Look for smart watches and glasses that can control your smart-phone apps, which in turn automate your home equipment

A Michigan family goes long and wide on their backyard party central with a supersize screen, fire pits and lounging for a crowd

New technologies hope to unify the lawless frontier of home-automation products. Would they work for you?

Fully automated, wise about energy use and with ecofriendly features, this Canadian home has become a highlight of the neighborhood

Screening keeps pests out of these diverse porches across the U.S., while thoughtful designs keep them visually appealing

Why settle for a hulking brick wall when plants, screens and other refined backyard dividers do the job with panache?

See why you might want to trade that flat-screen TV for movies on the family-room wall

Relax in your own sunny retreat right at home — these features will make your sunroom comfortable, inviting and entertaining

Art with a sense of humor rubs elbows with 17th-century features in a 7-bedroom home in a tony Silicon Valley neighborhood

The Nest's much-improved take on the thermostat has us pondering reinventions of other necessities around the house