Spending time with friends, family and neighbors in your own backyard is one of life’s simple pleasures. Relaxing on your patio or deck, enjoying a family barbeque, socializing with friends, lounging ...

Lauren is a writer and architectural designer living and working in Brooklyn, NY. In addition to being a writer at Forbes, she works as a freelance architectural designer specializing in residential ...

When the weather turns nice outdoors, no one wants to be cooped up indoors. Adding a patio or deck can extend your living space outside and bring a new dimension to your entertainment venue options.

If you're a homeowner with nothing special outside your back door, you've probably felt the pang of patio or deck envy. You go to a friend's house, and he has an incredible layout in his backyard.

You can get a can of outdoor paint and a paintbrush or roller at any hardware store, giving you a cheap and easy way to ...

Formulating a homemade deck cleaner or patio scrub is not only simple, but it's often more economically and ecologically friendly than what you find in the aisle of your grocery store. Next time it's ...