{"id":1024,"date":"2009-05-23T07:00:15","date_gmt":"2009-05-23T14:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/?p=1024"},"modified":"2012-02-15T15:44:32","modified_gmt":"2012-02-15T22:44:32","slug":"designing-a-beautiful-yet-functional-patio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/designing-a-beautiful-yet-functional-patio\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing a beautiful, yet functional patio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the trends towards creating a unique <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/articles\/planning-your-patio.asp\">outdoor living space<\/a> continues to grow, so does the interest in designing a beautiful, yet functional patio. Use your exterior space as an extension of your home by adding an outdoor living room, kitchen or spa. Amenities like fire pits and fireplaces, lighting and furniture and appliances add to your home&#8217;s value and time spent with family and friends. Read about some great tips to help ensure your patio is a reflection of your personal tastes and needs in the latest issue of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/homeideas\/issue59\/\">Home Ideas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t forget about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news10.net\/news\/local\/story.aspx?storyid=43940&amp;provider=top\">patio doors<\/a>. Patio doors are becoming taller and wider, spanning the length and height of whole walls so your outdoor living space feels like a natural extension of your home. When it comes to patio doors, there are many new options for homeowners to choose from, like low-maintenance fiberglass that mimics the look of wood, architectural inspired-styles, decorative glass, custom colors and designs and energy efficient systems. Get inspired by our collection  great outdoor living house plans. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/plan_details.asp?PlanNum=8381\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/images\/plans\/LCE\/61-03\/Rear-Elev-3.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the trends towards creating a unique outdoor living space continues to grow, so does the interest in designing a beautiful, yet functional patio. Use your exterior space as an extension of your home by adding an outdoor living room, kitchen or spa. Amenities like fire pits and fireplaces, lighting and furniture and appliances add [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[117,2],"tags":[683,46,45,84,142,143],"class_list":["post-1024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-floor-plans","category-houseplans","tag-floor-plans","tag-home-plans","tag-house-plans","tag-outdoor-living-space","tag-patio-design","tag-patio-doors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1024\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehousedesigners.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}