These designer-approved outdoor living room ideas are as chic as they are practical ...

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 most luxurious outdoor spaces are the ones that feel thoughtfully layered ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Outdoor rooms or loggias can be freestanding or attached to the house, and have varying levels of enclosure. It all depends on the space's location and orientation, and of course, your budget. "The ...

Christopher D. Ritzert’s quarter-acre garden behind his 1930s stone Colonial in Washington started out as an unremarkable back yard with a jumble of weeds and neighboring homes in full view. To fix ...

Outdoor rooms have gained in popularity within new construction and in remodels of existing homes, as homeowners seek ways to build and accessorize their outdoor spaces with as much panache as their ...

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 ...