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Article: Create your own room
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- Capital (Annapolis)
- Article date:
- October 6, 2006
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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 ...