Popularity of the patio rebounds
By MARY G. PEPITONE
Jay and Carrie Beth Shouse of Overland Park replaced a deck on the back of their house with a 400-square-foot, stamped-concrete patio.

Jay and Carrie Beth Shouse of Overland Park replaced a deck on the back of their house with a 400-square-foot, stamped-concrete patio.

Marjorie and Ed Kennamore built a porcelain tile patio behind their Leawood home. Carrie and Scott Lane of Prairie Village replaced their 1959 ranch home’s amoeba-shaped patio with a 700-square-foot patio on two levels. Ann (from left), Reser, Lizzy and Dick Hall relax with Spike, their Boston terrier, on the flagstone patio of their Prairie Village home.

After falling out of favor for a couple of decades when decks were all the rage, patios are back.

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