Designated seating areas are a crucial part of building a functional and inviting backyard. Whether that seating area exists on a raised deck, a stone patio, or a concrete slab, however, depends on a ...

Cabin with wood deck covered in fresh white snow - Alhim/Shutterstock The best time to protect your home from the winter elements is during the fall. Wood, composite, paver, and concrete patios are ...

A paver patio gives your outdoor space a solid, ground-level foundation and a natural, organic look. It's also a versatile approach, with a paver style for almost every aesthetic, from asymmetrical ...

It’s your call: For the same price, you can have a pool deck of brick paving stones or one of concrete. What would you do? Do being the key word here, because if you choose the brick pavers you have ...

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.

Particulars: The Hayses relied on library books to guide them in their project. They removed the wooden deck and dug out the outline for the patio (about 500 square feet). The area was dug about 8 ...

Pavers have become the most popular deck surface for new and renovated pools, upsetting acrylic’s reign about five years ago. The pool-deck business has gone from 90 percent acrylic to almost 90 ...

Q. Our pool and deck are 15 years old. The pool needs to be refinished, and the deck has a number of hairline cracks. Five years ago, we had an acrylic texture and paint put over the Kool Deck. The ...