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4 Ways to Embrace Biophilic Living at Home Beyond Buying More Plants

By Sandi Schwartz

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How to Preserve Pumpkins Without Harming Wildlife

By Gretchen Heber, Manasa Reddigari

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This Is the Ideal Way to Furnish Your Outdoor Space for Fall

By Sandi Schwartz

The Best Deck Sealer Options
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We Put the 7 Best Deck Sealers to the Test. Here’s How They Performed—and Which You Should Choose

By Michelle Ullman, Glenda Taylor

The Best Deck Boxes Option Rubbermaid
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The Best Deck Boxes for All of Your Outdoor Storage Needs, Tested

By Mark Wolfe, Glenda Taylor, Lisa Galek

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11 Mistakes Most People Make with a Power Washer

By Jennifer Noonan, Theresa Clement

The Best Outdoor Furniture Brands Options
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The Best Outdoor Furniture Brands

By Jasmine Harding, Savannah Sher, Amanda Tarlton

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Upgrade Your Patio with the Best Retractable Awnings

By Jasmine Harding

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Our Favorite Shade Sails for Beating the Heat in Style

By Stacey L. Nash, Additional research provided by Andreana Lefton

A woman wearing white paints a white deck with a gazebo while on a ladder.
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How to Paint a Deck 

By Bob Vila, Glenda Taylor, Updated by Timothy Dale

A lineup of the best outdoor wood sealers next to test boards.
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How To Keep Outdoor Wood Beautiful Year-Round: Best Sealers for the Job

By Tony Carrick, Additional research provided by Timothy Dale

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What to Do When Your Patio Is Overrun by Moss

By Sandi Schwartz

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After a Year of Living With My Decision, See Why Composite Decking Was Right For Me

By Stephanie Cronk

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Our Favorite Fire Pit Table is  Easy to Start and Built to Last

By Katie Barton

A spacious outdoor deck stained a cedar color with patio furniture on top.
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The Dos and Don’ts of Sealing the Deck

By Timothy Dale, Theresa Clement, Bob Vila

A person using a push broom to distribute the best polymeric sand between cement patio pavers.
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The Best Polymeric Sand Stops Weeds, Keeps Pavers in Place, and Delivers a Professional Look

By Tom Scalisi

Installing Pavers - Installed
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Patio Pavers 101

By Joe Provey

A freshly wet backyard deck has a house plant and puddles of water on it.
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How to Make a Homemade Deck Cleaner That Works Like a Charm

By Glenda Taylor

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Have You Ever Cleaned the Underside of Your Deck?

By Theresa Clement

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How to Finish Concrete

By Mark Wolfe

Balcony deck with patio furniture and metal railings.
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Deck Railing Height and Code Requirements

By Nicole Fallon-Peek, Updated by Theresa Clement

How to Remove Concrete Stains
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How to Remove Concrete Stains

By Michelle Ullman, Bob Vila

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Experts Predict These 5 Curb Appeal Trends Will Be Big in 2025

By Sandi Schwartz

Blue Rooster Chiminea Review
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Why This Chiminea Is Your Next Backyard Must-Have

By Glenda Taylor

The Best Applicator for Deck Stain Options
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Here Are The Best Deck Stain Applicators According to Our Tests

By Mike Larson

The Best Outdoor Fireplace
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The Best Outdoor Fireplaces for a Cozy Backyard

By Jasmine Harding

A yellow two-story home features manicured landscaping and a clean exterior.
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13 Outdoor Upgrades That Make Your Home More Valuable

By Glenda Taylor, Updated by Amy Anderson

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The Share of New Homes With This Sought-After Outdoor Feature Continues to Climb

By Sandi Schwartz

A damaged deck board in need of replacement.
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How to Replace Deck Boards the Right Way

By Mark Clement

Brick patio with table umbrella and chairs
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11 Interior Designer–Approved Patio Finds

By Jasmine Harding

The 6 best solid deck stains next to a stained board during testing.
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The Best Solid Deck Stains to Protect and Revitalize, Tested

By Tony Carrick, Tom Scalisi

A poolside cabana in a home's backyard with a red patio couch and wooden architecture.
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What Is a Cabana, Anyway?

By Savannah Sher

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How to Pressure Wash a Deck for Annual Maintenance

By Timothy Dale

Mean using a long pole to clean the windows outside a house
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Going Green and Keeping Clean: Outdoor Edition

By Alyson McNutt English, Bob Vila

An outdoor wood deck looking out across the treetops
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Planning Guide: Wood Decks

By Merv Kaufman, Bob Vila

How to Pour Concrete
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How to Pour Concrete the Right Way

By Theresa Clement, Steffani Cameron

A patio chair with cushion surrounded by a vacuum cleaner and materials needed to clean the cushions.
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How to Clean Outdoor Cushions 

By Donna Boyle Schwartz, Jennifer Noonan

The Best Patio Doors Option in an undecorated room leading to a cement patio
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The Best Patio Doors for Easy Access to Your Space

By Timothy Dale, Jasmine Harding

The Best Retractable Screen Doors Option
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The Best Retractable Screen Doors for the Home

By Deirdre Mundorf

A backyard brick patio with tables under green umbrellas and potted plants.
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How to Build a Brick Patio

By Steve Bernstein

Sustainable hardscaping in a residential outdoor space with a retaining wall, stairs, and a permeable stone pathway.
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Strategic Hardscaping Can Make Your Outdoor Space More Sustainable—Here’s How

By Sandi Schwartz

A group of the Best Portable Grills on a lawn before testing.
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The Best Portable Grills, Tested

By Tony Carrick, Andreana Lefton, Additional research provided by Tom Scalisi

The Traeger Tailgater Portable Wood Pellet Grill set up on a patio for testing.
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The Best Traeger Grills for Smoking and Grilling, Tested

By Glenda Taylor, Stephanie Cronk, Additional research provided by Tony Carrick

13 Beautiful Ways to Style a Backyard Pergola
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13 Beautiful Ways to Style a Backyard Pergola

By Manasa Reddigari

A close-up of a person painting a wooden deck board.
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Here’s How Much Deck Painting Costs

By Rochel Maday

A group of the Best Suet Bird Feeders hanging outdoors together before testing.
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The Best Suet Bird Feeders for Your Backyard, Tested

By Mark Wolfe

A gallon can of Benjamin Moore INSL-X paint next to a cement block during testing.
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How Good Is INSL-X Paint by Benjamin Moore? A Tested Review 

By Glenda Taylor

Person dips a paintbrush into a can of deck stain, with some stained and unstained boards underneath.
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How to Stain a Wood Deck

By Larry Bilotti

Woman-wearing-a-pink-hat-looks-over-a-picket-fence-with-an-annoyed-facial-expression.
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12 Landscaping Features That Might Annoy Your Neighbors

By Kat Hodgins

The WoodLink Heritage Farms Squirrel-Resistant Feeder filled with seed during testing.
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WoodLink Bird Feeder Review: Heritage Farms Squirrel-Resistant Feeder

By Mark Wolfe

A shaded stamped concrete patio surrounded by greenery with a small patio table and two chairs.
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Here’s How Much a Stamped Concrete Patio Costs

By Rochel Maday

25 Ways to Upgrade Your Outdoor Living Space for Almost Nothing
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25 Ways to Upgrade Your Outdoor Living Space for Almost Nothing

By Manasa Reddigari, Savannah Sher

23 Design Ideas to Make Your Deck a Destination
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23 Design Ideas to Make Your Deck a Destination

By Manasa Reddigari, Kat Hodgins

22 Sneaky Storage Solutions for Your Deck, Porch, and Patio
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22 Sneaky Storage Solutions for Your Deck, Porch, and Patio

By Teresa Odle, Katie Nolan

A close up of a person using a tool to repair a deck.
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Deck Repair Costs: A Homeowner Budgeting Guide

By Brie Greenhalgh, Evelyn Auer

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The Best Patio Shades for Protecting Your Outdoor Space from the Sun

By Jasmine Harding

The Best Misting System set up around an outdoor seating area on a deck to cool the space and mist hanging plants.
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The Best Misting Systems to Keep Your Patio Cool and Comfortable

By Maringlen Musa, Michelle Larson, Jasmine Harding

The Best Charcoal Grill Options
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The Best Charcoal Grills, Tested and Reviewed

By Timothy Dale, Tony Carrick

15 Ways to Warm Up to Outdoor Living in Fall
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15 Ways to Warm Up to Outdoor Living in Fall

By Manasa Reddigari

Visual 1 - HomeAdvisor - Concrete Patio Cost - Cost Range + Average - July 2023
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How Much Does a Concrete Patio Cost to Build?

By Brie Greenhalgh, Evelyn Auer

Visual 1 - HomeAdvisor - Paver Patio Cost - Cost Range + Average - June 2023
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How Much Does a Paver Patio Cost?

By Brie Greenhalgh, Evelyn Auer

Visual 1 - HomeAdvisor - How Much Does it Cost to Build a Deck - Cost Range + Average - May 2023
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How Much Does It Cost to Build a Deck?

By Brie Greenhalgh, Evelyn Auer

The 14 Best Places to Buy Patio Furniture
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The 14 Best Places to Buy Patio Furniture

By Tony Carrick, Amanda Tarlton

The Best Adirondack Chairs Option placed looking at a lake and a small outdoor firepit
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The Best Adirondack Chairs

By Stacey L. Nash, Jasmine Harding