Home Improvement Guide

ELEGANT EASE

The concept of the outdoor room has been germinating for some time, but it appears to be growing on more and more homeowners – and furniture manufacturers.

MARTHA'S INLAND EMPIRE

At first glance, it seems like an unlikely place for the Queen of Hearth and Home to make an appearance, this arid valley in the hinterlands just south of March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County.

SMART YARD

Back in the 1920s, when San Diego boosters campaigned for people to move here, they boasted of our outdoor lifestyle.

FLAME & FORTUNE

A Kalamazoo grill can suck a standard tank of propane dry in 2½ hours. Not that backyard grill-users would want to crank every burner simultaneously and reach the full 154,000 BTU capacity of this $11,290, 6½-foot-wide brute.

PAVED WITH PASSION

Known internationally for her fashion and textile designs, Zandra Rhodes also has designed tableware and linens, jewelry, etched-glass windows, opera sets and costumes – and now a beachfront terrazzo patio for her home in Del Mar.

HANDLING HOUSEHOLD CONTAMINANTS

Getting rid of household waste takes safety, skill

A KITCHEN WITHOUT WALLS

With the right appliances cooking and entertaining outdoors can be a snap

ARTFUL ADDITIONS

Give your garden a little variety with paint designs

RIGHT TRACK

Everyone is on some kind of a path - a career path, a spiritual path, and sometimes, even a primrose path.

ARBOR IN A DAY

Building a graceful arch entryway is a snap