This addition redesigned the feel of this backyard! The Covered Patio boasts beautiful stackstone column bases and cedar structure with tongue and groove ceiling. Enhancing this outdoor living and dining space, stamped concrete with curve appeal adds variation from the traditional concrete slab. The Outdoor Kitchen is nestled nicely underneath the patio cover leaving plenty of space for outdoor entertainment. The grill and granite countertops make preparing a meal easy to do while enjoying the gorgeous lake view! The gable roof with high ceiling creates lovely appeal for this outdoor structure.

Mid-sized country backyard patio in Tampa with an outdoor kitchen, stamped concrete and a pergola.

We are now offering a beautiful, fully operative Bahama Shutter! With these high quality fully functioning shutters you are able to use your outdoor space 365 days a year. Wood grain powder coating, traditional powder coating, multiple blade sizes, and security options are available. Enclose a balcony or patio With our movable louvered Bahama Shutters, you are able to create an outdoor room like an outdoor kitchen, add shutters for security screens, give strength and durability in high traffic areas with kids or pets, and protect your home against intruders.

This is a great night shot of the outdoor living space and outdoor kitchen.
Large traditional backyard patio in Vancouver with an outdoor kitchen, stamped concrete and a pergola.

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Large transitional backyard patio in Dallas with stamped concrete, a gazebo/cabana and an outdoor kitchen.

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This is an example of a large traditional backyard patio in Other with an outdoor kitchen, stamped concrete and a gazebo/cabana.

The stamped concrete looks like real natural stone on this Salt Lake backyard patio. The Belgard pavers that make the retaining wall and outdoor kitchen look lovely with the natural look of the concrete.

Design ideas for a large backyard patio in Atlanta with a fire feature and stamped concrete.

Design ideas for a mid-sized backyard patio in Charlotte with stamped concrete.

This sidewalk uses the Grand Ashler Slate pattern and a slate gray color. The old sidewalk was done in bricks, overgrown by pacassandra, too narrow, and too close to the house. We replaced it with a winding sidewalk, that flares out and meets the driveway where guests will park.

Large beach style backyard patio in Los Angeles with a water feature, stamped concrete and a gazebo/cabana.

Design ideas for a mid-sized traditional backyard patio in Denver with stamped concrete and a pergola.

Design ideas for a traditional backyard patio in Cincinnati with stamped concrete.

Open louvers on a clear day allow for airflow and visibility while still providing privacy from the neighbors
Country backyard patio in Dallas with an outdoor kitchen, stamped concrete and a roof extension.

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Photo of a small eclectic side yard patio in Dallas with a container garden, stamped concrete and a roof extension.

A gabled roof extension serves as the patio cover of this large, Houston outdoor entertaining space. This outdoor design is rustic and cozy, with the warm, earthy tones of the wood ceiling, tile floor and exposed brick. The scrollwork of the Mission style lanterns also adds a Spanish Mission flavor. brickwww.outdoorhomescapes.com

Our clients were working around the clock, so it was important to them to create a space that felt like a relaxing vacation in their home. They also wanted to make sure that the design felt fuller and larger than the limited space we were working with, since they are surrounded by fences on all sides. The rods and spa were custom made to fit their needs, the stand alone in-ground spa is about 18' above ground.

A slightly raised patio using retaining wall units is the low-maintenance beautiful alternative to a wooden deck. Willow Creek Slatestone pavers are a beautiful patio surface for any home, from classic to contemporary.

Our Houston landscaping team was recently honored to collaborate with renowned architectural firm Murphy Mears. Murphy Mears builds superb custom homes throughout the country. A recent project for a Houston resident by the name of Borow involved a custom home that featured an efficient, elegant, and eclectic modern architectural design. Ms. Borow is very environmentally conscious and asked that we follow some very strict principles of conservation when developing her landscaping design plan. In many ways you could say this Houston landscaping project was green on both an aesthetic level and a functional level. We selected affordable ground cover that spread very quickly to provide a year round green color scheme that reflected much of the contemporary artwork within the interior of the home. Environmentally speaking, our project was also green in the sense that it focused on very primitive drought resistant plant species and tree preservation strategies. The resulting yard design ultimately functioned as an aesthetic mirror to the abstract forms that the owner prefers in wall art. One of the more notable things we did in this Houston landscaping project was to build the homeowner a gravel patio near the front entrance to the home. The homeowner specifically requested that we disconnect the irrigation system that we had installed in the yard because she wanted natural irrigation and drainage only. The gravel served this wish superbly. Being a natural drain in its own respect, it provided a permeable surface that allowed rainwater to soak through without collecting on the surface. More importantly, the gravel was the only material that could be laid down near the roots of the magnificent trees in Ms. Borow’s yard. Any type of stone, concrete, or brick that is used in more typical Houston landscaping plans would have been out of the question. A patio made from these materials would have either required cutting into tree roots, or it would have impeded their future growth. The specific species chosen for ground cover also bear noting. The two primary plants used were jasmine and iris. Monkey grass was also used to a small extent as a border around the edge of the house. Irises were planted in front of the house, and the jasmine was planted beneath the trees. Both are very fast growing, drought resistant species that require very little watering. However, they do require routine pruning, which Ms. Borow said she had no problem investing in. Such lawn alternatives are frequently used in Houston landscaping projects that for one reason or the other require something other than a standard planting of carpet grass. In this case, the motivation had nothing to do with finances, but rather a conscientious effort on Ms. Borow’s part to practice water conservation and tree preservation. Other hardscapes were then introduced into this green design to better support the home architecture. A stepping stone walkway was built using plain concrete pads that are very simple and modern in their aesthetic. These lead up to the front stair case with four inch steps that Murphy Mears designed for maximum ergonomics and comfort. There were a few softscape elements that we added to complete the Houston landscaping design. A planting of River Birch trees was introduced near the side of the home. River Birch trees are very attractive, light green trees that do not grow that tall. This eliminates any possible conflict between the tree roots and the home foundation. Murphy Mears also built a very elegant fence that transitioned the geometry of the house down to the city sidewalk. The fence sharply parallels the linear movement of the house. We introduced some climbing vines to help soften the fence and to harmonize its aesthetic with that of the trees, ground cover, and grass along the sidewalk.