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Patios
How to Build a Round Patio with a Fire Pit
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook builds beautiful circular patio that features a chill-chasing fire pit
How to Make Mason Jar Patio Lights
These charming lanterns brighten an evening barbecue spread, and they're a cinch to make from supplies you can pick up at the home center.
With Deck and Patio, a Backyard Fully Built for Family
Forget grass: For this young family, a handsome wood deck that steps down to a brick patio comprises the ideal chilling, cooking, playing, and entertaining space
Building Blocks for a Perfect Patio
The experts at This Old House give pointers on picking the right surface to suit your patio's function, its surroundings, and your budget
Inside Job: A Queen Anne's Seamless Addition
Unseen from the street, a rear addition allows a Victorian-era house to gain more light, better flow, and a family-friendly open plan
How to Repair Aluminum Patio Chairs
A pro shows how to extend the life of your sling patio chairs
Concrete Paver Styles
Pavers come in many shapes, detailed to suit almost any architecture, and can transform a ho-hum outdoor space into a handsome and durable expression of your taste.
Concrete Paver Materials
With varying colors, textures, and shapes, there's a paver for every landscape. Here are a few of our favorite looks
How to Install Pavers
Whether you do it yourself or hire someone for the job, here's what has to happen
How to Lay a Bluestone Patio
A natural-looking broken-stone patio provides a gathering place in an organic landscape.
How to Build a Grilling Station
Create extra storage and work surface from garden accessories and sheet metal
How to Renew Concrete Surfaces
Renewing a worn concrete surface can be done without a jackhammer or bulldozer
How to Build a Small Deck
In this how-to video, This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shows how to build a simple entry-level deck.
How to Install a Bluestone Patio
In this how-to video, learn how to lay a beautiful bluestone patio with This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook
How to Repair a Brick Patio
In this how-to video, This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook rescues a sunken brick patio
How to Install a Gorgeous Waterfront Patio
Rough-hewn slabs of native rock make a patio and stairs that are at home in the landscape
Plants for Paths and Patio Edges
Low-growing, tough-underfoot plants soften the edges of garden paths and patios
Adjusting Your Sliding Door
A little attention before there's a problem will help keep your sliding door on track.
Lay an Appealing Brick Patio
You don't have to hire a skilled mason to get a flat, uniformly handsome brick patio that stays that way.
Build a Slate Patio
Build a beautiful slate patio in hours—not days
How to Lay a Stone Patio
This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook shows how to work with this durable material
Pulling Up Patio Pavers
How to remove a patio block without disturbing the others around it