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Mid-sized Modern Outdoor Design Ideas

Kowski Project
Kowski Project
Timberline Patio CoversTimberline Patio Covers
This project is a skillion style roof with an outdoor kitchen, entertainment, heaters, and gas fireplace! It has a super modern look with the white stone on the kitchen and fireplace that complements the house well.
Decks, Patios, and Walkways
Decks, Patios, and Walkways
Outer Image DesignOuter Image Design
Inspiration for a mid-sized modern side yard partial sun garden for spring in Houston with concrete pavers and with path.
Santa Cruz Sustainable
Santa Cruz Sustainable
K & D Landscaping, Inc.K & D Landscaping, Inc.
Residential home in Santa Cruz, CA This stunning front and backyard project was so much fun! The plethora of K&D's scope of work included: smooth finished concrete walls, multiple styles of horizontal redwood fencing, smooth finished concrete stepping stones, bands, steps & pathways, paver patio & driveway, artificial turf, TimberTech stairs & decks, TimberTech custom bench with storage, shower wall with bike washing station, custom concrete fountain, poured-in-place fire pit, pour-in-place half circle bench with sloped back rest, metal pergola, low voltage lighting, planting and irrigation! (*Adorable cat not included)
Marvel Jaunt - Wedgwood
Marvel Jaunt - Wedgwood
True Scape DesignTrue Scape Design
To see before and after pictures as well as the story behind this project follow the link below or click website to be reedited to our company website. http://bit.ly/2xU3JnM
Southlake Modern
Southlake Modern
Randy Angell DesignsRandy Angell Designs
Photo of a mid-sized modern backyard rectangular pool in Dallas with a water feature and decking.
modern Landscape
modern Landscape
Exterior Worlds Landscaping & DesignExterior Worlds Landscaping & Design
A local Houston art collector hired us to create a low maintenance, sophisticated, contemporary landscape design. She wanted her property to compliment her eclectic taste in architecture, outdoor sculpture, and modern art. Her house was built with a minimalist approach to decoration, emphasizing right angles and windows instead of architectural keynotes. The west wing of the house was only one story, while the east wing was two-story. The windows in both wings were larger than usual, so that visitors could see her art collection from the home’s exterior. Near one of the large rear windows, there was an abstract metal sculpture designed in the form of a spiral. When she initially contacted us, the surrounding property had only a few trees and indigenous grass as vegetation. This was actually a good beginning point with us, because it allowed us to develop a contemporary landscape design that featured a very linear, crisp look supportive of the home and its contents. We began by planting a garden around the large contemporary sculpture near the window. Landscape designers planted horsetail reed under windows, along the sides of the home, and around the corners. This vegetation is very resilient and hardy, and requires little trimming, weeding, or mulching. This helped unite the diverse elements of sculpture, contemporary architecture, and landscape design into a more fluid harmony that preserved the proportions of each unique element, but eliminated any tendency for the elements to clash with one another. We then added two stonework designs to the landscape surrounding the contemporary art collection and home. The first was a linear walkway we build from concrete pads purchased through a retail vendor as a cost-saving benefit to our client. We created this walkway to follow the perimeter of the home so that visitors could walk around the entire property and admire the outdoor sculptures and the collections of modern art visible through the windows. This was especially enjoyable at night, when the entire home was brightly lit from within. To add a touch of tranquility and quite repose to the stark right angles of the home and surrounding contemporary landscape, we designed a special seating area toward the northwest corner of the property. We wanted to create a sense of contemplation in this area, so we departed from the linear and angular designs of the surrounding landscape and established a theme of circular geometry. We laid down gravel as ground cover, then placed large, circular pads arranged like giant stepping stones that led up to a stone patio filled with chairs. The shape of the granite pads and the contours of the graveled area further complimented the spirals and turns in the outdoor metal sculpture, and balanced the entire contemporary landscape design with proportional geometric forms of lines, angles, and curves. This particular contemporary landscape design also has a sense of movement attached to it. All stonework leads to a destination of some sort. The linear pathway provides a guided tour around the home, garden, and modern art collection. The granite pathway stones create movement toward separate space where the entire experience of art, vegetation, and architecture can be viewed and experienced as a unity. Contemporary landscaping designs like create form out of feeling by using basic geometric forms and variations of forms. Sometimes very stark forms are used to create a sense of absolutism or contrast. At other times, forms are blended, or even distorted to suggest a sense of complex emotion, or a sense of multi-dimensional reality. The exact nature of the design is always highly subjective, and developed on a case-by-case basis with the client.
Culver City Backyard
Culver City Backyard
John Milander ArchitectsJohn Milander Architects
This is an example of a mid-sized modern backyard patio in Los Angeles with a fire feature and concrete pavers.
Earth, Water & Fire
Earth, Water & Fire
Gardens by Gabriel, Inc.Gardens by Gabriel, Inc.
Landscape by Gardens by Gabriel; Fire Bowl and Water Feature by Wells Concrete Works; Radial bench by TM Lewis Construction
Design ideas for a mid-sized modern backyard patio in San Luis Obispo with a water feature, concrete slab and no cover.
St. Helena Sanctuary: Pool
St. Helena Sanctuary: Pool
ballonSTUDIO interiors & remodelingballonSTUDIO interiors & remodeling
A city couple looking for a place to escape to in St. Helena, in Napa Valley, built this modern home, designed by Butler Armsden Architects. The double height main room of the house is a living room, breakfast room and kitchen. It opens through sliding doors to an outdoor dining room and lounge. We combined their treasured family heirlooms with sleek furniture to create an eclectic and relaxing sanctuary. Project designed by ballonSTUDIO. They discreetly tend to the interior design needs of their high-net-worth individuals in the greater Bay Area and to their second home locations. For more about ballonSTUDIO, see here: https://www.ballonstudio.com/ To learn more about this project, see here: https://www.ballonstudio.com/st-helena-sanctuary
Front + Backyard Design (Colorado)
Front + Backyard Design (Colorado)
Tilly | Landscape DesignTilly | Landscape Design
This customer was looking to add privacy, use less water, include raised bed garden and fire pit...making it all more their style which was a blend between modern and farmhouse.
Rock Landscaping Design Ideas - Austin, TX
Rock Landscaping Design Ideas - Austin, TX
YardDocYardDoc
YardDoc designed and created multiple rock landscapes for customers in Austin, TX. These drought resistant landscapes liven up your yard with unique designs and individual beauty. While we craft every landscape to the yard and customer, we present examples here to inspire you. In this garden, we worked with the existing trees and hedges. We added ferns and succulents to round out the look. Next, we laid mulch, then placed two planters, one containing a small tree. We created a path using dark river rocks, and large, asymmetrical, flat-topped stones as a walkway through the garden. We created shallow retaining walls of natural stone, along the path, to keep mulch free of rocks and vice versa. Finally, we placed solar lights so this area remains functional and enjoyable at night. Overall, we think this adds a wonderful, fairytale feel to this space, without the commitment to extensive maintenance and care installing a faerie garden entails.
Golf Course
Golf Course
Blooming VistasBlooming Vistas
Gorgeous modern landscape with clean lines and stunning detail.
Inspiration for a mid-sized modern front yard full sun driveway in Dallas with with rock feature, gravel and a wood fence.
Desert House - Modernism Week Featured Home
Desert House - Modernism Week Featured Home
Turkel DesignTurkel Design
Axiom Desert House by Turkel Design in Palm Springs, California ; Photo by Chase Daniel ; custom cabinetry by Turkel Design ; pool and spa by Teserra Outdoors ; ping pong table by RS Barcelona ; lift and slide doors from Marvin ; landscaping by Randy G Myers and Nurseries
Hanover Project
Hanover Project
Williams Exterior DesignWilliams Exterior Design
Inspiration for a mid-sized modern backyard rectangular infinity pool in Orange County with tile and a pool house.
North Dallas Modern Backyard
North Dallas Modern Backyard
Randy Angell DesignsRandy Angell Designs
This is an example of a mid-sized modern backyard rectangular pool in Dallas with a hot tub.
Alvarez Residence Staircase
Alvarez Residence Staircase
Top Ciment USATop Ciment USA
Felix Mizioznikov
Mid-sized modern front yard verandah in Miami with concrete slab.
MidCentury Refresh
MidCentury Refresh
Eco Landscape Design & BuildEco Landscape Design & Build
Mid-sized modern backyard partial sun garden in Los Angeles with concrete pavers.
Street View
Street View
Sundance Landscaping LimitedSundance Landscaping Limited
Trees and evergreen shrubs have accented the front walk. Boulders and more evergreen shrubs create a stunning border to the lawn.
Photo of a mid-sized modern front yard garden in Calgary with a garden path and natural stone pavers.
Inside Outside House
Inside Outside House
Mark Dziewulski ArchitectMark Dziewulski Architect
Inspiration for a mid-sized modern backyard rectangular lap pool in San Francisco with tile and a hot tub.
Modern and Colorful Front yard
Modern and Colorful Front yard
Cool Designs for LandscapesCool Designs for Landscapes
This client's house is located on a busy corner, so she wanted a 'different' fence. The fence is a zig-zag pattern in black. The stepping stones are are keep the angular design of the house. These are new plantings of salvia, agave, and various echeverias.

Mid-sized Modern Outdoor Design Ideas

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