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Patios
Vintage Screen-Door Charm on a Budget
Add wood stock details to a simple door for a handsome upgrade
14 Design Ideas for Pleasant Patios
Now's the time to fling open those doors and transform even a simple patio
4 Outdoor Lighting Upgrades for Summer Entertaining
Brighten your outdoor space with lights and laughter
How to Weatherproof Furniture
Save money by prepping furniture with these weather-guarding hacks
Create a French Country Patio
Say oui! to a summer spent outdoors with salvage-style furniture and colorful vintage touches
Pick The Perfect Patio Stone
Suggestions for making this hardscape surface choice easy
How to Repair an Uneven Bluestone Patio
Resetting heaved stones with This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook
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 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