Article: Create your own room

Homeowners are getting creative about where they find livable square footage, and increasingly, they're finding it in the great outdoors. As a result, the backyard or a fully furnished patio are becoming the family's new living and dining rooms - places to entertain or create a shady retreat.

Professional remodelers have found that today's homeowners, baby boomers in particular, are craving spaces that free them from the confines of the indoors and are welcoming places to visit with their children and grandchildren.

"For a long time the trend was 'cocooning,' and now people want to be outside," said Robert Moisan, a Dallas-based professional remodeler whose outdoor rooms have won national ...

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