local contractor Troy Seaberg’s remodelling/construction company, Seaberg Construction. According to Seaberg, the Smiths are not alone in their desire for outdoor additions. “It’s always around this time our phone starts ringing,” Seaberg said. “By June our schedule is too full.”     The business has not only been good enough to keep his three- or four-man crew busy for the 24 years he’s been in business, but also leaves room for Havre’s many other contractors, like Schubert Brothers Construction, Larson Construction and Lotton Construction.     Seaberg may have been working at these kinds of projects for more than 20 years, but he had never worked on a H AV R E D A I LY N E W S } } I like this. It makes it warm and cozy.} patio project quite as ambitious as the one he and his crew worked on over the past two summers.     The homeowner who sticks out most in Seaberg’s mind is one we will refer to as RB to maintain her anonymity.     RB came to Seaberg to help in adding a garage behind her and her husband’s house. At first, the plan was to pave an open patio area between the garage and the house, but it grew.     “Originally we just wanted a breezeway through here, but then we thought it’d be nice if the cats could come out here,” RB said, and it was enclosed. The third wall is brick, to match the house and new garage. But the fourth wall, that’s the special wall.     Inspired by a design feature she saw at a house in Portland, Ore., the southfacing wall in this space is one 26-foot long wall of glass doors that completely fold up to open the area to the outdoors. Though still in progress, the plan is to fill the space beyond the disappearing wall with large columns, more paved outdoor area and landscaping. RB has a vision of huge pillars surrounded by planters, hoisting additional overhead covering, to ease the transition from inside to outside even further. The concept makes doors look passé. The most prominent fixture of the room is a large, oval, concrete table that also happens to shoot flames from amidst a pile of volcanic rocks at its center.     This was one of the most challenging parts of the patio for Seaberg and his crew, particularly the depth of the table and running the gas lines that fuel the continued on page 10 A P R I L 2 0 11 LIVING MAGAZINE 9