Around the country, homeowners are taking advantage of extra yard space by building decks to extend their home. Consumers have taken to designing more elaborate outdoor living spaces by adding high-tech outdoor kitchens and ornate lighting. The options for decorating the space have expanded, but when you get down to it, it’s important to have a good quality deck that meets all of your…

A military wife with a knack for design, Chelsea Coulston specializes in sharing ways to decorate a home that may have limitations—like rental units—in her blog, Making Home Base. 

Aileen Allen’s interior and lifestyle blog, At Home in Love, provides readers a fresh look at mixing bright colors throughout a home. The Seattle-based blogger covers everything from fashion to food to—of course—DIY projects.

In many parts of the U.S.—especially in the West and Southwest— severe drought has put an emphasis on water conservation. Xeriscape (pronounced “zeri-scape”) is a water-efficient landscaping method growing in popularity as homeowners look to limit daily water usage with alternative landscaping materials and techniques.

When it comes to springtime yard activities, you may have to get your hands dirty, but The Home Depot is making yard projects easier with new online tools. Tech-savvy calculators and problem solving guides are now available online to help you tackle these tasks with ease and take the guesswork out of the equation.

Did you know that The Home Depot Garden Center merchants work with growers over a year in advance to determine what plants will be available in your local store? And while a quick glance around reveals a wide variety of live goods for the picking, there’s a lot that goes into determining what products are available in your aisles.

Planting flowers is the perfect way to bring color to your yard and add spring touches to the home. Finding the perfect plant, however, can seem like a daunting task to those who aren’t as experienced when it comes to gardening.

It feels like a timeless pairing – poinsettias and the holiday season – but this festive plant wasn’t always a holiday staple.

Whether your desire is to dine, entertain or lounge, patios are the perfect place to retreat and enjoy the more pleasant seasons. Outdoor areas, like patios, porches and roof decks, have evolved into a true extension of home living, both in function and design. To give us insight on outdoor living room trends and emerging patio styles, we talked to Sarah Fishburne, director of trend and…

Caitlin Ketcham is a Tucson-based graphic designer who is working on turning her semi-custom house into her dream home, project by project.