DEAR TIM: My wife is begging me to install a patio. She hates interlocking cast concrete brick; it seems to lose its luster and color in a few years. Plus, it looks too perfect, she says. She wants me ...

My wife is begging me to install a patio. She hates interlocking cast concrete brick; it seems to lose its luster and color in a few years. Plus, it looks too perfect, she says. She wants me to create ...

A wood bench and a tree in a concrete pot sit on a plain concrete patio. - tete_escape/Shutterstock Basic concrete patios are just that: basic. This can be fantastic ...

The typical cost range for paver patio installation is $2,400 to $7,000, with a national average of $3,400. The most significant cost factors for installing a paver patio are size and design, stone ...

There’s something soothing about brick patios and sidewalks. I learned this while installing a private backyard patio out of deep-red paving brick for my mother-in-law. Nestled under two giant maple ...

Q: I’m thinking of having a stone or brick patio installed in my yard. What do I need to know? A: Congratulations. You’ve wisely decided against a giant slab of concrete. The freeze-and-thaw cycle of ...

Dear Tim: I have a lovely brick patio that has mortar between the brick. After pressure-washing it this past weekend, I noticed several locations where the mortar has disintegrated. Most of the mortar ...

Q: I have a brick wall around my patio and I’m noticing the bricks are starting to fall apart. At first there was a white powder on the face of the bricks and then the bricks started to flake apart.

Korinne Memering and Nico Potgieter read their vows while standing on the new patio of the old Lake County Courthouse in front of a crowd they didn’t expect, promising to love each other underneath a ...

When Patrick Villandry was tasked with coming up with an Eagle Scout project, he knew he wanted to help out his alma mater, Assumption School in Manchester. “I wanted to do something challenging and ...

This week's Mansion Monday takes us to the Garden District, where a two-story home is on the market for $2.6 million. The 6,384-square-foot home at 1331 Philip St. has with six bedrooms, five full ...