Article: Inside Out -- Bring Your Interior Style to Exterior Spaces; Trends at 2005 National Hardware Show Prove Outdoor Living is Sprouting.

LAS VEGAS -- If extending your interior style to your backyard is on your home improvement radar, you're joining a group that has single-handedly boosted home-related purchases by more than $10 billion in just a few years. Outdoor living is a trend that is here to stay, driving sales of garden/patio furniture and decor as homeowners continue to turn their outdoor patios into elaborate living areas.

The 2005 National Hardware Show(R) -- to be held May 17 to 19, 2005, in Las Vegas -- will feature more than 680,000 square feet of new products, with over 310,000 square feet dedicated to outdoor living products to meet this demand. In fact, in its second year in Las ...

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