Breathing room: An Illinois garden lover adds a screen porch onto her home to create a smooth transition from indoors to outside

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Midwesterners are recognizing the value of outdoor rooms that include screen porches, decks and patios for relaxing, entertaining and extending living spaces, protecting from rain showers, pesky mosquitoes or the sweltering sun. Often considered staples in the South and West, outdoor rooms are gaining popularity in the Midwest, despite the four-season climate, and about 34% of Midwest homes have outdoor rooms, according to the 2005 Propane Council survey.

Design and construction, Decks (Architecture, Domestic), Decks (Architecture), Patios, Porches

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A Door County Christmas

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A cottage, belonging to Chuck and Lana Tencate, along Green Bay in Wisconsin's Door County glows with traditional charm, providing a snug retreat all winter long capturing a blue-and-white tableau of ice, water and sky. They have made it their retirement home and also hope that some day their grandchildren will also love the place and make it their holiday home too.

Rites, ceremonies and celebrations, Retirees, Homes and haunts, Christmas, Tencate, Chuck, Tencate, Lana

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