The Journal

Outdoor living, DFW Area style.

Honest guides on cost, materials, and design — written for DFW homeowners who want to build something beautiful and pay for it comfortably.

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DFW winters are short, but they're real. The right heat source turns 12 marginal weeks into usable ones.

A built-in smoker is the most requested upgrade on our Fort Worth builds — and the one most often installed badly elsewhere.

A sink is the most-used and most-neglected part of an outdoor kitchen. Freeze events are the reason.

Good outdoor audio is many quiet speakers, not two loud ones. That principle solves most backyard sound problems.

You can't move the house, but you can move the kitchen — and orientation costs nothing to get right at design time.

Ask these twelve questions of any bidder, including us. The answers will tell you more than the price will.

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