We all want to spend more time outdoors when the weather turns warm. Make it easy to get some fresh air by designing your backyard, patio, deck, or porch with indoor comforts that will make it as ...

The concept of the outdoor room appears to be growing on more homeowners, and furniture manufacturers. Designer and television host Joe Ruggiero regards the outdoor room as “the new frontier,” a ...

In Southern California homes, indoor and outdoor blur, the color and light of our gardens spilling into our interiors, the energy of kitchens and living rooms splashing onto patios. Our fabled setting ...

Your backyard has never had more cooking going on in it. American homeowners have been quietly crossing the line between a ...

Transforming your patio into an outdoor living room doesn't have to break the bank. It can even increase your home's usable ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Most homeowners consider it a given that to get great spaces for everyday living and for entertaining, they need to have a strategy. It can start simply, ...

Outdoor rooms offer the opportunity to merge indoors and outdoors and to bridge the activities of a home’s interior with the functional performance of exterior spaces. One aspect of living a ...

One of the secrets of a great outdoor room — one that makes you feel instantly relaxed and at home — is the suggestion of a wall, roof or door. Whether made of stone, wood or living greenery, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After such a difficult winter, outdoor spaces are destined to be in demand this season. Here are some well-planned examples and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Blurring the line between outdoors and indoors — in new ways and for more seasons — is a major theme this year in the world of outdoor decor. And even when a ...

One of my all-time favorite summer fantasies is to have an outdoor room—a place where you can chat with friends over a glass of wine at the end of a warm summer day. What is the difference between an ...

If you’re lucky enough to have some outdoor space, don’t let it go to waste. Here’s how to make the most of it. By Tim McKeough If you are fortunate enough to have a terrace, a porch or some backyard ...