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10 Ideas for Functional Outdoor Spaces

Turn your outdoor area into a veritable room addition with easy-maintenance materials, kitchen appliances, and weather-proof fixtures.

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Create a Link to the Indoors

The first step to designing your outdoor space is determining how to marry it with your existing home. Architectural connectors such as overhangs, colonnades, and pergolas make linking the outdoors with the indoors a breeze. Design elements and materials should flow together to create a uniform feel.



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