Get The Look - Privacy

Photo Inspiration - Insite InteriorsWe feel this outdoor space incorporates several of the examples of how to create privacy without sacrificing good design that Eric King mentioned in his interview in the Designing for Outdoor Privacy post. On the perimeter of this patio a fireplace, shrubbery and treillage are used to screen the outside views as Eric suggested. The curtains were used to create an even more intimate and private setting on the interior of the outdoor space.

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Design 101 - The Midwest's Restrained Exuberance for Outdoor Living

Kansas City Home and Garden

Home Infatuation is a Midwest based business run by a proud family of Illinoisans.  When I suggested that we write a post about the Midwestern design style we didn't think twice, because...we're from the Midwest and we know Midwestern design.  Right?  Wrong!  Once we started pulling resources together for this post we realized how little we knew about our outdoor style.  It was refreshing to see our outdoor selves through fresh eyes.  After much deliberation we settled on the description of restrained exuberance for our Midwestern outdoor design vernacular.

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