Your backyard doesn't need a renovation to feel like a real room. I've been in enough outdoor spaces to know the ones that work aren't ...

Your backyard can look modern and still feel like a patio at a dentist's office. I've been there. Two years ago I finished a clean-line ...

I've styled a lot of backyards, and the ones that really feel cozy don't start with a fire pit or a pergola. They start with ...

Your backyard shouldn't feel like a storage lot with grass. I've been there, folding chairs, a half-dead planter, and a grill I used twice. The ...

When we bought our house four years ago, the backyard was the saddest part of it. A cracked concrete slab, one dead hydrangea, and a ...

I've spent too much money on outdoor furniture that looked right in the store and wrong the second it hit my patio. The real shift ...

Your backyard should feel like a room that just happens to have sky overhead. I've styled a lot of outdoor spaces, and the ones that ...

We bought this house in late winter when the backyard was nothing but dead grass and a cracked concrete slab. The hot tub came with ...

I've built three backyard play areas over the last decade, and the ones that lasted weren't the biggest. They were the ones where I stopped ...

I've built two coops from scratch and the one that still gets compliments isn't the bigger one. It's the one where the structure looks like ...

When we moved in three years ago, our fenced-in backyard was the saddest part of the house. Chain-link fence, patchy grass, one cracked concrete slab, ...

I've built a lot of outdoor spaces, and the ones dogs actually use don't start with a fence. They start with the ground under their ...