8 Products to Turn Your Backyard into an Outdoor Oasis

  With the polar vortex still fresh in our memories, we’re creating beautiful outdoor spaces that will help us hang on to the fleeting days of summer. “We love sitting outside on cool nights with our blankets and enjoying the fire on our patio,” says Highland Park resident Julie Baum, who last year installed a […]

Winners: Backyard, Beach House/Pool House, Outdoor Room

Thanks to everyone—professionals and homeowners—who sent in photos of their fabulous outdoor spaces. Our intrepid judges (Jeff Hester of Hester Decorating, Nancy Spears, a member of area garden club Glenview Gardeners and Tate Gunnerson, Make It Better contributing writer and creator of strangeclosets.com, a design blog) had their work cut out for them, with five […]