Floor show: underfoot and just over the top

Until recently, the outdoor floor was something made from bricks and stones, seeds and sod. If you wanted to arrange your wicker chairs around something, you were looking at ruining a rug or cutting a piece of golf-course-green Astro Turf into a carpet. Now, bright synthetic fibers provide better outdoor living through chemistry while cleverly configured natural materials bring color and texture to the terrace. Best of all, these beauties can do double duty indoors.