A wood bench and a tree in a concrete pot sit on a plain concrete patio. - tete_escape/Shutterstock Basic concrete patios are just that: basic. This can be fantastic ...

There’s something undeniably appealing about a well-designed outdoor space. It doesn’t matter if you’re working with a ...

We're lucky here in metro Phoenix: We can use our patios and balconies practically year-round, enjoying the outdoors and expanding our homes' livable space. Whether you have a spacious patio or a cozy ...

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.

When Mary Schlichting Francis moved into her fourplex in central San Jose, a small corner patio came with it. It was a blank slate of concrete and gray. For this woman who loves to garden and collect ...

Q: We are getting bids for an addition to our 2007 home. I was asking for anything but concrete on the patio as the current patio is awful. Cracks everywhere started 18 months after we moved in. They ...