Lauren is a writer and architectural designer living and working in Brooklyn, NY. In addition to being a writer at Forbes, she works as a freelance architectural designer specializing in residential ...

When you want to build a waterfall in your backyard, there’s a lot to consider, but most importantly you’ll need to decide the style and design of your water feature to fit your home, your tastes, and ...

In a 1901 seven-story townhouse on New York’s Upper East Side, Jesse Carrier and Mara Miller paid homage to the house’s Beaux ...

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"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Staring at your shoebox of a backyard in uninspired despair? We’ve culled 20 images from our favorite ...

Your backyard has so much potential to become the space you've always dreamed of. Since you've been spending a lot of your free time there lately, you might as well give it the makeover it deserves — ...

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