garden , outdo

r

Living room -pretty

furnishings,

left7

m ake a

sm ooth transition from

indoors to o u t and

com fortably expand th e

Tidwell-house’s

entertaining space.

The stone-dad patio,

below,

is w here the

Tidwells set up tables

for large gatherings.

D oors th a t slide o n a

track open th e garage-

tum ed-entertaining

pavilion to th e action.

b ac k y ard fo r th e firs t y ear,” Ju s tin e says. W h e n

th e ir so n , R oss, 4, n e e d e d a place to play an d

Ju s tin e fe lt th e u rg e to in d u lg e h e r g re e n th u m b ,

th e o v erg ro w n m ess o u t back m o v ed to th e to p

o f th e c o u p le ’s to -d o list.

F irst, Ju s tin e an d h e r h u sb a n d , M ichael,

rep laced ro o m w in d o w s w ith F ren ch d o o rs

an d a d d e d a n e w c o v e red p o rch . S to n e p av ers

flow fro m th is sittin g a re a to a larg e p atio . T h e

T id w ells e x te n d e d th e p o rch ro o f o v e r th e

d riv ew ay to c re a te a c a rp o rt. I t ’s su p p o rte d

b y c o lu m n s a n d a n o u td o o r-e q u ip m e n t clo set

e n c a se d in b rick to b le n d in w ith th e ho u se.

T h e m o st c o n te n tio u s p a rt o f th e

re n o v a tio n — w h e th e r to d em o lish th e w obbly