Bonnie's porch was a great space with a lot of potential — it just hadn't quite lived up to it yet. See what she did to transform this screened back porch into a party-ready indoor/outdoor room. 

Take any three greens and combine them. Go ahead, give it a try, we'll wait. Okay, did you try it? Looks awesome, doesn't it? This trick works with any hue, really, but it's especially good for green. And with green already being found outdoors in abundance, using green decor outside can look fabulous.

One of my favorite memories of the summers of my youth was sitting on my best friend's porch swing, lazing away the day while gently rocking back and forth. As an adult, I don't have a front porch but if I did, I would definitely be swinging in one of these. 

I have just a small sliver of a porch outside my apartment and that's the extent of my outdoor space. Luckily, there are plenty of vertical garden options to help me scratch my farming itch by utilizing little more than the brick wall. 

The snow has finally thawed in our neck of the woods and we're getting down to business on paving the patio. When we moved into our house, there was a low deck built onto the back that was rotting. On removing it, we found a brick patio beneath laid in a basketweave pattern, but it was in pretty bad shape. So, we've been pulling up brick by brick in anticipation of laying new pavers. Paving patterns permeate my dreams these days.

With spring weather just around the corner, I've got the itch to refresh my deck. Pillows, table covers, and seat cushions are an easy and effective way to update old pieces, and there are a number of affordable textile options available in every color of the rainbow. 

My husband and I have been working on overhauling our small city backyard since last summer. The biggest chunk of the work has happened already, and I've been imagining all the finishing touches. Besides thinking a lot about plants, my mind has gone to the birds.

Children have the oft-forgotten innate ability to see beyond "what is" into the realm of "what could be". A large tree, a hillside, a pile of discarded lumber...all these are the raw materials for architects, engineers, and explorers in the making. Somewhere down the line a vast majority of us adults lose this vision and forget the joys of imagining and making. Here are four reminders we all have a slumbering creative waiting to reawaken regardless of age...