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Written by Amy Elbert.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"</span><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/design_decorating/howwelive/before-after-dutch-colonial_ss21.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before and After: Charming 1920s Dutch Colonial</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">" produced by Lisa Mowry.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieSMKU7ijZG3V9CBhDZgFL_8048_peTwbh7iUp5bRE8EjAwuBcjAf9qWvXccA0aGjXINVYVgX-yshoOH7Dlzowhzinfj4dk0CT9O33W9OkYNmJ0R3WLsP3Nt-XCifCgA6RM8JOR31Tngs/s1600/item7.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.schafer-cottrell-connecticut-poolhouse-terrace+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieSMKU7ijZG3V9CBhDZgFL_8048_peTwbh7iUp5bRE8EjAwuBcjAf9qWvXccA0aGjXINVYVgX-yshoOH7Dlzowhzinfj4dk0CT9O33W9OkYNmJ0R3WLsP3Nt-XCifCgA6RM8JOR31Tngs/s640/item7.rendition.slideshowHorizontal.schafer-cottrell-connecticut-poolhouse-terrace+(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The woven seating on the terrace is by Oscar de la Renta for Century Furniture."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Summer house/pool house in Litchfield County, Connecticut. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by John Cottrell.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by <a href="http://www.gpschafer.com/" target="_blank">Gil Schafer</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Billy Cunningham.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2011-08/john-cottrell-gil-schafer-connecticut-poolhouse-slideshow#/slide=8" target="_blank">Trading Places</a>" text by Dan Shaw.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (August 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpjItq77M8hwhBuB7ZJistGvP90Vn1BkNq7Zhmi2Vx3ci02obMMI_Z3tiJS2oY1IIxfeuRqRTV7obIOu2e_5DBNC0WDcENm6GuMORS9AOypX_oJog0EAhfByiHCCmQVA072YDDVtUdCJ4/s1600/mountain-homes-turner-ed1210-07-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpjItq77M8hwhBuB7ZJistGvP90Vn1BkNq7Zhmi2Vx3ci02obMMI_Z3tiJS2oY1IIxfeuRqRTV7obIOu2e_5DBNC0WDcENm6GuMORS9AOypX_oJog0EAhfByiHCCmQVA072YDDVtUdCJ4/s640/mountain-homes-turner-ed1210-07-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;">"A covered porch, paved in gray sandstone tiles, features a driftwood chandelier from </span>Mecox Gardens<span style="color: black; font-size: small; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;">, a table with a wood trestle base by </span>Custom Furniture and Cabinets<span style="color: black; font-size: small; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;">, and rattan dining chairs; seating areas crafted of the same limestone as the fireplace hold cushions and pillows covered in </span>Holly Hunt<span style="color: black; font-size: small; line-height: 16px; text-align: left;"> fabrics. The porch serves as an open-air dining pavilion with views of the Sawtooth Mountains."</span><span style="border: 0px; color: black; font-size: small; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;">Ketchum, Idaho, home of Mary Lynn and Rusty Turner.</span></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by homeowner Mary Lynn Turner and her daughters, Marie Turner Carson and Emily Turner, all of <a href="http://www.melledesign.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">M. Elle Design</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architecture by Bob White, <a href="http://www.foreststudio.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Forest Studio</a>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.elledecor.com/design-decorate/the-peak-of-rustic-chic-67276#slide-7" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">The Peak of Rustic Chic</a>" by Kathleen Hackett.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.elledecor.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration: none;">Elle Decor</a> (December 2010 - January 2011). </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 16.363636016845703px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFe4id8vvTzOp98Ee7a_ez6jaZTtDW_R9cnO77yiMSc2P0iBEWMC-mGX9EXOT6YSQHpLMPF0AIs_A0JDKHhbHtVmzEJ6T7V_UB3-xqyb_fVF3Z_bXG3HHiXHtPadqb7Yz7-X4ZVW52rTU/s1600/item4.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.outdoor-spaces-05-richard-shapiro.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFe4id8vvTzOp98Ee7a_ez6jaZTtDW_R9cnO77yiMSc2P0iBEWMC-mGX9EXOT6YSQHpLMPF0AIs_A0JDKHhbHtVmzEJ6T7V_UB3-xqyb_fVF3Z_bXG3HHiXHtPadqb7Yz7-X4ZVW52rTU/s640/item4.rendition.slideshowWideVertical.outdoor-spaces-05-richard-shapiro.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The stone terrace is furnished with rattan and wicker chairs and an early-20th-century octagonal table painted deep red; the large ceramic jar is 16th-century Thai."</span><br /><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Malibu beachfront retreat of designer and antiques dealer <a href="http://www.studiolo.com/" target="_blank">Richard Shapiro</a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Finn-Olaf Jones.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Styled by Robert Rufino.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/decor/2011-04/richard-shapiro-malibu-home-slideshow#/slide=9" target="_blank">Renaissance Man</a>" photographed and produced by Miguel Flores-Vianna.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.architecturaldigest.com/" target="_blank">Architectural Digest</a> (April 2011).</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

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