My Favorite Room | Actress Diana Maria Riva finds her sunny side in the backyard

Chairs made by her son for Mother’s Day.  (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

A fire pit.  (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

The actress calls her backyard her “comfort space.”  (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

Some backyard color.  (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

A fountain.  (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

Flora.  (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

“There are many nights when I come home from work and I want a little tranquility and serenity and this space affords it to me,” Riva says.  (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)