New Front Yard Idea Book: Entries*Driveways*Pathways*Gardens (Taunton Home Idea Books)

Curbside appeal goes a long way, and not just when homeowners are selling a house. Everyone wants to create a "wow" inspiring first impression and today's savvy homeowners are looking for expert advice and ideas that goes beyond the traditional lawn and foundation plantings. New Front Yard Idea Book offers the best design information from experts to inspire homeowners everywhere. Lushly illustrated with 325 4-color photographs, no other book focuses on this essential public area. The book is simply overflowing with inspiration for all the front-yard spaces, including the entrance, porches and porticos, gardens and arbors, paths and driveways, fences and gates, and landscaping and lighting. As readers set out to refresh and enhance their front yards, the first step is sit down with this invaluable reference.

Following a 25-year career in consumer magazines, SANDRA S. SORIA became the creative force behind prairie-scapes. Author of the All New Bathroom Idea Book, she contributes shelter and lifestyle articles to Traditional Home, Better Homes and Gardens, Country Gardens, and PositivelyGreen. A former longtime executive editor for Country Home magazine, she lives in Minburn, Iowa.