These outdoor living room ideas will help you transform your backyard into an extension of your home. All it takes is a little planning, design know-how and expert advice. Until we turned our gardens ...

Design outdoor spaces that last year-round with climate-smart materials, durable layouts, and expert strategies that reduce ...

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 ...

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 ...

When potential buyers view a property, their first impression begins long before they step through the front door. The outdoor space—whether a modest courtyard, a sprawling yard, or a compact ...

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, with just a few half-formed ideas, a wish list ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 best outdoor rooms have flow to the indoors and all the comforts needed for entertaining.Freedom Furniture / Not-For-Syndication Outdoor rooms or loggias can be freestanding or attached to the ...