The Home Front: Using your outdoor living areas year round

In Vancouver and all across North America, people are now using their outdoor living areas year round, says Joanna Leung, vice-president of Vancouver-based Ratana, which has specialized in outdoor furniture since 1980.
“I see more and more people with slightly covered [outdoor] areas,” Leung says. “It won’t be fully enclosed, but they’ll have awnings or they’ll have glass on top. Because it’s not really the cold that bothers people; it’s getting we