Outdoor Living Ideas

Check out how Michiel Perry of Black Southern Belle incorporates classical southern pieces with pops of modern to create the perfectly styled patio decor.

With warmer days right around the corner, dive right into this guide and learn how to create a warm weather ready patio for yourself!

Here are three ways to create the perfect backyard for entertaining. Incorporate these three "musts," and you'll have the best summer ever with friends.

Check out how Ty of Little Home Reloved transforms her unused carport into an outdoor patio dining room for this year's Patio Style Challenge!

Rachel Metz of Living to DIY upgraded her parents’ outdoor area, transforming it into a beautiful courtyard oasis – perfect for entertaining!

We've returned to Joni Lay's ongoing backyard makeover to see new upgrades-- mulch landscaping, plants and flowers, and a peek inside her girls' playhouse.

This backyard entertaining space relies on an airy blue color scheme and decorative gravel to create a relaxed and inviting vibe.

Be inspired in any growing season with these container gardening ideas

These five easy outdoor entertaining tips will help you make the most of the time you spend on your patio or deck with friends this spring and summer.

Check out how Diana of DianaElizabeth.com transformed her unused patio space into an outdoor entertaining area for this year's Patio Style Challenge!

Check out how Miranda of Live Free Creative Co. used this year's Patio Style Challenge to perk up her fixer upper & create an outdoor entertaining space.

See how Alex Evjen of Ave Styles used outdoor patio furniture to transform her backyard into a desert oasis for The Home Depot Patio Style Challenge.

See a boring cement slab become a gorgeous outdoor entertaining area, with new patio furniture, string lights and outdoor flooring to cover the concrete.

Any fixer upper requites lots of care. Katherine Brooks of Design Central Project was able to revamp her neglected back porch into a beautiful space.

Here's an easy way to lay deck flooring on your cement slab patio in just one day. It dresses up an otherwise drab patio, and it's so nice for bare feet!

Sarah Wagner of Dreaming of Homemaking shares how decor, fresh paint, a privacy fence and other DIY projects can create the perfect outdoor living area.

Rachel Metz of Living to DIY revamped her outdoor living space with backyard pavers, creating the perfectly paved space for outdoor entertaining needs.

Building your own DIY deck shouldn't be a daunting idea. We'll show you exactly how to build a simple deck without spending a ton of money.

This patio decor jumps to life with the added color and textures of flowers. It's one of the easiest ways to upgrade an outdoor space there is.

Ashley Basnight of Handmade Haven created her backyard oasis. Find out how to build a floating deck and DIY chevron privacy wall perfect for entertaining.

Learn how to build a chic gravel patio with this easy-to-follow tutorial.

Yuni's patio had a ton of potential, but needed some sprucing up. This year's Patio Style Challenge inspired her to create the perfect spring patio space!

This step-by-step tutorial will show you how to build a beautiful and functional floating deck, or freestanding deck, including tools and materials lists.

Give any outdoor space a modern look with this DIY Outdoor Kitchen with Concrete Countertops tutorial.