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Upton Architecture, LLC
Ken Wyner Photography
This is an example of a small traditional front yard verandah in DC Metro with tile and a roof extension.
This is an example of a small traditional front yard verandah in DC Metro with tile and a roof extension.
Kitchens by Matric
To execute this outdoor alfresco kitchen to meet and exceed Australian Fire Safety Standards, we used complete reconstituted stone bench tops and included this beside and around the entire built-in BBQ. Heat and moisture resistant board was used for the doors and carcasses to give a luxurious feel to this outdoor kitchen. Complete with an outdoor dining table and chairs, an outdoor bar fridge and an outdoor rangehood, this space is sure to be bustling with entertainment all year round.
Desert Landscape Design P.L.L.C.
New plantings provide color, attract hummingbirds, and fit the space. Linda Strader
This is an example of a small backyard full sun xeriscape for spring in Phoenix with natural stone pavers.
This is an example of a small backyard full sun xeriscape for spring in Phoenix with natural stone pavers.
Pickel Landscape Group
All boulders were found on property and used to make the walls.
Design ideas for a small country backyard shaded garden in Philadelphia with a fire feature and natural stone pavers.
Design ideas for a small country backyard shaded garden in Philadelphia with a fire feature and natural stone pavers.
Betz Pools Limited
A little 'oasis' was created in this compact urban yard as a 'mini pool' for a family with young children. The plunge-pool/spa with black slate interior and integrated rock feature, has a waterfall surrounded by the lush plantings. The deck is natural square-cut flagstone set on a concrete base. A natural cedar hedge and custom cedar side screens provide privacy. With equipment in the garage, insulated plumbing lines and a custom cover allow for year round use. (8 x 13, kidney shape)
dp environments
Floating wood and smooth stucco entry wall with stainless mounted address numbers. Decorative gravel in custom modular concrete pads. Contemporary wood bench. Dry stream bed with natural river rock boulders offsets the tight geometry of the entry. Xeriscape drought tolerant landscape plants with succulents, native grasses and shrubs. Plants include Kangaroo Paw, Agave Attenuata, Coleonema 'Sunset', Agave 'Blue Glow', Pennisetum 'Fireworks', Cercidium 'Desert Museum', Salvia Gregii, Escallonia Fradesii, Festuca Glauca, and several varieties of Echeveria.
Photos by Dominic Masiello. Plants sourced from budgetplants.com.
Studio CrowleyHall, pllc
Michael K. Wilkinson
Small contemporary rooftop and rooftop deck in DC Metro with a container garden.
Small contemporary rooftop and rooftop deck in DC Metro with a container garden.
Solana Outdoor Living
A patio dining vignette at the Solana Outdoor Living Design Center.
Inspiration for a small arts and crafts patio in Phoenix with an outdoor kitchen and concrete pavers.
Inspiration for a small arts and crafts patio in Phoenix with an outdoor kitchen and concrete pavers.
Exterior Worlds Landscaping & Design
This shade arbor, located in The Woodlands, TX north of Houston, spans the entire length of the back yard. It combines a number of elements with custom structures that were constructed to emulate specific aspects of a Zen garden. The homeowner wanted a low-maintenance garden whose beauty could withstand the tough seasonal weather that strikes the area at various times of the year. He also desired a mood-altering aesthetic that would relax the senses and calm the mind. Most importantly, he wanted this meditative environment completely shielded from the outside world so he could find serenity in total privacy.
The most unique design element in this entire project is the roof of the shade arbor itself. It features a “negative space” leaf pattern that was designed in a software suite and cut out of the metal with a water jet cutter. Each form in the pattern is loosely suggestive of either a leaf, or a cluster of leaves.
These small, negative spaces cut from the metal are the source of the structure’ powerful visual and emotional impact. During the day, sunlight shines down and highlights columns, furniture, plantings, and gravel with a blend of dappling and shade that make you feel like you are sitting under the branches of a tree.
At night, the effects are even more brilliant. Skillfully concealed lights mounted on the trusses reflect off the steel in places, while in other places they penetrate the negative spaces, cascading brilliant patterns of ambient light down on vegetation, hardscape, and water alike.
The shade arbor shelters two gravel patios that are almost identical in space. The patio closest to the living room features a mini outdoor dining room, replete with tables and chairs. The patio is ornamented with a blend of ornamental grass, a small human figurine sculpture, and mid-level impact ground cover.
Gravel was chosen as the preferred hardscape material because of its Zen-like connotations. It is also remarkably soft to walk on, helping to set the mood for a relaxed afternoon in the dappled shade of gently filtered sunlight.
The second patio, spaced 15 feet away from the first, resides adjacent to the home at the opposite end of the shade arbor. Like its twin, it is also ornamented with ground cover borders, ornamental grasses, and a large urn identical to the first. Seating here is even more private and contemplative. Instead of a table and chairs, there is a large decorative concrete bench cut in the shape of a giant four-leaf clover.
Spanning the distance between these two patios, a bluestone walkway connects the two spaces. Along the way, its borders are punctuated in places by low-level ornamental grasses, a large flowering bush, another sculpture in the form of human faces, and foxtail ferns that spring up from a spread of river rock that punctuates the ends of the walkway.
The meditative quality of the shade arbor is reinforced by two special features. The first of these is a disappearing fountain that flows from the top of a large vertical stone embedded like a monolith in the other edges of the river rock. The drains and pumps to this fountain are carefully concealed underneath the covering of smooth stones, and the sound of the water is only barely perceptible, as if it is trying to force you to let go of your thoughts to hear it.
A large piece of core-10 steel, which is deliberately intended to rust quickly, rises up like an arced wall from behind the fountain stone. The dark color of the metal helps the casual viewer catch just a glimpse of light reflecting off the slow trickle of water that runs down the side of the stone into the river rock bed.
To complete the quiet moment that the shade arbor is intended to invoke, a thick wall of cypress trees rises up on all sides of the yard, completely shutting out the disturbances of the world with a comforting wall of living greenery that comforts the thoughts and emotions.
Schachne Architects & Builders
Free standing cabana
Small tropical backyard patio in Miami with an outdoor kitchen and a gazebo/cabana.
Small tropical backyard patio in Miami with an outdoor kitchen and a gazebo/cabana.
Apartment 46 for the Home
Busy professional with a small condominium garden wanted a Zen, clean space with easy-care plantings. The Asparagus ferns were baby-small at this point and have now grow tremendously to fill in the space.
Photos: Melisa Bleasdale
Judd Builders
Design ideas for a small modern backyard and ground level deck in Other with a roof extension and cable railing.
June Scott Design
Red jar fountain with stones, seating, decomposed granite and California native plantings.
Photo of a small arts and crafts front yard full sun xeriscape for spring in Los Angeles with decomposed granite.
Photo of a small arts and crafts front yard full sun xeriscape for spring in Los Angeles with decomposed granite.
David Male Gardens
Designed and planted by www.davidmalegardens.com. Photo by David Male
Design ideas for a small modern backyard partial sun garden for summer in London.
Design ideas for a small modern backyard partial sun garden for summer in London.
Amazon Landscaping and Garden Design
Gold Granite Patio Boxwood Lollipop planting in urban Garden Design by Amazon Landscaping
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Amazonlandscaping.ie
Photo of a small contemporary backyard partial sun formal garden for summer in Dublin with a garden path, natural stone pavers and a wood fence.
Photo of a small contemporary backyard partial sun formal garden for summer in Dublin with a garden path, natural stone pavers and a wood fence.
Ketti Kupper Conscious Life Design
Concrete slab and deck sections create a path to the front door in a sea of decorative pebbles. This is all about the design and very limited water and maintenance needed. Photo by Ketti Kupper
NorthPoint Appliance
Design ideas for a small country backyard patio in Atlanta with an outdoor kitchen, concrete slab and a roof extension.
m2project
Мелекесцева Ольга
Inspiration for a small scandinavian balcony for for apartments in Moscow with no cover.
Inspiration for a small scandinavian balcony for for apartments in Moscow with no cover.
Small Brown Outdoor Design Ideas
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