#what about florida :) beautiful coast just like california! oh is there a difference between florida and california?

[taylorftparamore]

i'll believe in "blue maga" once democrats file suits to remove the right to vote from citizens because some of y'all are dense as hell

[lilhawkeye3]

This Ohio discourse has got me dying to create discourse about every other state now hehe so I officially present:

Hawk’s review of 36/50 US states!

In alphabetical order because that fuckin song “50 nifty United States” has been stuck in my head since fourth grade.

Arizona: Phoenix is hot. Can’t believe y’all choose to live in a place that gets haboobs. Saw Sen. John McCain in the airport. I feel that sums up the state well. 4/10

California: as a resident of the state of Oregon, I’m legally required to say fuck California😌 unless anyone else talking shit about Cali and then we got your back😤 SoCal vs San Fran vs Northern Cal are totally different worlds though. 7/10

Colorado: damn idk how y’all breathe there, them air is thin. But really pretty out there! 7/10

Connecticut: oh my god fuck New Haven. And Stamford, and Hartford, and— Yknow what? Let’s just toss the whole state into the Sound. For real, traffic is the WORST here and I’m so sorry that y’all gotta live like that. 3/10

Delaware: I cannot believe this is considered a state. There’s no difference between Delaware and Maryland/Pennsylvania. 1/10 should not be a state

Florida: “the only hills in Florida are the highway ramps and the Matterhorn!” ��the shuttle driver at Disney World. He was right. Shit is flat as fuck here. And hot. And humid. The Gulf Coast is nice? But tbh it’s just all very touristy which is kind of a bummer. 5/10

Georgia: ...I can’t with the humidity or thinly veiled racism. But y’all got nice peaches! Also Black Panther filmed there so thank you for blessing us with that. 6/10 for fruits

Hawaii: okay pineapple farms are cool. Tbh I just feel really bad for how much mainlander/tourist bs all the islanders put up with. Ik price of living is v high and keeps going up. That said I did love Hawaii... although I was stung by a jellyfish. Hate those little bastards. 8/10 for wonderful people and nature

Idaho: as an Oregonian I’m required to also say fuck Idaho 😝 you da hoes. Okay for real tho southern Idaho has become v white white and kinda scary tbh. The northern part of the state is pretty chill tho. Also Oreida kettle chips are partly made in Idaho so I gotta give you half credit for that. 4/10

Illinois: at least you’re not Indiana. 4/10.

Indiana: I never want to step foot in Gary, Indiana again in my life. (Passed a Mack truck hauling a race car to Indy 500 though so that was cool.) 2/10

Iowa: I almost moved here. I’m so glad I didn’t. Why are the Quad Cities actually a group of five towns? I hate that. Also the roads were all cement, felt like driving on a sidewalk. Was also interesting because the second we got out of the city proper, it was just... corn fields everywhere. 2/10 y’all raising children of the corn.

Kentucky: I really don’t have anything to say about Kentucky. I thought the trees were pretty? 5/10 yeah idk

Maine: my relative has totaled two cars by hitting moose in Maine. Maine scares me. Or rather, the moose do. Also the lobster roll hype is real. And the coast truly is beautiful. 8/10 but an extra point for the moose bc I hate that relative so 9/10

Maryland: oh god Baltimore. Also I’m blaming you for the DC traffic because it’s on the land you gifted them. 3/10

Massachusetts: Patriots fans are the worst NFL fans (the racism is real, especially after fans burned the jerseys of Black players who knelt for the anthem). Liking Dunkin’ Donuts is not a personality trait. The North End in Boston is truly the best place to get pizza in the entire country. Western Mass is not the same state. And the Cape Cod bridges give me nightmares. 5/10 but cause I had to pay taxes two years and it really is Taxachusetts, knocking it down to 4/10

Michigan: it’s a lot bigger than I initially thought. 5/10

Minnesota: it’s Canada but in the US. Pretty driving through the southern part. Cops suck tho. 5/10

Montana: okay Montana is downright gorgeous. (Except Billings. Sorry, Billings.) I must include a photo. I wanna get a cabin here and just exist. 8/10

New Hampshire: can’t decide if it hates Massachusetts or wants to be Massachusetts. All it knows is that it’s better than Vermont. Which... y’know, valid. (If you wanna see NH culture watch North Woods Law tbh). 4/10

New Jersey: why are there so many goddamn highways in this state? Also there are more places to weekend trip than the Shore or the Poconos. Although you do have people pump gas for you just like Oregon, so... that’s valid. Things my friends have added: Newark airport is cursed (valid), the jughandles are nightmares (true), pork roll/Taylor Ham is good and so are bagels and New Jersey pizza (allergic so idk), and everyone is split on whether the shore is actually decent or not 😂 I give it a 3.5/10 out of spite

New York: NYC is fun, Upstate is MASSIVE but really beautiful. Long Island is... yeah I don’t have anything nice to say about Long Island. 8/10 For NYC, 6/10 for Upstate, -2/10 for Long Island, gives us an average of 6/10

North Carolina: very good peaches. Isn’t South Carolina. Keep it up👍🏽 6/10

Ohio: I already told y’all how I feel about this flat ass boring state. I feel no need to slander it any more lmao. 3/10

Oregon: she flies with her own wings, mi amor🥰 to list all the reasons I like Oregon (and the issues too bc it ain’t perfect), I would need a whole other post. I’ll just leave you with this picture I took of Mt. Hood, the queen of our Cascades. 11/10

Pennsylvania: so apparently PN is three states hiding in a trench coat like NY. There’s upstate, philly and Pittsburg. Personally I think they’re just trying too hard and wanna get the same recognition as NY. Meh. 5/10

Rhode Island: THIS FUCKIN SHAM OF A STATE Just merge it with Connecticut and be done with it!! It’s tiny. Providence sucks. There’s nothing unique about this state that you can’t find in Southern Mass (except MA has cheaper taxes so y’all come to work and shop in MA anyways smh). Also the fingers are really annoying to drive down to get to some beach areas haha. 2/10 you’re barely better than Delaware.

South Carolina: my Black father was invited to a party celebrating General Robert E Lee’s birthday. So... 0/10

South Dakota: very gorgeous, didn’t realize the Missouri River went this far west, but VERY LARGE. I mean it looks big on a map but then you get there and... yeah. No speed limit on highways is a great time though. And the Badlands have mountain goats! 6/10 bc while pretty, living there seems really hard. (Picture is me in the Badlands).

Texas: gave us Juneteenth and Beyoncé and JJ Watts. Thank you Texas. But is very big, got independence from Mexico to keep slavery (yikes), is like 97% private land (yikes) and is like the second or third largest state. Very big. That said, everyone I’ve ever met from Texas is lovely. 6/10.

Utah: Other than Idaho, this is the whitest state I’ve been to. Or it feels that way. Like a, the people crossed to the other side of the street and held their bags because I’m brown, state. And I don’t ski so I can’t even say that’s a good thing (I fell off the ski lift the one time I went, long story). Yeah 0/10.

Vermont: wants to be New Hampshire or Canada and can’t decide which. So it’s just kinda there. Pretty hills though. 3/10

Virginia: let’s be real we all forget that Virginia exists west of Richmond. Nova is a beauracratic and traffic nightmare and half our neighbors had to pass security clearance checks. Hampton Roads and beach area is a tourist and mosquito nightmare. But there were dolphins and I made snowmen on the beach. Good times. 6.7/10

Washington: again, legally required as an Oregon resident to say fuck Washington because it’s all your fault we now are getting a toll on the I-5 border. But you’re better than California. And the Sound is really cool for fishing, love Wicked Tuna. And the fish market. Best salmon I’ve had. Eastern Washington... y’all got Spokane but the rest is kinda sparse. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 8/10

Wisconsin: cheese is actually good. Again, pretty state, much larger than I initially thought. 7/10

Wyoming: this was the ONLY STATE I lost cell service in when diriving cross country. Kinda surprised it wasn’t Montana, but no, it was Wyoming. Views are gorgeous though so I was distracted either way. 4/10

Thank you for joining me on this cross-country edition of Tea Time with Hawk. Please respond with any reactions, corrections, addendums about any and all of the states mentioned. And thank you for taking part in this wholesome Clone Wars fandom discourse with me 🥰💕

DISCLAIMER: THESE RATINGS ARE ALL A JOKE PLEASE DO NOT ACTUALLY GET MAD ABOUT IT

[milliethekitty27-writing]

Home Is Where the Heart Is

Alfred has a house in Washington D.C. Obviously. It’s his capital city. He listened to eons of fighting over where they’d put the capital after Philadelphia and New York weren’t enough anymore, and D.C. got a White House and a Capital and all other fun things. Don’t get him wrong, D.C. was fun! But it was exhausting. Meetings and expensive lunches and expensive parking lots. He could break away sometimes, go to the Mall and look at the museums, photobomb tourists, or hop onto the metro and go look at the zoo.

Sometimes, though, D.C. was too much and he wanted to get away.

Every nation lives in their capital, it’s true. Alfred has a townhouse, with one room dedicated to his nerd stuff and an office dedicated to being a nation. His bedroom is clean and tidy and almost always lit by the glow of some electronic. His kitchen is small and cramped and he likes it that way, because whether he’s making Thanksgiving dinner or watching popcorn in the microwave his house can get lonely. He’s been to Arthur’s London apartment, he’s sat in Matthew’s flat in Ottawa to watch hockey games, he was there to help move a dining table in to Ludwig’s Berlin condo.

Every nation, though, has places they love. 

Matthew has a house in the middle of nowhere up in the very north of Yukon. He goes up for a month in the winter or in the summer, whenever he can get away, and lives off the land, or he goes to his house in Quebec to sink back into his Francophone side. He’ll go to Toronto and stay in his apartment for a bit to catch a hockey game or off to Vancouver to enjoy life on the west coast. Arthur lives mostly in London, but he’ll go to his modest cottage in Kent or off to Northumberland for a bit. Francis might live in Paris for most of the year, but he’ll go south to the beaches in the summer or into the very north to visit Belgium. 

Alfred? Oh, his country is wide and beautiful and full of anything he could want. He has a cabin in Alaska for when his itch for adventure pulls him to the great outdoors, for fishing and hiking and bears and dumb brothers who throw snowballs. He’s got an apartment in Louisiana right in the prime location for Mardi Gras but not too close to the Quarter. He’s got a home in New York (state, not the city) to go stay in the middle of nowhere in the woods when Alaska is just a bit too far. 

That’s not to say that Alfred doesn’t go anywhere else! He loves the Delaware beaches, the fresh peaches in Georgia. He loves the Grand Canyon and all it has to offer him. He goes to Hawaii every year even if only for a little, because it is beautiful there for all its problems, just to swim with sharks and admire the fish. He loves visiting things. He may not love his politic but he loves what his country (what he?) has to offer.

He has had other houses too, old ones. He grew up in Virginia, where Arthur would come to visit smelling of salt and tea and spices, and that had been sold after the revolution because he didn’t own it. He had a home in Philadelphia, small and cramped but very cozy, but that had mostly been empty when he’d been at George’s side and he’d sold it when the capital was settled. His house in Kansas had been flattened by a tornado and the Depression had struck before he could rebuild it. He’d gotten tired of the heat of Florida, especially after being bitten by an alligator. (how do you explain why you didn’t lose a limb to your neighbors even though they saw it almost ripped off?) California was always on fire and he was tired of rebuilding. He’d gotten frostbite living in Michigan in the 1800s and he’d had enough of that. (plus Matthew had come over on a boat, kicked his ass for something, then disappeared into the night. That had been hard to explain to his neighbors too. Matt causes a lot of his problems, but that’s what brothers do.)

So yes, Alfred lives in Washington D.C. Of course he does. That’s where he works, that’s where he fulfills his duty as Nation. It’s just... that’s not only place he lives. Alfred loves to walk through small Texas towns and find the best barbecue, he loves to sit on his porch in Alaska and hear an eagle somewhere in the sky. He loves to sink into the crowd during Mardi Gras and only head up to his apartment to pee. He lives in his capital because he works there, but he is more than just Washington D.C.

Home is where the heart is, and his heart is all over the nation. 

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Thank you for reading!

I thought about where Alfred would live and I picked a few places that I liked or that I thought would be good getaways. I loved Louisiana but it’s too hot for me. Too many bugs. Either way, there’s no way a nation doesn’t just disappear into their wilds for at least a little between trips and meetings. I imagine that as long as they can be reached, it’s not a big deal. Unless their boss is a big bitchy baby. But that’s a different thing…

[kaitkerrigan]

32 Minutes

Not my clearest freewrite to date... but I share it with you freely. I veered pretty far from my prompt. I promise a better one next week. Though maybe it was just me. Can’t wait to see what YOU wrote. :) 

Well, first thing’s first. I hate writing to lyrics. All I can think about is lyrics. 

I’m so sorry everyone. I’m so sorry that I’m making you listen to lyrics. Lyrics are the worst. How do you ever get any work done with us chattering at you? I love this song but I can’t do ANYTHING while I’m listening to it. What a disaster!   

Ok. Focus, Kerrigan. Listen to the groove. Maybe turn down the treble?   

I’ve never driven across the country. Is that crazy? I wish I had. I wish that was something that my teen or adult life had given me. Now I have a toddler who uses the potty and in spite of her Herculean ability to “hold it” I don’t believe that a cross-country road trip is in our future for a long time.   

I watched Lady Bird last night and I was really confused by the first scene. Was it in the future of the movie? Or did I miss something? Why was she on a 21 hr road trip with her mother? Were they visiting a college?   

I remember visiting Amherst with my mother. I wanted to go to school there so badly. I wanted to live where Emily Dickinson lived. Have I ever told you about my obsession with Emily Dickinson. “A great hope fell, you heard no noise. The ruin was within.” We toured her house, her garden.   

My childhood road trips were only on the east coast. We never went inland - not to Chicago, not to Ohio. We traversed the eastern seaboard back and forth and back again. We didn’t have any family west of us - just some family down in Florida. Everyone had stayed put. I was obsessed with my grandmother’s stories of living in Wisconsin and Florida - places she hated - she decided that her hometown of Kingston, PA was where she was always meant to be. And that’s where she’s stayed since she had very small children. She hasn’t taken an airplane since the 1960s.   

But when have I ever lost touch with myself? My own prompt? At parties - not on the road. I never know who I am at a party. I never know what to do with my hands. But on the road - alone - I’m so alive and present and unconfused. I can drive anywhere and I feel sure. Is it America’s America-ness? The cliche of truck stops? The sameness of chain restaurants on the highway?   

Oh, but there was that one trip. After everything changed inside of me, before I left my boyfriend who I had to leave but wouldn’t leave for another 6 months, after my transgressions. We were driving up Route 1 - two friends and my boyfriend and I. There was such a difference - the plainness of the drive to San Francisco, that was beautiful and glorious and filled with planned stops - Hearst Castle and Big Sur - and a few mishaps - in particular a bee sting on the ball of my foot (I’m allergic) that had us sprinting up the final leg to our friends in Berkeley, where I barely remember being put into a bed to recover for 3 days before I could walk on it. And then, my boyfriend left. I was home with my best friend from college for a few days. And then, I drove with my two friends the rest of the distance to my best friend from high school in Oregon.   

It was the Lost Coast. And I was lost before I got there. But perhaps I was found when I was there. There’s a simplicity and beauty to driving through the straight long roads of California. The canopy of red woods that both predate us and survive us. The algae that covers the rocks on the side of the road in toxic neon colors that make you doubt everything you know about the universe and what colors it gives us.   

There was one strange night, where we had to stay in a shitty motel in a one-horse town. We ate Dairy Queen for dinner because there were no restaurants open and we were sick of drinking. We were right on the border of California and Oregon. And we laid down in our shitty motel beds that might have well had bed bugs, we’ll never know. We turned on the television and watched Nick at Nite. There was a Roseanne marathon on.   

Ah, of course it comes back to Laurie Metcalf. So that night, my friend (who I’ll now admit was Brian because I don’t know if this story will mean as much without that fact - that we were and are collaborators) and I watched Roseanne long after our other friend fell asleep. And we saw this one episode where Roseanne went to visit a sick relative and it was this weird bottle neck episode (is that what they’re called? Like the one in Girls with Patrick Stewart? That is NOT who it was with... but you know what I mean? Someone knows? Patrick Wilson. ) where nothing changes from the beginning to the end of the episode but EVERYTHING CHANGES WITHIN IT. Anyway, Laurie Metcalf and John Goodman’s characters realize that at some point they had some interest in each other, and they go from being bickering in-laws to talking about the moment that never happened between the two of them - the relationship that never was to be. And of course, that is never to be. But Brian and I turned to each other in the darkened shitty motel and we both had tears in our eyes. It was truly beautiful.   

I’ve always been too enamored by the “almost was, never could be”. It’s taken a lot of growing up to get over that. But I know that moment was paired with the fact that I was already nostalgic for the relationship that I hadn’t left yet. Now, if I think about what I really want to be writing about - the idea that’s in my head that I’m trying to pin down, I think that exact kind of nostalgia is useful. I’ve never had trouble not living in the moment before regretting. But I have always had trouble not looking at the paths that never were - should I blame Sliding Doors, a movie that came at perhaps too influential a moment of my life?   

Women are told not to trust their instincts. Even Elizabeth Bennett was wrong about what she wants in a man. Is that what you wanted me to learn, Jane Austin? Are we to have so little faith in our instincts? Are we to believe ourselves so very unreliable?   

I guess that’s the question I have about the question I posed to you. Is there such thing as ever not “knowing who you are”? You are. All of the multitudes of yourself are the collage that makes you. How can we doubt that? How can we expect more of ourselves than that?   

You look at a friend and you see a solid person that you can tell a narrative about to yourself. That narrative and its incomplete nature is the reason you can tell that story. The lack of completion lets you make up a story. But the thing we forget is that the actual thing of it - the person, the life, is a muddle of mismatched pieces that don’t fit easily together. We spend our lives trying to make sense of it. We go to therapy. We write ourselves into boxes, narratives, memoirs that have clarity. But then, the people around us look at those memoirs and call shenanigans on the versions of ourselves that we create. I remember reading about Joan Didion and Madeleine L’Engle - writers I adored - and their children’s versions of their lives and I was horrified to find out that their sanitized explanations of their lives were just that. That their real lives were messy as hell.   

The road allows you to shed your skins - your roles as mother, daughter, sister, brother. Driving is a kind of meditation. There’s only you and your own concentration on what you must do to not die. Even if your daughter is crying in the back seat which is inevitable, you have to tune it out enough to focus on the road. And so you learn what kind of driver you are. Are you able to tune everything out and get the simple task done? Or do you land yourself in a ditch?   

As I write this, my daughter is crying in her bedroom. She had a fever tonight and my 32 minutes are up.

[itsworn]

The BFG 1969 Corvette Rides Again

  New Yorker doctor Frank Lastorino has been in love with cars in general, and Corvettes in particular, since early childhood. It’s therefore understandable that while growing up his bedroom walls were plastered with photos of fast and interesting cars, including a promotional poster created by BFGoodrich that depicted a wickedly cool big-block 1969 Corvette. As with all of the vehicles the tire maker used for its pervasive marketing and advertising campaign in the early 1990s, the Corvette was painted a unique shade of blue.

It was perhaps the color of the Corvette, more than anything else, that stuck in Lastorino’s mind in the ensuing years, and it was the memories of that poster on his bedroom wall, and all of the ads he saw in magazines, that motivated him to buy the car when it was offered for sale on an Internet auction site. “I always remembered the blue Corvette in the BFGoodrich ads,” he recalls, “because it was everywhere. Just about every car magazine from the early ’90s had a big ad featuring that beautiful Corvette. When it came up for sale I simply had to have it.”

After initially confirming its authenticity, Lastorino dug deeper to document as much of his Corvette’s history as he could. His research revealed that before the maker of BFGoodrich Radial T/As propelled the car to fame via its prolific advertising and marketing campaign, which lasted several years, beginning circa 1991, it led a very ordinary life. It was born with a 427/400 hydraulic lifter Tri-power engine, four-speed Muncie gearbox, 3.70:1 Posi rear, power steering and brakes, tinted glass and an AM/FM stereo. It left the St. Louis factory wearing Monaco Orange paint and a black vinyl interior. According to Lastorino’s research, a man named Frank Sebeste owned the car when the tire company initiated its ad campaign. The tire maker’s ad agency paid Mr. Sebeste a per diem fee to photograph it. The car was still orange at that point, and the agency wanted to have it painted blue. Somebody cracked out a calculator and realized that between the cost of painting it blue, paying the per diem fee and then painting it back to orange, they’d be better off simply buying the car from Mr. Sebeste, so that’s what they did.

After making the purchase, BFGoodrich shipped their Corvette to California Street Rods in Huntington Beach, California, for new paint and several modifications. Owner Chuck Lombardo and his crew stripped the car’s Monaco Orange paint and installed an L88-style high-rise hood with relocated 427 emblems. After applying the specific shade of blue BFGoodrich wanted, they fitted chrome-plated side pipes, hood lock pins, GM’s “L88 road racing” Plexiglas headlight covers and a Monza-style fuel filler assembly. To complete the road race look, 15×8.5 American Racing Torq-Thrust D wheels replaced the stock Rally rims, and of course, BFGoodrich Radial T/A tires, sized at 245/60R15 in front and 255/60R15 at the rear, were installed.

After the repaint and modifications were completed the car was photographed for the ad campaign. Once the ads started appearing, the impressive looking Corvette went on a promotional tour that included stops at BFGoodrich tire dealers around the nation as well as major car shows, including Hot August Nights in Reno.

By the mid-1990s, thanks to pervasive advertising and marketing activities, the BFGoodrich Corvette was one of the most recognized cars in America. The company had distributed thousands of banners to retail tire locations around the country, printed hundreds of thousands of posters for the public and ran double-spread ads in scores of different magazines. After extracting every bit of value out of the car, BFGoodrich was ready to move on and the iconic blue Corvette went back to Chuck Lombardo’s shop in California with instructions to sell it.

Lombardo arranged the sale of the coupe to a local man named Gene Lu. Mr. Lu apparently didn’t care for the car’s unique color and eventually painted it Arena Red, a Porsche color. He used the car very little before putting it into long-term storage, where it remained until 2006. That year, he traded it to another California resident, his friend Randy Meadows, for a Chevelle convertible. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Meadows sold it to Dr. Lastorino, who shipped it across the country to his home in New York.

Lastorino was surprised that prior owner Lu had the car painted red given its famous history, and planned from the beginning to restore it back to its BFGoodrich ad campaign color. To accomplish that task he enlisted the able assistance of his cousin, doctor Phil Maglione. Like Lastorino, Maglione is a chiropractor by day but he’s car-obsessed and has been moonlighting as a hot rod builder and muscle car restorer for over 30 years. Operating under the business name Philymag Hot Rods, he stripped the Arena Red off, did all of the body prep and resprayed the car that oh-so-familiar hue of blue.

While the car was laid up for body and paint work, Lastorino, who also knows his way around cars, removed the engine. Old-school engine guru Dennis Quitoni, owner of Performance Services, in West Hempstead, New York, rebuilt the engine to L71 427/435 specs rather than the car’s original L68 427/400 specs. As such, it has the high-compression pistons and rectangular port, large valve cylinder heads that 435-horsepower engines came with. For enhanced driveability, Quitoni installed Comp Cams hydraulic roller lifters rather than solid lifters, as originally used in L71 engines. He also installed an MSD billet distributor to work with the MSD 6AL ignition box that Lastorino installed in the car. The end result is a perfectly streetable powerplant that produces more than 500 very reliable horsepower.

Lastorino reinstalled the freshly rebuilt engine and, together with cousin Phil, reassembled the rest of the newly painted car. The car’s original four-speed transmission was working perfectly so they left that alone. Similarly, the car’s original interior remained in excellent condition so they didn’t change anything there either. When they were finished, the car looked the same as it did in the early 1990s, complete with BFGoodrich blue paint, chrome side pipes, hood pins, Monza gas fill door, relocated 427 hood emblems, Torq-Thrust D wheels, and of course, the all-important Radial T/A tires.

Since getting his Corvette back into its BFGoodrich appearance, Lastorino has thoroughly enjoyed driving and showing it up and down the East Coast. “I really love the car!” he tells us. “And anyone who sees it who is old enough to remember the massive ad campaign it was a part of loves it, too. I’ve shown it as far away as Florida at the Orlando NCRS event, and with help from super-talented auto detailer Fred Montalto at Hi Tech Auto Care in Deer Park, New York, who has been in charge of detailing, paint touch-ups and prepping the car before each show, it has done extremely well.” Vette

Photography by Richard Prince

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Traveling through Greece is an experience everyone should have. The entire country is spectacularly beautiful, from the massive cliffs of Meteori in the north with ancient Orthodox churches perched on high to the Peloponnesus peninsula covered with orange groves to the absolutely spectacular islands scattered throughout the Aegean Sea like so many colorful pearls. If nature is not enough, there are thousands of years of history and civilization that left behind entire cities and magnificent temples such as the Acropolis. Photo: sognolucido/Fotolia

»Elia Beach Elia Beach

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The permanent collections contain more than 40,000 pieces of art from times of antiquity: the times of Roman domination and the medieval Byzantine period until the establishment of the modern Greek state. Some parts of the museum's collections have travelled all over the world thanks to the partnership with the Smithsonian Institution. Address: Koumpari 1, Athina 106 74, Greece, Phone: +30-21-0367-1000 25 Best Things to Do in Greece - Photo: Benaki Museum

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With rugged mountains, ancient olive groves, sparkling white sandy beaches, and an incredibly clear blue sea, Corfu is one of the most beautiful Greek islands and certainly one of the most popular. Coveted for centuries for its location in the Ionian Sea and at times under British, Venetian, and French control, Corfu shows its mixed heritage and cultural influences in architecture and art.

It is cosmopolitan and has some of the most lavish resorts in the area. You will find plenty of vivacious towns such as Paleokastritsa, Kassiopi, Sidari, and Acharavi. The Old Town Corfu is declared a UNESCO Heritage Cite and is a delightful mix of influences with two enormous Venetian fortresses, lovely narrow medieval lanes, an ornate French-style arcade, and the spectacular grand Palace of St. Michael and St. George. 25 Best Things to Do in Greece - Photo: lukaszimilena/Fotolia

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»Cycladic Art Museum Cycladic Art Museum

The Athens's Museum of Cycladic Art promotes and studies ancient cultures of the Aegean region and Cyprus, focusing especially on Cycladic Art of the 3rd millennium BC. The museum was founded in 1986 with the collection of Nicholas and Dolly Goulandris and has grown significantly with additional donations and acquisitions. The Cycladic civilization thrived throughout the central Aegean in the Early Bronze Age, 3rd millennium BC.

The museum has one of the world's most comprehensive and largest collections of Cycladic antiquities, with a number of significant marble vases and figurines, bronze tools, and weapons as well as pottery. Address: Neofitou Douka 4, Athina 106 74, Greece, Phone: +30-21-0722-8321 25 Best Things to Do in Greece - Photo: imagIN photography/Fotolia

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»Things to Do in Greece: Delphi Theatre Things to Do in Greece: Delphi Theatre

If you are lucky to visit Delphi in the summer and go to the theatre to listen to a concert or watch a play, it will thrill you to think that people have been sitting in the same seats, row after a row, since the 4th century B.C. Made of beautiful Mount Parnassus limestone, the theatre has been wonderfully preserved and offers a spectacular view of the entire Delphi sanctuary where the ancient Oracle offered advice to the Greeks on their affairs.

The surrounding olive groves are equally beautiful. Restored and added to many times, the theatre could seat more than 5000 people in its time. On the same hill a little lower is another important Greek archeological treasure, the Temple of Apollo. 25 Best Things to Do in Greece - Photo: Nedelia/Fotolia

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»Athens Food Tours Athens Food Tours

Greece is famous for its fantastic food, and coming to Athens is a wonderful opportunity to get an authentic taste of Greek's wonderful delicacies. Away from large, noisy, and touristy restaurants, Athens Food Tours will take you to the places where local Greeks eat.

Food experts passionate about what they do will take you in a small group to the hidden little eateries, the famous Varvakeios Food Market, colorful and fragrant spice shops, and other specialty shops, butchers, bakers, sweet shops, pie shops, and olive merchants. You will learn about the history, spices, and ingredients of many famous dishes and the origin of the popular Mediterranean Diet. This leisurely three-hour walking tour will allow you to see Athens from a completely different view and enjoy a glimpse into the lives of your Greek hosts. The tour starts and ends near Monastiraki Square and the famous Athens Flea Market. Address: Korai, Athina 105 64, Greece, Phone: +30-21-0884-6184 25 Best Things to Do in Greece - Photo: Athens Food Tours

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»Things to Do in Greece: Goulandris Natural History Museum Things to Do in Greece: Goulandris Natural History Museum

Located in Kifisia, a northeastern suburb of Athens, the Goulandris Museum of Natural History was founded in 1965 by Angelos and Niki Goulandris to promote people's interest in the natural sciences and to raise the awareness of the need to protect Greece's natural habitats and species. The museum has significant collections of Greek mammals, insects, birds, shells, reptiles, minerals, rocks, and fossils.

The botanical collections have more than 200.000 species of plants, with 145 newly discovered ones. The museum is great fun for kids as it also has a 7.16-meter replica of Triceratops, life-sized replicas of a zebra, giraffe, and a white rhino, and a great collection of ancient fossils. One of the most popular exhibits is the Gaia Centre, which shows how modern people have affected the development and "behavior" of planet Earth. Address: Levidou 13, Kifisia 145 62, Greece, Phone: +30-21-0801-5870 25 Best Things to Do in Greece - Photo: Goulandris Natural History Museum

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»Greek Islands Tours Greek Islands Tours

If you are not the adventurous type and like to travel in comfort yet still see as much as possible, trust Greeka to organize your Greek Islands tour and take care of all the details – you just enjoy the experience. Most of their tours start at Athens, but some begin in Rhodes, Santorini, or Mykonos.

They take care of hotels and transportation, and they make sure you get to see the best parts of your destination. Their trips vary from three-days trips to romantic Santorini, Paros, or Mykonos to fifteen-day tours of the magnificent Cyclades islands that will take you Milos, Santorini, Mykonos, and Paros. Whatever your budget, interest, or age, they will make your trip an unforgettable experience. 25 Best Things to Do in Greece - Photo: Greek Islands Tours

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»Things to Do in Greece: Kefalonia Things to Do in Greece: Kefalonia

The largest island of the Greek Ionian Sea, Kefalonia is lush and green. Pine, cypress, and ancient olive trees cover the slopes of Mt. Ainos, while lush vineyards grow plump grapes at the mountain base, producing a popular Robola wine.

The beaches all around the island are wonderful, with soft bright white sand and clear blue-green waters that hide a mesmerizing underwater world perfect for snorkeling or diving. Look for rare sea turtles that take refuge in Kefalonia waters or playful monk seals. You can sit on the beach or explore medieval villages, castles, and monasteries, stopping on your way in small village taverns to sample typical Kefalonia delicacies. Try to find the time to visit the cave lake of Melissani, a spectacular and almost unearthly site. 25 Best Things to Do in Greece - Photo: adisa/Fotolia

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»Kolymbithres Beach Kolymbithres Beach

Located in the vast Naoussa Bay, Kolimbithres is one of the most beautiful and famous beaches on Paros Island. The beach has huge granite blocks formed into strange smooth shapes by centuries of sea and wind erosion. The beach is made of many small sandy coves that lay one after another, so at times you get the illusion that you have your own private beach.

Some of the beaches have water sports, umbrellas, and sun bed rental facilities. On the way to the beach along the road, you can find several taverns and beach bars. The beach can be reached by car, bus, or by small fishing boats from Naoussa Port. On the hill overlooking Kolymbithres beach is an archeological site with the remains of the Mycenaean Acropolis from the 13th century BC. 25 Best Things to Do in Greece - Photo: jsk12/Fotolia

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»Kos Kos

One of the largest of the Dodecanese islands, Kos is a popular tourist destination in the south-eastern Aegean Sea not far from the Turkish coast. While tourists are attracted by some of the most beautiful of all the Greek beaches, the island is a fascinating mix of massive crags, lush valleys covered with wildflowers, ancient olive groves, and remnants of antique monument such as Odeon, gymnasium, Asclepeion, and many others that, often unguarded and ignored, poke through the wilderness.

Kos is a lively tourist spot with great hotels, a famous bar street, and busy harbor. It also has a massive medieval castle standing guard over it as well as a fascinating archeological zone with precious ancient artifacts. 25 Best Things to Do in Greece - Photo: Alexander/Fotolia

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»Lindos Lindos

Lindos is an incredibly charming medieval village on the island of Rhodes in the Dodecanese islands, an important archaeological site, a popular tourist destination, and one of Greek's national treasures. It is one of those rare places where no large hotels are allowed, and the narrow cobblestoned streets are traffic-free. The entire village is full of whitewashed houses that resemble sugar cubes clinging to the sides of the hill, with the massive ancient Lindos Acropolis at its top.

Some of the most important parts of Acropolis are the Doric Temple of Athena, the relief of a Rhodian Trireme, the Propylaea of the Sanctuary, Castle of the Knights of St John, the Greek Orthodox Church of St John, and a second century Hellenistic staircase. Among the medieval walls there are narrow lanes with taverns, bars, and restaurants, many set on the rooftop gardens. A fascinating mix of Roman, Italian, Turkish, and Byzantine influence is evident everywhere in the Lindos. 25 Best Things to Do in Greece - Photo: r_andrei/Fotolia

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Far from the sea at the northern end of Greece near the town of Kalambaka is a very different Greece. Massive vertical cliffs of Meteora soar 1200 feet into the sky, representing humans' attempt to reach the Divine. On top of the high cliffs are Christian Orthodox monasteries built between 14th and 16th centuries by monks who lived in the local caves as hermits for centuries. Of twenty-four austere monasteries, only four survived the ravages of nature and still serve their purpose to the monks, who want to live in perfect isolation, peace, and harmony and hope for spiritual elevation.

This is becoming increasingly difficult with the influx of tourists taking bus and train tours, but monks are invariably patient and welcoming. The visits become much more than just another tour – they are almost a kind of pilgrimage regardless of visitors' faith. Tourists cannot reach all monasteries, but those that can be visited inspire awe and immense respect for people who built such incredible structures and continue to live in simplicity and dignity. One way of really enjoying the whole Meteora complex is by taking a hiking tour that is strenuous and not for the faint of heart, but it is an absolutely spectacular experience. 25 Best Things to Do in Greece - Photo: Iakov Kalinin/Fotolia

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»Mount Athos Mount Athos

Located on the easternmost peninsula of Chalcidice in the Aegean Sea in northern Greece, Mount Athos has been the spiritual heart of the Christian Orthodox church since 1054, enjoying an autonomous statute since its formation until today. The Holy Mountain, now home to about 1400 monks, is forbidden to women and children. It is also recognized as an artistic site, and its school of painting widely influenced the history of Orthodox art as far as Russia. The whole mountain is densely covered by lush Mediterranean forest with small farms in between, and they are regularly farmed by monks.

The monasteries of Athos, works of art in and of themselves with their unique architecture, are also immensely rich conservatories of art masterpieces with 1290 wall paintings by Manuel Panselinos and 1560 painting by Frangos and priceless portable icons, embroideries, gold pieces, and illuminated manuscripts. Unfortunately, only monks are allowed to visit Mount Athos. Some men can visit with a special permit, while women and children have to be satisfied by cruising around and taking in the spectacular landscapes of nature and architecture living in harmony. 25 Best Things to Do in Greece - Photo: Sergii Figurnyi/Fotolia

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»Mykonos Mykonos

Mykonos is a lovely Greek island in the Cyclades that is now a glamorous tourist destination with cruise ships, gay communities, and tourists looking for an enjoyable outing. With its rich history and fascinating mythology, Mykonos has had its ups and downs. Many armies have occupied and fought over it many times, until it became one of the poorest areas in the region until tourists discovered its magnificent beaches and charming towns.

Originally, it was discovered by artists always on the lookout for scenic and beautiful scenery. The gay community later came in search of the secluded coves, excellent restaurants, and hip hotels. The cruise ships stop in the area year round, even when everyone else leaves and sharp winds start blowing. At times, up to 15,000 people come to visit Mykonos' quaint shops and taverns. 25 Best Things to Do in Greece - Photo: lukaszimilena/Fotolia

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»Things to Do in Greece: Myrtos Beach Things to Do in Greece: Myrtos Beach

One of the most beautiful and the most photographed beaches in Greece, Myrtos Beach is located on Kefalonia Island in the Ionian Sea about 30km north of the town of Argostoli. A wide stretch of fine white sand and smooth pebbles, the beach is close to massive hills covered by dense Mediterranean vegetation that plunge into the azure sea.

Easily accessible by the road, the beach is often busy with visitors who do not mind the steep walk down the hill and want to appreciate the magnificent views that stretch all the way to the horizon. Most of the beach is well equipped with lounge chairs and umbrellas, and a charming little bar offering refreshments. There is a small part of the beach that remains completely unspoiled, perfect for those looking for a bit of isolation. 25 Best Things to Do in Greece - Photo: WitR/Fotolia

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»Mystras Mystras

Mystras is a fortified ancient town in Laconia on the Peloponnese Peninsula in Greece. The town is located on Mt. Taygetos near ancient Sparta. During the Byzantine era, Mystras was the second most important town after Constantinople.

Today an important archeological site, the town is famous for its medieval castle on top of the hill and several magnificent Byzantine churches with unique architecture and precious frescoes. Below the castle is the contemporary village that offers modest accommodation for tourists. The whole area is full of scenic hiking paths beckoning visitors to discover Mystras' hidden natural treasures and magnificent vistas. 25 Best Things to Do in Greece - Photo: Ivonne Wierink/Fotolia

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»National Archaeological Museum of Athens National Archaeological Museum of Athens

Founded at the end of the 19th century to protect antiquities discovered all over Greece, the National Archaeological Museum of Athens is one of the most important world museums devoted to ancient Greek art and the largest museum of archeology in Greece. The original purpose of the museum was to protect and showcase the finds from the excavations in and around Athens conducted in 19th century, but the museum grew to become the country's main archaeological museum with more than 11,000 exhibits.

The exhibits provide a wide panorama of Greek civilization from Prehistory to Late Antiquity. The museum is housed in a huge 19th century neoclassical building designed by L. Lange. The exhibition space with its numerous galleries covers 8,000 square meters, and it houses five main permanent collections: The Collection of Prehistoric Antiquities, the Sculptures Collection, the Vase and Minor Objects Collection, the Stathatos Collection, and the Egyptian and Near Eastern Antiquities Collection. Address: 28is Oktovriou 44, Athina 106 82, Greece, Phone: +30-21-3214-4800 25 Best Things to Do in Greece - Photo: lexan/Fotolia

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»Things to Do in Greece: National Gallery Things to Do in Greece: National Gallery

Located in downtown Athens, the National Art Gallery and Alexandros Soutzos Museum was established in 1878 in its original form with a small collection of 117 paintings from Athens University. In 1896, art lover and jurist Alexandros Soutzos gifted his estate and entire art collection to the Government of Greece with the goal of creating a major national art museum. The museum opened its doors in 1900.

It has changed its form and location several times and has existed in its present form since 1976. With more than 9,500 paintings, engravings, and sculptures, it is today the most important Greek art institution focused on the history of important Greek and Western European art. Greek art covers eras from the 14th to the 20th century – from post-Byzantine times to modern Greece. Of European art, the most significant is the collection of Renaissance art. Address: 50 Vassileos Konstantinou, Athens 115 28, Greece, Phone: +30-21-0723-5937 25 Best Things to Do in Greece - Photo: Roman Sigaev/Fotolia

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»Parthenon and Acropolis Parthenon and Acropolis

Located on the Acropolis, a hill overlooking the city of Athens that is now very much a part of it, the Parthenon is one of the most famous and recognizable monuments in the world and the symbol of Greece. The Parthenon of today is what is left of the magnificent temple to the Greek goddess Athena, the patron of the City of Athens.

The Parthenon was designed in the Doric style by the famous sculptor Phidias at the order of the founder of Athens politician Pericles, who was accredited with starting what is known as the "Golden Age of Greece." The temple was completed in 438 BCE, and its architectural style with huge Doric pillars has had an influence on significant public buildings all over the world ever since. Most of the treasures from the Acropolis were taken by Lord Elgin and taken to England, where they are displayed in the British Museum. 25 Best Things to Do in Greece - Photo: tanyaeroko/Fotolia

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»Rhodes Rhodes

Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese islands in the Aegean Sea near the Turkish coast, rich with rugged mountains that slope almost vertically into the azure sea and are covered by lush Mediterranean vegetation and broken by scenic wooded valleys. The island is popular for its modern beach resorts, excellent water sports and ancient ruins, some of which are remains from the Crusades during the occupation by the Knights of St. John.

The Old Town in the City of Rhodes features the medieval Street of the Knights and the imposing Palace of the Grand Masters, today a history museum. The island has a number of picturesque villages with traditional whitewashed houses. Lindos is famous for its spectacular beach and an ancient acropolis on top of the hill. Kamiros has remains of an ancient clifftop settlement that is now an archaeological site. Magnificent gardens and forests surround Ialysos's Monastery of Filerimos. One of the most popular beaches on the island is Faliraki Beach with a range of water activities, while Prasonisi is a popular windsurfing destination. 25 Best Things to Do in Greece - Photo: gurgenb/Fotolia

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»Things to Do in Greece: Samaria Gorge Things to Do in Greece: Samaria Gorge

Located on the island of Crete in the White Mountains, the gorge of Samaria is part of the National park of Samaria established in 1962 and the Biosphere Reserve. A fairly small river that runs between the White Mountains and Mt. Volakias formed it. The gorge is closed to visitors during the winter rainy months when it sometimes fills with fast running water. This spectacular gorge is a very popular tourist destination, and it gets very crowded at times even though it takes up to seven hours to cross it and requires a certain level of fitness.

The gorge is 16 km long, starting at 1230 meters altitude, and it takes you down to the coast of the Libyan Sea in the village of Agia Roumeli. The most interesting part of the gorge is the narrow stretch called the Gates or Iron Gates where the gorge narrows to only four meters, soaring to a height of 980 feet. The gorge is a refuge for the rare Cretan goat kri-kri, which lives only in the park and a small island off the shore of Agia Marina. The gorge is home to several other rare and endemic species and many species of Mediterranean flowers and birds. Address: Old National Road Chanion-Kissamou, Lefka Ori (White Mountains), Sfakia, Crete 730 05, Greece, Phone: +30-2821-045570

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»Santorini Santorini

Santorini has it all: spectacular rugged landscape with multicolored cliffs that drop 300 feet almost vertically into the dark blue sea, 4000 years old history with ancient ruins on every step, and the legend of Atlantis lost at the bottom of the sea, serene vineyards that produce fantastic wines, picturesque villages with typical white houses, and spectacular beaches where smooth lava pebbles come in a rainbow of colors.

The island has a crescent shape after one of the world's biggest volcano eruptions of all times. Exceedingly popular with visitors, Santorini has something for everyone. Its timeless beauty has attracted artists for centuries, and many of them made it their home. Stroll through the narrow, steep streets of the lovely towns of Fira and Oia (which cling to steep cliffs), visit galleries, taverns, and bars, or hike the rugged hills and enjoy the view all the way to Turkey and another continent across the water. 25 Best Things to Do in Greece - Photo: science photo/Fotolia

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»What to Do in Greece: Santorini Red Beach What to Do in Greece: Santorini Red Beach

Santorini's volcanic origin resulted in many truly spectacular beaches on the island, but Red Beach stands out. Located just steps from ancient Akrotiri, this small beach attracts huge crowds, although accessing it requires a bit of hike down the steep slope. Some people prefer to avoid the crowds and just stay on the headland to enjoy the view of the colorful cliffs that erode into millions of colorful red, black, and gray pebbles that make Red Beach so popular.

If you do not want to hike, you can hire a boat from the Akrotiri port. The beach is well organized and offers visitors umbrellas and lounge chairs. The colorful rocks are also under water, so snorkeling is a fantastic pastime. Some people go diving in search of the legendary Atlantis that is said to have vanished in the volcanic caldera just off Santorini coast. 25 Best Things to Do in Greece - Photo: smallredgirl/Fotolia

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»Things to See in Greece: The Temple of Poseidon Things to See in Greece: The Temple of Poseidon

Perched high up on top of Sounion hill and sacred since prehistoric times is the temple of Poseidon, the Greek god of the sea, forever watching over the cobalt blue waters of the Aegean. Sounion Hill stands at the southernmost point of Attica, which is a short drive from Athens and is rich in myths and legends. According to one, King Aegeus drowned himself in the waters below Sounions, and another says King Menelaus and his ship dropped anchor there on their way from Troy.

The magnificent temple built in the fifth century BCE was part of an ambitious building campaign of Athens' administrator Perikles. The same architect who designed Hephaisetion in Agora probably designed this temple as well. Decorative sculptures made of marble from Paros Island depict Theseus and battles between Giants and Centaurs. Poseidon's temple was built at the site of a much older sacred location of the Bronze Age, but not much is left of it. Watching the sunset from the hill between massive Doric columns always makes for a memorable experience.

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Alabama

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Alaska

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You have to hand it to Alaska – no other state is as rugged, as outdoorsy, as jaw-dropping nuts as the icy state.

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Arizona

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When you think of dry, dusty plains with tumbleweed rolling across it, you’re thinking about Arizona. It’s heart-achingly beautiful and proud, but the people are what makes Arizona great.

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Arkansas

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Enjoy the relaxing benefits of a bubbling spa and brew while also shooting your dinner for later — all in one place!

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California

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Love is love is love…

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California is the eternal optimist, and for good reason. After all, here is a state that waffles between earthquakes, tsunamis and wildfires.

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Sun’s up, surf’s up, love your neighbor, and no worries. That’s the California way, and that’s why Californians tend to be so chill.

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Colorado

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Sure, there’s a lot more to Colorado than the legalization of the hippie lettuce, but you can get snow anywhere.

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Connecticut

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On the other hand, Kevin Bacon, Kate Bosworth, and Paul Giamatti were also born in this state, so perhaps it all evens out in the end.

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Connecticut is the richest state in the Union. Millionaires and billionaires routinely swan about in their Teslas (you know, because its too gauche to actually flaunt the wealth) and retire to their massive estates for some much needed R&R.

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Oh, and it’s famously liberal, hence the reason why there’s all that apologizing for George Dubya.

To call Connecticut liberal is to call the sky blue, or to say that a sharpie’s chin hairs are luxurious and magnificent. Oh, and their yankee fare is truly excellent.

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Delaware

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Flag on the play: indecent exposure!

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Florida

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Down in the Sunshine State, the Easter Bunny looks just a little bit different.

See you later, Easter Gator.

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But what else can you expect from the wackiest, most out there state in the whole of the country? If anything strange, weird, or kooky happens in America, it happens in Florida.

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Bath salts, herpes-riddled monkeys, surfing manatees (I’m not sure those actually exist) – if it exists, it exists in Florida. Must the heat and the salt water…

Georgia

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What?

Did you expect peaches or something other than taxidermy?

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Alright, I’m gonna level with you here – Georgia is out there. You can go from the big city to the countries of country in 45 minutes flat and hop from ball gowns to dirt bike riding, or just do both, if that strikes your fancy.

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Georgia is out there because it’s – well, Georgia, and it’s a proud representative of the good old South. Oh, and it has hands down the best sweet tea anywhere… although it does come with a side of diabetes.

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Hawaii

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Aloha means “hello,” “goodbye,” and “what the hell is going on here?”

Well, at least you can get lei’d,

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Idaho

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Come on, now.

Idaho is the “gem” state and they things like…potatoes and, well, potatoes!

Illinois

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They do things a little bit different in the Prairie State.

After all, they need to protect themselves down in the Windy City from disappointed Cubs fans.

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Indiana

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Home of many plumbers and the butt of many jokes, Indiana is always somehow just a little bit behind.

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Iowa

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Holy cow!

Imagine being the pooper scooper on the end of that walk.

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Kansas

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Auntie Em! Auntie Em!

Somehow the Wizard of Oz would have been a little bit different if Dorothy had asked for a beer.

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Kentucky

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Points for selection and variety.

Deductions for spelling, grammar, and just about everything else.

Louisiana

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I mean yeah, huge ass beers to go are great and everything.

But who doesn’t want to know more about the pirates they seem to have there?

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Maine

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Where every man is an island…of ice.

With beer.

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Maryland

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If you don’t have crabs you will after spending time at Crabby Dick’s.

And I also hear they have a bit of seafood to offer, too.

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Massachusetts

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Let’s go to Dunkies down the cape and then head out for a rippah!

Translation: We’re going to Dunkin Donuts and then a party to avoid the storm.

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Michigan

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Where you can basically go through all four seasons in about four weeks.

Yeah, there are great lakes, but more weather mood swings than a menopausal Mother Nature.

Minnesota

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Their (sunglass-covered) eyes are up there, guys!

Talk about making snow angels…

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Mississippi

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Known as the Magnolia State, you can find people like this delicate flower, ready to smoke and char anything you can cover with BBQ sauce.

Hide the small family pets.

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Missouri

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The Show Me State will show you how to make an entrance at the next elementary school Field Day.

Practical question though: how do the kids make up to the door?

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Montana

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“Don’t make dinner, Ma! We’ve got a surprise for you!”

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Nebraska

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Surf’s up, dude!

What did you expect from the Cornhusker State?

Nevada

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What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.

Unless you’re a lobster. Get that crazy crap out of here, you heathens.

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New Hampshire

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Let’s be optimistic here and say they mean only white paint, or white pants after Labor Day.

Yes, let’s go with that.

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New Jersey

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Yes, it’s stereotypical to use a bunch of bros that look like they rolled around Cheeto dust, but would you expect anything less from the place that spurred Jersey Shore?

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New Jersey is known for its brash talk, its cannolis, and its sheer in-your-face attitude. Jersey folk tell it like it is and they do so with panache, flair, and a liberal side of hairspray.

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New Mexico

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“If it doesn’t scrape the pavement, it’s not a low-rider.

It’s just another car with rims.”

New York

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Are you sure it’s the Big Apple and not the Big Melons?

Also worthy of note, the complete indifference of the police officers directly behind her.

Gotta love NYC.

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What else can you expect from the big apple, the city of a thousand dreams and a thousand entrepreneurs? New York represents America’s hustle, its sheer indomitable spirit.

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New York is the city where dreams come true, and if your dream is to walk around in body paint and nothing else, then there’s space in New York for you.

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North Carolina

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Spelling and edumacation are important.

Stay in shcool, kids.

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North Dakota

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“We just figured that in order to bring people in and get them interested in a sport where they shoot pucks at lightning speed, we should bribe them with the possibility of winning a weapon that shoots actual bullets at lightening speed. What could go wrong?” – Cal

Ohio

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It’s fun to stay at the O-H-I-O. It’s fun to stay at the O-H-I-O.

Young man, there’s no need to feel down.

I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground.

Oh, wait. Sorry about that. May you rest in peace.

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Oklahoma

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Why just have tires when you can have barrels and kegs there on your bike?

Probably because that’s a disaster waiting to happen.

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Oregon

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Which one of these things is not like the other?

Which one of these things just doesn’t belong?

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Pennsylvania

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Just going blading to the store to pick up some pop for our Amish pot luck tonight!

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Rhode Island

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Sure they’re known for sandy shores and seaside Colonial towns, but they should also be commended for giving lobsters cutlery so they stand a slight better chance of staying off the dinner plate and a butter bath.

South Carolina

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Whatever happened to southern hospitality?

Maybe it was swept away in the fumes from this vehicle that is obviously compensating for something.

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South Dakota

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To be fair, he doesn’t appear to be disturbing the prairie dogs.

Unless he ate it.

That’s a possibility.

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Tennessee

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Proving that the people wearing camouflage are usually the first people that you see — whether you want to or not.

It’s like the Redneck Avengers, or something.

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Texas

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Everything’s bigger in Texas, including the line to hose down your heifer.

If you want an undercoat wax, that’s going to cost you extra.

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Utah

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Yes, there’s more to Utah than alleged polygamy.

But when you see cars driving around like this apparently repopulating the state one randy man at a time, you know it’s going to make the list.

Vermont

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“Honey? Did you go out and skim the pool today? I think I see something out there.”

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Virginia

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Where Civil War reenactments aren’t just a hobby, they’re a way of life.

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Washington

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Yes, Colorado might be known for the wacky tobacky, but don’t forget about Washington.

Anyone up for a brownie?

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West Virginia

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Beer? Check.

Phone? Check.

Naked guy on the shitter with a farmer’s tan on his legs? Unfortunately, check and check.

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Wisconsin

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This little beauty will let you enjoy both the Lake Michigan and Superior coastlines in the water and on the land.

Two bird, one stone, people.

Wyoming

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Why did the buffalo cross the road?

No clue, but I’m not getting out of my car to find out the answer.

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The Home Depot Patio Style Challenge 2017

Our 2017 Patio Style Challenge Partners

We’re so excited to announce our 2017 Patio Style Challenge blogger partners! We gave these talented bloggers a variety of patio furniture and outdoor accessories from The Home Depot and challenged them to style their patio in a way that’s unique to them. You’re going to love seeing their spaces come to life!

Be sure to check out all our current and past Patio Style Challenge posts here on The Home Depot Blog to see the gorgeous patio makeovers and upgrades by our super talented design blogger partners!

First Row

Alma Arrieta is the creator and designer at Almafied.com. She is a cosmetologist who left the salon to pursue being a full-time homemaker and mother of four. Her passion for creating and designing on a budget started the journey of many DIY projects. Moving into a 1970s home last year has also left her and her handy husband with many home reno projects, which they are tackling, one room at a time. She is a true believer that you can love the home you live in, whether you are a renter or owner, living tiny or large and on a tight or generous budget.

Brittany is a California-based designer, curator, and blogger with an expertise in vintages rugs and textiles. Her blog, brittanyMakes, is her creative outlet and an editorial destination for anyone interested in DIY, ‘how-to’s, home decor, arts, crafts, and design inspiration. The blog is where she highlights projects, shares personal stories and advice, and collaborates with other experts and brands in the industry.

Cecilia is a lifestyle blogger from Iowa. Cecilia and her sister Niña love sharing their everyday life, home inspiration, and tutorials on their blog Niña and Cecilia. They were professional portrait and wedding photographers for six years and still use their creative skills throughout their blog and home interiors. Even though they are identical twin sisters, they have different taste in decorating homes. Niña has a coastal farmhouse style, and Cecilia has a modern eclectic style. Their followers enjoy seeing a variety of styles from one spectrum to the other and in between.

Second Row

Chári Herndon is a certified interior decorator and home stager. The idea of starting her blog Chic Home Style was actually her husband’s idea. He thought it would be great for her to turn her love for decorating and styling into a part-time hobby for others to enjoy. Chári and her husband recently settled in Texas, where Chári took on the task of re-decorating their beautiful apartment in Uptown Houston. When Chári isn’t busy working on a client’s home, she enjoys her full-time job of working at Tiffany & Co. 

Chloe is a city girl who moved with her husband to a ranch. She describes herself as, “a girl relocated from Miu Miu to moo moo.” Chloe writes about balancing life as a hostess, homemaker, and farmer. Sharing things like how to dry herbs, or how to plant a fall veggie garden, her blog Boxwood Avenue is a lifestyle site reigniting the beauty of making. Chloe also works as a freelance stylist for boutique wineries, bakeries, florists, and other creative businesses to help tell their unique stories.

Claudia Camargo is the founder and blogger for Miles + Smiles. By day she is an art director for Target. By night, she’s a passionate blogger. Claudia is a Colombia native, but has lived in several US states including Maryland, Florida, Texas and now Minnesota. Each of these locations has been a huge influence on her designs and her appreciation for well-crafted spaces, as well on her taste for textures, colors, patterns and styles.

Third Row

Courtney Clymer is the owner of Lifestyled Atlanta, a wardrobe styling and personal shopping company with an accompanying fashion and style blog. She is also an interior decorator for Mimosa Design Co., a remodeling and interior design company she owns with her husband, Harrison. She loves everything to do with style, from wardrobes, to style, to home. Courtney loves to incorporate unique touches and bold accents in both her wardrobe and design businesses, and regularly takes on new projects and transformations in her own home. When she’s not blogging, meeting with clients, or overseeing projects, you’ll find her in downtown Roswell, Georgia with her husband and two labs.

Destiny is the girl behind Just Destiny. She’s a native of Arizona, where she and her husband raise their three children. After quitting her job as a first grade teacher to be home with her children, she quickly found a passion for all things home and started blogging to share her ideas. She believes beauty brings people together, whether it’s through a smile, laugh, fresh flowers, bike rides, hiking in search for the sunrise, chocolate chip cookies, a made bed, or a painted wall.

Erika Batista was born in Miami, raised in Guayaquil, Ecuador and is currently living in New Jersey. Erika is the editor and founder of Lola Blue Style, a blog where she shares her life as a wife and modern mom of two littles. The blog started as a hobby and slowly turned into a full time business. Erika’s goal is to inspire women, moms, Latinas, fashionistas, and others to do what they truly love. Her message is that you can have it all as long as you have passion, confidence and goals.

Fourth Row

A musician, military wife, and mother of two, Jen Woodhouse authors The House of Wood as her creative outlet for all things DIY and design. It’s a place where she documents her adventures in designing and building furniture and tackling home renovation projects. A self-taught carpenter with a penchant for problem-solving, Jen offers in-depth tutorials that inspire and encourage readers to build their way to a more beautiful home.

Jordan Ferney is the founder and editor at Oh Happy Day, a design and lifestyle blog known for it’s original and fun DIY projects and party ideas. Jordan has been featured in Time Magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle, Sunset Magazine, Martha Stewart Living Magazine, Real Simple Magazine, Budget Living, and Anthology Magazine. Jordan likes to spend time taking pictures in her vintage photobooth and hanging with her family in San Francisco.

Kelly is the author and creator behind the popular blog, Live Laugh Rowe. Kelly shares her recipes, tutorials, home projects, travel experiences and all things DIY. This east coast native believes family is number one as she finds the perfect balance of being a daughter, wife, sister, entrepreneur, writer and woman of God. Spending time with her husband Steve and her two adorable dogs takes priority, but during the work week you’ll find her whipping up recipes in the kitchen or DIY projects in the garage.

Fifth Row

Krystine is a real estate agent, renovator, decorator, blogger, wife and mother. She loves creating beautiful spaces, entertaining and spending time with family and friends.

Lauren Lefevre is a wardrobe stylist and fashion/lifestyle blogger at Edit by Lauren. She lives in Suwanee, Georgia with her husband, Mike, and six-year-old twins, Jack and Lily. Her blog operates with the philosophy that money alone does not buy style, and that each person gains self-confidence and dignity when they feel and look their best, no matter their lifestyle. By empowering people from all walks of life to discover, construct, and own their personal style, Edit by Lauren shows how we all can present our best and brightest selves to the wider world.

Mysha Bolen, a wife and stay at home mom of three children, has a passion for all things creative. Before funneling her artistic passion into interior design and do it yourself projects for the home, she was a fashion designer. After having children her focus turned more to her home where she spent most of her time. She found all the same design principles carried over into her new creative focus. Now she enjoys sharing home improvement tutorials and interior styling tips and tricks on her blog Remington Avenue.

Sixth Row

Niña is the twin sister of Cecilia mentioned above. The sisters love sharing their everyday lives, home inspiration, and tutorials on their blog Niña and Cecilia. They write about home decor, lifestyle, photography and more.

Cristina Saida is the creative mind behind Remodelando la Casa, a DIY-focused blog where she shares her passion for everything home. She documents most of her work through detailed tutorials. She wants her readers to tackle those same projects, whether it’s a simple craft, a room makeover, or a big home renovation, she believes that having your dream home can be achieved and done on a budget.

Sara is the blogger and creator for Tell Love and Party, a party, decor and DIY blog. She lives in southern California with her husband and three sons and loves the outdoors, especially the beach. Sara started her blog as a place to share all her crafting projects and ideas. Her style is simple, bright and colorful.

See all our Patio Style Challenge articles here on The Home Depot Blog, and follow our Patio Style Challenge board on Pinterest for patio ideas and inspiration.

Browse our online Patio Furniture section for everything you need to make your outdoor everything you want it to be.

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The Home Depot Patio Style Challenge 2017

Our 2017 Patio Style Challenge Partners

We’re so excited to announce our 2017 Patio Style Challenge blogger partners! We gave these talented bloggers a variety of patio furniture and outdoor accessories from The Home Depot and challenged them to style their patio in a way that’s unique to them. You’re going to love seeing their spaces come to life!

Be sure to check out all our current and past Patio Style Challenge posts here on The Home Depot Blog to see the gorgeous patio makeovers and upgrades by our super talented design blogger partners!

First Row

Alma Arrieta is the creator and designer at Almafied.com. She is a cosmetologist who left the salon to pursue being a full-time homemaker and mother of four. Her passion for creating and designing on a budget started the journey of many DIY projects. Moving into a 1970s home last year has also left her and her handy husband with many home reno projects, which they are tackling, one room at a time. She is a true believer that you can love the home you live in, whether you are a renter or owner, living tiny or large and on a tight or generous budget.

Brittany is a California-based designer, curator, and blogger with an expertise in vintages rugs and textiles. Her blog, brittanyMakes, is her creative outlet and an editorial destination for anyone interested in DIY, ‘how-to’s, home decor, arts, crafts, and design inspiration. The blog is where she highlights projects, shares personal stories and advice, and collaborates with other experts and brands in the industry.

Cecilia is a lifestyle blogger from Iowa. Cecilia and her sister Niña love sharing their everyday life, home inspiration, and tutorials on their blog Niña and Cecilia. They were professional portrait and wedding photographers for six years and still use their creative skills throughout their blog and home interiors. Even though they are identical twin sisters, they have different taste in decorating homes. Niña has a coastal farmhouse style, and Cecilia has a modern eclectic style. Their followers enjoy seeing a variety of styles from one spectrum to the other and in between.

Second Row

Chári Herndon is a certified interior decorator and home stager. The idea of starting her blog Chic Home Style was actually her husband’s idea. He thought it would be great for her to turn her love for decorating and styling into a part-time hobby for others to enjoy. Chári and her husband recently settled in Texas, where Chári took on the task of re-decorating their beautiful apartment in Uptown Houston. When Chári isn’t busy working on a client’s home, she enjoys her full-time job of working at Tiffany & Co. 

Chloe is a city girl who moved with her husband to a ranch. She describes herself as, “a girl relocated from Miu Miu to moo moo.” Chloe writes about balancing life as a hostess, homemaker, and farmer. Sharing things like how to dry herbs, or how to plant a fall veggie garden, her blog Boxwood Avenue is a lifestyle site reigniting the beauty of making. Chloe also works as a freelance stylist for boutique wineries, bakeries, florists, and other creative businesses to help tell their unique stories.

Claudia Camargo is the founder and blogger for Miles + Smiles. By day she is an art director for Target. By night, she’s a passionate blogger. Claudia is a Colombia native, but has lived in several US states including Maryland, Florida, Texas and now Minnesota. Each of these locations has been a huge influence on her designs and her appreciation for well-crafted spaces, as well on her taste for textures, colors, patterns and styles.

Third Row

Courtney Clymer is the owner of Lifestyled Atlanta, a wardrobe styling and personal shopping company with an accompanying fashion and style blog. She is also an interior decorator for Mimosa Design Co., a remodeling and interior design company she owns with her husband, Harrison. She loves everything to do with style, from wardrobes, to style, to home. Courtney loves to incorporate unique touches and bold accents in both her wardrobe and design businesses, and regularly takes on new projects and transformations in her own home. When she’s not blogging, meeting with clients, or overseeing projects, you’ll find her in downtown Roswell, Georgia with her husband and two labs.

Destiny is the girl behind Just Destiny. She’s a native of Arizona, where she and her husband raise their three children. After quitting her job as a first grade teacher to be home with her children, she quickly found a passion for all things home and started blogging to share her ideas. She believes beauty brings people together, whether it’s through a smile, laugh, fresh flowers, bike rides, hiking in search for the sunrise, chocolate chip cookies, a made bed, or a painted wall.

Erika Batista was born in Miami, raised in Guayaquil, Ecuador and is currently living in New Jersey. Erika is the editor and founder of Lola Blue Style, a blog where she shares her life as a wife and modern mom of two littles. The blog started as a hobby and slowly turned into a full time business. Erika’s goal is to inspire women, moms, Latinas, fashionistas, and others to do what they truly love. Her message is that you can have it all as long as you have passion, confidence and goals.

Fourth Row

A musician, military wife, and mother of two, Jen Woodhouse authors The House of Wood as her creative outlet for all things DIY and design. It’s a place where she documents her adventures in designing and building furniture and tackling home renovation projects. A self-taught carpenter with a penchant for problem-solving, Jen offers in-depth tutorials that inspire and encourage readers to build their way to a more beautiful home.

Jordan Ferney is the founder and editor at Oh Happy Day, a design and lifestyle blog known for it’s original and fun DIY projects and party ideas. Jordan has been featured in Time Magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle, Sunset Magazine, Martha Stewart Living Magazine, Real Simple Magazine, Budget Living, and Anthology Magazine. Jordan likes to spend time taking pictures in her vintage photobooth and hanging with her family in San Francisco.

Kelly is the author and creator behind the popular blog, Live Laugh Rowe. Kelly shares her recipes, tutorials, home projects, travel experiences and all things DIY. This east coast native believes family is number one as she finds the perfect balance of being a daughter, wife, sister, entrepreneur, writer and woman of God. Spending time with her husband Steve and her two adorable dogs takes priority, but during the work week you’ll find her whipping up recipes in the kitchen or DIY projects in the garage.

Fifth Row

Krystine is a real estate agent, renovator, decorator, blogger, wife and mother. She loves creating beautiful spaces, entertaining and spending time with family and friends.

Lauren Lefevre is a wardrobe stylist and fashion/lifestyle blogger at Edit by Lauren. She lives in Suwanee, Georgia with her husband, Mike, and six-year-old twins, Jack and Lily. Her blog operates with the philosophy that money alone does not buy style, and that each person gains self-confidence and dignity when they feel and look their best, no matter their lifestyle. By empowering people from all walks of life to discover, construct, and own their personal style, Edit by Lauren shows how we all can present our best and brightest selves to the wider world.

Mysha Bolen, a wife and stay at home mom of three children, has a passion for all things creative. Before funneling her artistic passion into interior design and do it yourself projects for the home, she was a fashion designer. After having children her focus turned more to her home where she spent most of her time. She found all the same design principles carried over into her new creative focus. Now she enjoys sharing home improvement tutorials and interior styling tips and tricks on her blog Remington Avenue.

Sixth Row

Niña is the twin sister of Cecilia mentioned above. The sisters love sharing their everyday lives, home inspiration, and tutorials on their blog Niña and Cecilia. They write about home decor, lifestyle, photography and more.

Cristina Saida is the creative mind behind Remodelando la Casa, a DIY-focused blog where she shares her passion for everything home. She documents most of her work through detailed tutorials. She wants her readers to tackle those same projects, whether it’s a simple craft, a room makeover, or a big home renovation, she believes that having your dream home can be achieved and done on a budget.

Sara is the blogger and creator for Tell Love and Party, a party, decor and DIY blog. She lives in southern California with her husband and three sons and loves the outdoors, especially the beach. Sara started her blog as a place to share all her crafting projects and ideas. Her style is simple, bright and colorful.

See all our Patio Style Challenge articles here on The Home Depot Blog, and follow our Patio Style Challenge board on Pinterest for patio ideas and inspiration.

Browse our online Patio Furniture section for everything you need to make your outdoor everything you want it to be.

The post The Home Depot Patio Style Challenge 2017 appeared first on The Home Depot Blog.

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The Home Depot Patio Style Challenge 2017

Our 2017 Patio Style Challenge Partners

We’re so excited to announce our 2017 Patio Style Challenge blogger partners! We gave these talented bloggers a variety of patio furniture and outdoor accessories from The Home Depot and challenged them to style their patio in a way that’s unique to them. You’re going to love seeing their spaces come to life!

Be sure to check out all our current and past Patio Style Challenge posts here on The Home Depot Blog to see the gorgeous patio makeovers and upgrades by our super talented design blogger partners!

First Row

Alma Arrieta is the creator and designer at Almafied.com. She is a cosmetologist who left the salon to pursue being a full-time homemaker and mother of four. Her passion for creating and designing on a budget started the journey of many DIY projects. Moving into a 1970s home last year has also left her and her handy husband with many home reno projects, which they are tackling, one room at a time. She is a true believer that you can love the home you live in, whether you are a renter or owner, living tiny or large and on a tight or generous budget.

Brittany is a California-based designer, curator, and blogger with an expertise in vintages rugs and textiles. Her blog, brittanyMakes, is her creative outlet and an editorial destination for anyone interested in DIY, ‘how-to’s, home decor, arts, crafts, and design inspiration. The blog is where she highlights projects, shares personal stories and advice, and collaborates with other experts and brands in the industry.

Cecilia is a lifestyle blogger from Iowa. Cecilia and her sister Niña love sharing their everyday life, home inspiration, and tutorials on their blog Niña and Cecilia. They were professional portrait and wedding photographers for six years and still use their creative skills throughout their blog and home interiors. Even though they are identical twin sisters, they have different taste in decorating homes. Niña has a coastal farmhouse style, and Cecilia has a modern eclectic style. Their followers enjoy seeing a variety of styles from one spectrum to the other and in between.

Second Row

Chári Herndon is a certified interior decorator and home stager. The idea of starting her blog Chic Home Style was actually her husband’s idea. He thought it would be great for her to turn her love for decorating and styling into a part-time hobby for others to enjoy. Chári and her husband recently settled in Texas, where Chári took on the task of re-decorating their beautiful apartment in Uptown Houston. When Chári isn’t busy working on a client’s home, she enjoys her full-time job of working at Tiffany & Co. 

Chloe is a city girl who moved with her husband to a ranch. She describes herself as, “a girl relocated from Miu Miu to moo moo.” Chloe writes about balancing life as a hostess, homemaker, and farmer. Sharing things like how to dry herbs, or how to plant a fall veggie garden, her blog Boxwood Avenue is a lifestyle site reigniting the beauty of making. Chloe also works as a freelance stylist for boutique wineries, bakeries, florists, and other creative businesses to help tell their unique stories.

Claudia Camargo is the founder and blogger for Miles + Smiles. By day she is an art director for Target. By night, she’s a passionate blogger. Claudia is a Colombia native, but has lived in several US states including Maryland, Florida, Texas and now Minnesota. Each of these locations has been a huge influence on her designs and her appreciation for well-crafted spaces, as well on her taste for textures, colors, patterns and styles.

Third Row

Courtney Clymer is the owner of Lifestyled Atlanta, a wardrobe styling and personal shopping company with an accompanying fashion and style blog. She is also an interior decorator for Mimosa Design Co., a remodeling and interior design company she owns with her husband, Harrison. She loves everything to do with style, from wardrobes, to style, to home. Courtney loves to incorporate unique touches and bold accents in both her wardrobe and design businesses, and regularly takes on new projects and transformations in her own home. When she’s not blogging, meeting with clients, or overseeing projects, you’ll find her in downtown Roswell, Georgia with her husband and two labs.

Destiny is the girl behind Just Destiny. She’s a native of Arizona, where she and her husband raise their three children. After quitting her job as a first grade teacher to be home with her children, she quickly found a passion for all things home and started blogging to share her ideas. She believes beauty brings people together, whether it’s through a smile, laugh, fresh flowers, bike rides, hiking in search for the sunrise, chocolate chip cookies, a made bed, or a painted wall.

Erika Batista was born in Miami, raised in Guayaquil, Ecuador and is currently living in New Jersey. Erika is the editor and founder of Lola Blue Style, a blog where she shares her life as a wife and modern mom of two littles. The blog started as a hobby and slowly turned into a full time business. Erika’s goal is to inspire women, moms, Latinas, fashionistas, and others to do what they truly love. Her message is that you can have it all as long as you have passion, confidence and goals.

Fourth Row

A musician, military wife, and mother of two, Jen Woodhouse authors The House of Wood as her creative outlet for all things DIY and design. It’s a place where she documents her adventures in designing and building furniture and tackling home renovation projects. A self-taught carpenter with a penchant for problem-solving, Jen offers in-depth tutorials that inspire and encourage readers to build their way to a more beautiful home.

Jordan Ferney is the founder and editor at Oh Happy Day, a design and lifestyle blog known for it’s original and fun DIY projects and party ideas. Jordan has been featured in Time Magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle, Sunset Magazine, Martha Stewart Living Magazine, Real Simple Magazine, Budget Living, and Anthology Magazine. Jordan likes to spend time taking pictures in her vintage photobooth and hanging with her family in San Francisco.

Kelly is the author and creator behind the popular blog, Live Laugh Rowe. Kelly shares her recipes, tutorials, home projects, travel experiences and all things DIY. This east coast native believes family is number one as she finds the perfect balance of being a daughter, wife, sister, entrepreneur, writer and woman of God. Spending time with her husband Steve and her two adorable dogs takes priority, but during the work week you’ll find her whipping up recipes in the kitchen or DIY projects in the garage.

Fifth Row

Krystine is a real estate agent, renovator, decorator, blogger, wife and mother. She loves creating beautiful spaces, entertaining and spending time with family and friends.

Lauren Lefevre is a wardrobe stylist and fashion/lifestyle blogger at Edit by Lauren. She lives in Suwanee, Georgia with her husband, Mike, and six-year-old twins, Jack and Lily. Her blog operates with the philosophy that money alone does not buy style, and that each person gains self-confidence and dignity when they feel and look their best, no matter their lifestyle. By empowering people from all walks of life to discover, construct, and own their personal style, Edit by Lauren shows how we all can present our best and brightest selves to the wider world.

Mysha Bolen, a wife and stay at home mom of three children, has a passion for all things creative. Before funneling her artistic passion into interior design and do it yourself projects for the home, she was a fashion designer. After having children her focus turned more to her home where she spent most of her time. She found all the same design principles carried over into her new creative focus. Now she enjoys sharing home improvement tutorials and interior styling tips and tricks on her blog Remington Avenue.

Sixth Row

Niña is the twin sister of Cecilia mentioned above. The sisters love sharing their everyday lives, home inspiration, and tutorials on their blog Niña and Cecilia. They write about home decor, lifestyle, photography and more.

Cristina Saida is the creative mind behind Remodelando la Casa, a DIY-focused blog where she shares her passion for everything home. She documents most of her work through detailed tutorials. She wants her readers to tackle those same projects, whether it’s a simple craft, a room makeover, or a big home renovation, she believes that having your dream home can be achieved and done on a budget.

Sara is the blogger and creator for Tell Love and Party, a party, decor and DIY blog. She lives in southern California with her husband and three sons and loves the outdoors, especially the beach. Sara started her blog as a place to share all her crafting projects and ideas. Her style is simple, bright and colorful.

See all our Patio Style Challenge articles here on The Home Depot Blog, and follow our Patio Style Challenge board on Pinterest for patio ideas and inspiration.

Browse our online Patio Furniture section for everything you need to make your outdoor everything you want it to be.

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Our 2017 Patio Style Challenge Partners

We’re so excited to announce our 2017 Patio Style Challenge blogger partners! We gave these talented bloggers a variety of patio furniture and outdoor accessories from The Home Depot and challenged them to style their patio in a way that’s unique to them. You’re going to love seeing their spaces come to life!

Be sure to check out all our current and past Patio Style Challenge posts here on The Home Depot Blog to see the gorgeous patio makeovers and upgrades by our super talented design blogger partners!

First Row

Alma Arrieta is the creator and designer at Almafied.com. She is a cosmetologist who left the salon to pursue being a full-time homemaker and mother of four. Her passion for creating and designing on a budget started the journey of many DIY projects. Moving into a 1970s home last year has also left her and her handy husband with many home reno projects, which they are tackling, one room at a time. She is a true believer that you can love the home you live in, whether you are a renter or owner, living tiny or large and on a tight or generous budget.

Brittany is a California-based designer, curator, and blogger with an expertise in vintages rugs and textiles. Her blog, brittanyMakes, is her creative outlet and an editorial destination for anyone interested in DIY, ‘how-to’s, home decor, arts, crafts, and design inspiration. The blog is where she highlights projects, shares personal stories and advice, and collaborates with other experts and brands in the industry.

Cecilia is a lifestyle blogger from Iowa. Cecilia and her sister Niña love sharing their everyday life, home inspiration, and tutorials on their blog Niña and Cecilia. They were professional portrait and wedding photographers for six years and still use their creative skills throughout their blog and home interiors. Even though they are identical twin sisters, they have different taste in decorating homes. Niña has a coastal farmhouse style, and Cecilia has a modern eclectic style. Their followers enjoy seeing a variety of styles from one spectrum to the other and in between.

Second Row

Chári Herndon is a certified interior decorator and home stager. The idea of starting her blog Chic Home Style was actually her husband’s idea. He thought it would be great for her to turn her love for decorating and styling into a part-time hobby for others to enjoy. Chári and her husband recently settled in Texas, where Chári took on the task of re-decorating their beautiful apartment in Uptown Houston. When Chári isn’t busy working on a client’s home, she enjoys her full-time job of working at Tiffany & Co. 

Chloe is a city girl who moved with her husband to a ranch. She describes herself as, “a girl relocated from Miu Miu to moo moo.” Chloe writes about balancing life as a hostess, homemaker, and farmer. Sharing things like how to dry herbs, or how to plant a fall veggie garden, her blog Boxwood Avenue is a lifestyle site reigniting the beauty of making. Chloe also works as a freelance stylist for boutique wineries, bakeries, florists, and other creative businesses to help tell their unique stories.

Claudia Camargo is the founder and blogger for Miles + Smiles. By day she is an art director for Target. By night, she’s a passionate blogger. Claudia is a Colombia native, but has lived in several US states including Maryland, Florida, Texas and now Minnesota. Each of these locations has been a huge influence on her designs and her appreciation for well-crafted spaces, as well on her taste for textures, colors, patterns and styles.

Third Row

Courtney Clymer is the owner of Lifestyled Atlanta, a wardrobe styling and personal shopping company with an accompanying fashion and style blog. She is also an interior decorator for Mimosa Design Co., a remodeling and interior design company she owns with her husband, Harrison. She loves everything to do with style, from wardrobes, to style, to home. Courtney loves to incorporate unique touches and bold accents in both her wardrobe and design businesses, and regularly takes on new projects and transformations in her own home. When she’s not blogging, meeting with clients, or overseeing projects, you’ll find her in downtown Roswell, Georgia with her husband and two labs.

Destiny is the girl behind Just Destiny. She’s a native of Arizona, where she and her husband raise their three children. After quitting her job as a first grade teacher to be home with her children, she quickly found a passion for all things home and started blogging to share her ideas. She believes beauty brings people together, whether it’s through a smile, laugh, fresh flowers, bike rides, hiking in search for the sunrise, chocolate chip cookies, a made bed, or a painted wall.

Erika Batista was born in Miami, raised in Guayaquil, Ecuador and is currently living in New Jersey. Erika is the editor and founder of Lola Blue Style, a blog where she shares her life as a wife and modern mom of two littles. The blog started as a hobby and slowly turned into a full time business. Erika’s goal is to inspire women, moms, Latinas, fashionistas, and others to do what they truly love. Her message is that you can have it all as long as you have passion, confidence and goals.

Fourth Row

A musician, military wife, and mother of two, Jen Woodhouse authors The House of Wood as her creative outlet for all things DIY and design. It’s a place where she documents her adventures in designing and building furniture and tackling home renovation projects. A self-taught carpenter with a penchant for problem-solving, Jen offers in-depth tutorials that inspire and encourage readers to build their way to a more beautiful home.

Jordan Ferney is the founder and editor at Oh Happy Day, a design and lifestyle blog known for it’s original and fun DIY projects and party ideas. Jordan has been featured in Time Magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle, Sunset Magazine, Martha Stewart Living Magazine, Real Simple Magazine, Budget Living, and Anthology Magazine. Jordan likes to spend time taking pictures in her vintage photobooth and hanging with her family in San Francisco.

Kelly is the author and creator behind the popular blog, Live Laugh Rowe. Kelly shares her recipes, tutorials, home projects, travel experiences and all things DIY. This east coast native believes family is number one as she finds the perfect balance of being a daughter, wife, sister, entrepreneur, writer and woman of God. Spending time with her husband Steve and her two adorable dogs takes priority, but during the work week you’ll find her whipping up recipes in the kitchen or DIY projects in the garage.

Fifth Row

Krystine is a real estate agent, renovator, decorator, blogger, wife and mother. She loves creating beautiful spaces, entertaining and spending time with family and friends.

Lauren Lefevre is a wardrobe stylist and fashion/lifestyle blogger at Edit by Lauren. She lives in Suwanee, Georgia with her husband, Mike, and six-year-old twins, Jack and Lily. Her blog operates with the philosophy that money alone does not buy style, and that each person gains self-confidence and dignity when they feel and look their best, no matter their lifestyle. By empowering people from all walks of life to discover, construct, and own their personal style, Edit by Lauren shows how we all can present our best and brightest selves to the wider world.

Mysha Bolen, a wife and stay at home mom of three children, has a passion for all things creative. Before funneling her artistic passion into interior design and do it yourself projects for the home, she was a fashion designer. After having children her focus turned more to her home where she spent most of her time. She found all the same design principles carried over into her new creative focus. Now she enjoys sharing home improvement tutorials and interior styling tips and tricks on her blog Remington Avenue.

Sixth Row

Niña is the twin sister of Cecilia mentioned above. The sisters love sharing their everyday lives, home inspiration, and tutorials on their blog Niña and Cecilia. They write about home decor, lifestyle, photography and more.

Cristina Saida is the creative mind behind Remodelando la Casa, a DIY-focused blog where she shares her passion for everything home. She documents most of her work through detailed tutorials. She wants her readers to tackle those same projects, whether it’s a simple craft, a room makeover, or a big home renovation, she believes that having your dream home can be achieved and done on a budget.

Sara is the blogger and creator for Tell Love and Party, a party, decor and DIY blog. She lives in southern California with her husband and three sons and loves the outdoors, especially the beach. Sara started her blog as a place to share all her crafting projects and ideas. Her style is simple, bright and colorful.

See all our Patio Style Challenge articles here on The Home Depot Blog, and follow our Patio Style Challenge board on Pinterest for patio ideas and inspiration.

Browse our online Patio Furniture section for everything you need to make your outdoor everything you want it to be.

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We’re so excited to announce our 2017 Patio Style Challenge blogger partners! We gave these talented bloggers a variety of patio furniture and outdoor accessories from The Home Depot and challenged them to style their patio in a way that’s unique to them. You’re going to love seeing their spaces come to life!

Be sure to check out all our current and past Patio Style Challenge posts here on The Home Depot Blog to see the gorgeous patio makeovers and upgrades by our super talented design blogger partners!

First Row

Alma Arrieta is the creator and designer at Almafied.com. She is a cosmetologist who left the salon to pursue being a full-time homemaker and mother of four. Her passion for creating and designing on a budget started the journey of many DIY projects. Moving into a 1970s home last year has also left her and her handy husband with many home reno projects, which they are tackling, one room at a time. She is a true believer that you can love the home you live in, whether you are a renter or owner, living tiny or large and on a tight or generous budget.

Brittany is a California-based designer, curator, and blogger with an expertise in vintages rugs and textiles. Her blog, brittanyMakes, is her creative outlet and an editorial destination for anyone interested in DIY, ‘how-to’s, home decor, arts, crafts, and design inspiration. The blog is where she highlights projects, shares personal stories and advice, and collaborates with other experts and brands in the industry.

Cecilia is a lifestyle blogger from Iowa. Cecilia and her sister Niña love sharing their everyday life, home inspiration, and tutorials on their blog Niña and Cecilia. They were professional portrait and wedding photographers for six years and still use their creative skills throughout their blog and home interiors. Even though they are identical twin sisters, they have different taste in decorating homes. Niña has a coastal farmhouse style, and Cecilia has a modern eclectic style. Their followers enjoy seeing a variety of styles from one spectrum to the other and in between.

Second Row

Chári Herndon is a certified interior decorator and home stager. The idea of starting her blog Chic Home Style was actually her husband’s idea. He thought it would be great for her to turn her love for decorating and styling into a part-time hobby for others to enjoy. Chári and her husband recently settled in Texas, where Chári took on the task of re-decorating their beautiful apartment in Uptown Houston. When Chári isn’t busy working on a client’s home, she enjoys her full-time job of working at Tiffany & Co. 

Chloe is a city girl who moved with her husband to a ranch. She describes herself as, “a girl relocated from Miu Miu to moo moo.” Chloe writes about balancing life as a hostess, homemaker, and farmer. Sharing things like how to dry herbs, or how to plant a fall veggie garden, her blog Boxwood Avenue is a lifestyle site reigniting the beauty of making. Chloe also works as a freelance stylist for boutique wineries, bakeries, florists, and other creative businesses to help tell their unique stories.

Claudia Camargo is the founder and blogger for Miles + Smiles. By day she is an art director for Target. By night, she’s a passionate blogger. Claudia is a Colombia native, but has lived in several US states including Maryland, Florida, Texas and now Minnesota. Each of these locations has been a huge influence on her designs and her appreciation for well-crafted spaces, as well on her taste for textures, colors, patterns and styles.

Third Row

Courtney Clymer is the owner of Lifestyled Atlanta, a wardrobe styling and personal shopping company with an accompanying fashion and style blog. She is also an interior decorator for Mimosa Design Co., a remodeling and interior design company she owns with her husband, Harrison. She loves everything to do with style, from wardrobes, to style, to home. Courtney loves to incorporate unique touches and bold accents in both her wardrobe and design businesses, and regularly takes on new projects and transformations in her own home. When she’s not blogging, meeting with clients, or overseeing projects, you’ll find her in downtown Roswell, Georgia with her husband and two labs.

Destiny is the girl behind Just Destiny. She’s a native of Arizona, where she and her husband raise their three children. After quitting her job as a first grade teacher to be home with her children, she quickly found a passion for all things home and started blogging to share her ideas. She believes beauty brings people together, whether it’s through a smile, laugh, fresh flowers, bike rides, hiking in search for the sunrise, chocolate chip cookies, a made bed, or a painted wall.

Erika Batista was born in Miami, raised in Guayaquil, Ecuador and is currently living in New Jersey. Erika is the editor and founder of Lola Blue Style, a blog where she shares her life as a wife and modern mom of two littles. The blog started as a hobby and slowly turned into a full time business. Erika’s goal is to inspire women, moms, Latinas, fashionistas, and others to do what they truly love. Her message is that you can have it all as long as you have passion, confidence and goals.

Fourth Row

A musician, military wife, and mother of two, Jen Woodhouse authors The House of Wood as her creative outlet for all things DIY and design. It’s a place where she documents her adventures in designing and building furniture and tackling home renovation projects. A self-taught carpenter with a penchant for problem-solving, Jen offers in-depth tutorials that inspire and encourage readers to build their way to a more beautiful home.

Jordan Ferney is the founder and editor at Oh Happy Day, a design and lifestyle blog known for it’s original and fun DIY projects and party ideas. Jordan has been featured in Time Magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle, Sunset Magazine, Martha Stewart Living Magazine, Real Simple Magazine, Budget Living, and Anthology Magazine. Jordan likes to spend time taking pictures in her vintage photobooth and hanging with her family in San Francisco.

Kelly is the author and creator behind the popular blog, Live Laugh Rowe. Kelly shares her recipes, tutorials, home projects, travel experiences and all things DIY. This east coast native believes family is number one as she finds the perfect balance of being a daughter, wife, sister, entrepreneur, writer and woman of God. Spending time with her husband Steve and her two adorable dogs takes priority, but during the work week you’ll find her whipping up recipes in the kitchen or DIY projects in the garage.

Fifth Row

Krystine is a real estate agent, renovator, decorator, blogger, wife and mother. She loves creating beautiful spaces, entertaining and spending time with family and friends.

Lauren Lefevre is a wardrobe stylist and fashion/lifestyle blogger at Edit by Lauren. She lives in Suwanee, Georgia with her husband, Mike, and six-year-old twins, Jack and Lily. Her blog operates with the philosophy that money alone does not buy style, and that each person gains self-confidence and dignity when they feel and look their best, no matter their lifestyle. By empowering people from all walks of life to discover, construct, and own their personal style, Edit by Lauren shows how we all can present our best and brightest selves to the wider world.

Mysha Bolen, a wife and stay at home mom of three children, has a passion for all things creative. Before funneling her artistic passion into interior design and do it yourself projects for the home, she was a fashion designer. After having children her focus turned more to her home where she spent most of her time. She found all the same design principles carried over into her new creative focus. Now she enjoys sharing home improvement tutorials and interior styling tips and tricks on her blog Remington Avenue.

Sixth Row

Niña is the twin sister of Cecilia mentioned above. The sisters love sharing their everyday lives, home inspiration, and tutorials on their blog Niña and Cecilia. They write about home decor, lifestyle, photography and more.

Cristina Saida is the creative mind behind Remodelando la Casa, a DIY-focused blog where she shares her passion for everything home. She documents most of her work through detailed tutorials. She wants her readers to tackle those same projects, whether it’s a simple craft, a room makeover, or a big home renovation, she believes that having your dream home can be achieved and done on a budget.

Sara is the blogger and creator for Tell Love and Party, a party, decor and DIY blog. She lives in southern California with her husband and three sons and loves the outdoors, especially the beach. Sara started her blog as a place to share all her crafting projects and ideas. Her style is simple, bright and colorful.

See all our Patio Style Challenge articles here on The Home Depot Blog, and follow our Patio Style Challenge board on Pinterest for patio ideas and inspiration.

Browse our online Patio Furniture section for everything you need to make your outdoor everything you want it to be.

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Our 2017 Patio Style Challenge Partners

We’re so excited to announce our 2017 Patio Style Challenge blogger partners! We gave these talented bloggers a variety of patio furniture and outdoor accessories from The Home Depot and challenged them to style their patio in a way that’s unique to them. You’re going to love seeing their spaces come to life!

Be sure to check out all our current and past Patio Style Challenge posts here on The Home Depot Blog to see the gorgeous patio makeovers and upgrades by our super talented design blogger partners!

First Row

Alma Arrieta is the creator and designer at Almafied.com. She is a cosmetologist who left the salon to pursue being a full-time homemaker and mother of four. Her passion for creating and designing on a budget started the journey of many DIY projects. Moving into a 1970s home last year has also left her and her handy husband with many home reno projects, which they are tackling, one room at a time. She is a true believer that you can love the home you live in, whether you are a renter or owner, living tiny or large and on a tight or generous budget.

Brittany is a California-based designer, curator, and blogger with an expertise in vintages rugs and textiles. Her blog, brittanyMakes, is her creative outlet and an editorial destination for anyone interested in DIY, ‘how-to’s, home decor, arts, crafts, and design inspiration. The blog is where she highlights projects, shares personal stories and advice, and collaborates with other experts and brands in the industry.

Cecilia is a lifestyle blogger from Iowa. Cecilia and her sister Niña love sharing their everyday life, home inspiration, and tutorials on their blog Niña and Cecilia. They were professional portrait and wedding photographers for six years and still use their creative skills throughout their blog and home interiors. Even though they are identical twin sisters, they have different taste in decorating homes. Niña has a coastal farmhouse style, and Cecilia has a modern eclectic style. Their followers enjoy seeing a variety of styles from one spectrum to the other and in between.

Second Row

Chári Herndon is a certified interior decorator and home stager. The idea of starting her blog Chic Home Style was actually her husband’s idea. He thought it would be great for her to turn her love for decorating and styling into a part-time hobby for others to enjoy. Chári and her husband recently settled in Texas, where Chári took on the task of re-decorating their beautiful apartment in Uptown Houston. When Chári isn’t busy working on a client’s home, she enjoys her full-time job of working at Tiffany & Co. 

Chloe is a city girl who moved with her husband to a ranch. She describes herself as, “a girl relocated from Miu Miu to moo moo.” Chloe writes about balancing life as a hostess, homemaker, and farmer. Sharing things like how to dry herbs, or how to plant a fall veggie garden, her blog Boxwood Avenue is a lifestyle site reigniting the beauty of making. Chloe also works as a freelance stylist for boutique wineries, bakeries, florists, and other creative businesses to help tell their unique stories.

Claudia Camargo is the founder and blogger for Miles + Smiles. By day she is an art director for Target. By night, she’s a passionate blogger. Claudia is a Colombia native, but has lived in several US states including Maryland, Florida, Texas and now Minnesota. Each of these locations has been a huge influence on her designs and her appreciation for well-crafted spaces, as well on her taste for textures, colors, patterns and styles.

Third Row

Courtney Clymer is the owner of Lifestyled Atlanta, a wardrobe styling and personal shopping company with an accompanying fashion and style blog. She is also an interior decorator for Mimosa Design Co., a remodeling and interior design company she owns with her husband, Harrison. She loves everything to do with style, from wardrobes, to style, to home. Courtney loves to incorporate unique touches and bold accents in both her wardrobe and design businesses, and regularly takes on new projects and transformations in her own home. When she’s not blogging, meeting with clients, or overseeing projects, you’ll find her in downtown Roswell, Georgia with her husband and two labs.

Destiny is the girl behind Just Destiny. She’s a native of Arizona, where she and her husband raise their three children. After quitting her job as a first grade teacher to be home with her children, she quickly found a passion for all things home and started blogging to share her ideas. She believes beauty brings people together, whether it’s through a smile, laugh, fresh flowers, bike rides, hiking in search for the sunrise, chocolate chip cookies, a made bed, or a painted wall.

Erika Batista was born in Miami, raised in Guayaquil, Ecuador and is currently living in New Jersey. Erika is the editor and founder of Lola Blue Style, a blog where she shares her life as a wife and modern mom of two littles. The blog started as a hobby and slowly turned into a full time business. Erika’s goal is to inspire women, moms, Latinas, fashionistas, and others to do what they truly love. Her message is that you can have it all as long as you have passion, confidence and goals.

Fourth Row

A musician, military wife, and mother of two, Jen Woodhouse authors The House of Wood as her creative outlet for all things DIY and design. It’s a place where she documents her adventures in designing and building furniture and tackling home renovation projects. A self-taught carpenter with a penchant for problem-solving, Jen offers in-depth tutorials that inspire and encourage readers to build their way to a more beautiful home.

Jordan Ferney is the founder and editor at Oh Happy Day, a design and lifestyle blog known for it’s original and fun DIY projects and party ideas. Jordan has been featured in Time Magazine, The San Francisco Chronicle, Sunset Magazine, Martha Stewart Living Magazine, Real Simple Magazine, Budget Living, and Anthology Magazine. Jordan likes to spend time taking pictures in her vintage photobooth and hanging with her family in San Francisco.

Kelly is the author and creator behind the popular blog, Live Laugh Rowe. Kelly shares her recipes, tutorials, home projects, travel experiences and all things DIY. This east coast native believes family is number one as she finds the perfect balance of being a daughter, wife, sister, entrepreneur, writer and woman of God. Spending time with her husband Steve and her two adorable dogs takes priority, but during the work week you’ll find her whipping up recipes in the kitchen or DIY projects in the garage.

Fifth Row

Krystine is a real estate agent, renovator, decorator, blogger, wife and mother. She loves creating beautiful spaces, entertaining and spending time with family and friends.

Lauren Lefevre is a wardrobe stylist and fashion/lifestyle blogger at Edit by Lauren. She lives in Suwanee, Georgia with her husband, Mike, and six-year-old twins, Jack and Lily. Her blog operates with the philosophy that money alone does not buy style, and that each person gains self-confidence and dignity when they feel and look their best, no matter their lifestyle. By empowering people from all walks of life to discover, construct, and own their personal style, Edit by Lauren shows how we all can present our best and brightest selves to the wider world.

Mysha Bolen, a wife and stay at home mom of three children, has a passion for all things creative. Before funneling her artistic passion into interior design and do it yourself projects for the home, she was a fashion designer. After having children her focus turned more to her home where she spent most of her time. She found all the same design principles carried over into her new creative focus. Now she enjoys sharing home improvement tutorials and interior styling tips and tricks on her blog Remington Avenue.

Sixth Row

Niña is the twin sister of Cecilia mentioned above. The sisters love sharing their everyday lives, home inspiration, and tutorials on their blog Niña and Cecilia. They write about home decor, lifestyle, photography and more.

Cristina Saida is the creative mind behind Remodelando la Casa, a DIY-focused blog where she shares her passion for everything home. She documents most of her work through detailed tutorials. She wants her readers to tackle those same projects, whether it’s a simple craft, a room makeover, or a big home renovation, she believes that having your dream home can be achieved and done on a budget.

Sara is the blogger and creator for Tell Love and Party, a party, decor and DIY blog. She lives in southern California with her husband and three sons and loves the outdoors, especially the beach. Sara started her blog as a place to share all her crafting projects and ideas. Her style is simple, bright and colorful.

See all our Patio Style Challenge articles here on The Home Depot Blog, and follow our Patio Style Challenge board on Pinterest for patio ideas and inspiration.

Browse our online Patio Furniture section for everything you need to make your outdoor everything you want it to be.

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