
For the latest what you're wanting, I asked you how you'd furnish, accessorize, and style an outdoor dining room for Adrian Brody and Spanish girlfriend Elsa Pataky's stone castle-like house in upstate New York. The house is stunning, so I'm sure a basic picnic in the grass would still be glamorous, but
AudreyStar really took the challenge and ran with it. So she wins the Sugar swag of her choice as a reward!

On beautiful Summer days, it's always convenient to have a furnished outdoor lounge area for entertaining, or just taking an escape of your own. If you have such a space, and you're anything like yours truly, you feel the urge to decorate the space just as you would the interior of your home. But, a part of me feels like the last thing I should be doing during my carefree
endless Summer is worrying about coordinating colors and themes, etc.

Su Casa member
Scolls1583 recently snapped some photos at a friend's beach house party in Boston, and was so impressed she decided to share! She says that the host basically built his backyard area "from the ground up . .

Want to learn how to make your Summer soirees a little more eco friendly? Elizabeth Rogers, the best-selling author of
The Green Book, recently gave me some tips for throwing parties that won't negatively impact the planet. So many times when we're busy organizing a backyard bash or a big dinner party, we forget the impact that all of our disposable cups and plastic party favors can have on the environment.

It's safe to say that I'm a little obsessed with water features in gardens. Whether it's a
koi pond or a granite fountain, I'm all for it. So, when I found this Martha Stewart post on making a backyard fountain out of economical materials, I knew that it would be a hit with Casa readers.

In the current issue of
O at Home, actress Jennifer Carpenter shares photos of her Laurel Canyon home, which was redecorated by Jennifer's friend Ariel Ashe, an interior designer with the firm
Ashe + Leandro.
While I loved the entire home design, my eyes kept coming back to this cool tipi in Jennifer's backyard. In the article, Jennifer
admits, "That was my idea.

I would love to plant this chair in a rather drab section of a patio or garden, as it would really contribute a conversation piece to your
outdoor entertaining. Called — yes, it's true — "Let´s Grow Some Balls!", this chair combines a lounge chair with a plant container, and the entire thing is made of recycled plastic. Pretty cool, huh?

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Haze, who's proven herself again and again to be a most creative and talented lady, has wowed me yet again with the patio that she and her husband DC renovated. This photo shows what they started with. To see the fabulous results, read more!

I'm on the fence on this one, readers. It's kind of cool, but it's also bizarrely spacepod-like, down to the porthole "windows" on the sides. The
Palmetto Honey All-Weather Wicker Egg Chair ($1,299) is water-repellent, weather-resistant, and made from a durable-aluminum frame covered in wicker.