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Hello friends! I cannot tell you how excited I am for autumn to be here. Just the thought of lazy days filled with crunchy leaves, cozy evenings, and holiday fun has me counting down the minutes. Last year we created this sweet retreat behind our garage. You can read all about it here. We turned...

Patrick Printy is a Northern-California based designer who established his firm after a successful career as art director and stylist in the fashion and design industry. He worked with Pottery Barn, RH, Levi’s and Williams-Sonoma.…

Inoutside is an Australian company that specializes in pre-fabricated backyard offices. The way we work nowadays is changing, with more people choosing to work from home thanks to advances in computer and networking technology. The new concept of live/work space is starting to become very popular, and "Inoutside" offer some small contemporary solutions that are perfect for a backyard office. The modern outdoor rooms are prefabricated and built using only natural green products, then…

Recently, a lovely reader named Jennifer sent in this comment on the recent post about how to create the perfect summer home. That post featured a lot of blue and white.Here's what she said: Lovely post. I have always loved blue and white, but recently I’m gravitating…

| Looking for a space that would foster her creativity, Seattle artist Kristie Severn decided to build it in her own backyard. Local architects Jim Graham and added a modern, airy art studio onto an existing shed in her yard. Then she hired friend and landscape designer Brandon Peterson to plant a garden full of meadowlike grasses. #LandscapeDesign

Sit a Spell source A formal sitting area in the garden. I adore. Love the two french daybeds in black and white linens. source this one oozes green and has a more natural feel source Nothing wrong with this one either. I'd gladly have this in my backyard. source How about a desk? And I have a newly found love of house lamps outside. source Blue trellis walls, I never would have thought, but it makes for a very tranquil space. I have so many things I'm working on here but can't seem to get…

Coming across rock landscaping ideas backyard can be a bit hard but designing a rock garden is one of the most fun and creative forms of