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This summer, it’s all about the outdoor room

In Southern California homes, indoor and outdoor blur, the color and light of our gardens spilling into our interiors, the energy of kitchens and living rooms splashing onto patios.
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Independent film and TV producer Gail Katz (on the sofa) and her husband, attorney Bruce Wessel, called on architect David Hertz to transform their Santa Monica backyard into <a href="http://www.latimes.com/features/magazine/la-tm-homedesignintro07-2008jul06,0,3881801.story">a comfortable, appealing outdoor room</a>, framed by an open-air pavilion, with a view of the pool. Their kids Nora (19, in foreground) and Jacob (16) use the backyard year-round.--Barbara Thornburg

Outdoor rooms

( Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times )
Independent film and TV producer Gail Katz (on the sofa) and her husband, attorney Bruce Wessel, called on architect David Hertz to transform their Santa Monica backyard into a comfortable, appealing outdoor room, framed by an open-air pavilion, with a view of the pool. Their kids Nora (19, in foreground) and Jacob (16) use the backyard year-round.--Barbara Thornburg

PAVILION

Dimensions: 12 feet by 12 feet

Materials: Integral-colored, steel-troweled stucco with 2-inch-by-2-inch clear anodized aluminum; Perennials "Very Terry" outdoor fabric at David Sutherland Showroom

Cost: About $150,000

Architect: David Hertz, Santa Monica

Interior design: Hermosillo & Ross, Los Angeles
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