A backyard can be plain or uninteresting or it can be an haven at the close of a long, trying day. Taking an ordinary yard and creating it into a central point for family livelihood or outdoor merriment, yet, can be a pretty long procedure, but with a solid design, the effort will be substantially worthwhile.
Imagining a transformation (The Journal News)
When Claudia and Andy Abrams first set foot in the eight-room center-hall Colonial at 215 Mountain Road, affectionately known in Irvington as the Wick House, they were immediately transported back in time - as if it had stopped in a past era.
All-brick Dayton home features lots of light (Baltimore Sun)
On top of one of the small hills in Dayton sits a brick house that backs up to a wooded preserve. For Michael and Hilary Yoder, it's offered a quiet place to unwind, raise children and operate a lighting business.
Environmentally friendly picnics, cookouts (The Virginia Gazette)
A hint of warm weather and suddenly we've got a calendar of outdoor entertaining — dinners on the deck, parties on the patio, cookouts in the yard. But all those alfresco activities can add mountains of disposable dinnerware and party goods to the country's landfills. If you want to picnic like it's Earth Day all summer long, consider some of the greener options available this season.