These hand painted wooden balls make Bocce, a game with roots going all the way back to the Roman Empire, an excellent contemporary pastime for children and adults alike.

AKIKO PENTAQUE BOCCE GAME SET A beautifully designed version of the classic lawn game, bocce, the Akiko Petanque set includes a set of six chrome bocce balls and a teak box for storing and carrying the game. The box has a hinged cover with a rectangular cut out, so the teak handle can be used when the box is closed. A collaboration between Danish designer Hans Thyge and Japanese designer Akiko Kuwahata, this set can be used to play, or can be set on a bookcase or table as a distinctive display piece.

Bocce by Fredericks & Mae, $320 Bocce, a lawn game whose lineage can be traced to the Roman Empire, is modernized with this hand-painted set by a Brooklyn studio.

Landscape architect Josh Chandler installed a 13-by-61-foot bocce court alongside Russian sage and caper plants. A glass slab bench, embedded with LEDs, lights up at night.

A beautifully designed version of the classic lawn game, Pétanque—a French version of Italy's bocce—the Akiko Petanque set includes a set of six chrome boule balls and a target ball, packaged in a teak box for storing and carrying the game. The box has a hinged cover with a rectangular cut-out, so the teak handle can be used when the box is closed.

Bocce set by Fredericks and Mae, $320 at fredericksandmae.myshopify.com Featuring hand-painted wooden balls, a jack, and a carrying bag, this elevated bocce set is a keepsake that kids can enjoy well into adulthood. (Check out more modern games we love here.)

The bocce court sits between the master bedroom patio and an outdoor dining area featuring Jean-Marie Massaud’s Seashell chairs from Dedon. To bring in natural light while limiting direct exposure, the couple designed a horizontal window for the music room.

The main terrace is defined on one edge by a bocce court

Beyond the bocce court is the skate bowl, which the Wessels designed with CA RampWorks.

Complemented by 5,600 square feet of outdoor space, the enclosed passage opens up to a central courtyard with a bocce court and a saltwater lap pool.

Also on the second floor, Bar Feroce’s Backyard features a terra-cotta pizza oven and a made-for-Moxy bocce drinking game. Vinyl artwork inspired by the garden of Eden, designed by En Viu, screens the windows.

This well-appointed home boasts cheerful, design-minded interiors. The backyard provides a seemingly endless list of activities: Guests can swim in the saltwater pool, play bocce on the at-home court, or follow the sun in the several seating areas.

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The remodel maximized the backyard, adding a pool, cabana, bocce ball court, and eating area.

The couple kept the existing bocce court, and added throwback seating to match the midcentury mood.

Designer Raili Clasen forged through a challenging loan process to salvage a rundown property—saving its bocce court in the process.

Lavender enhances the terrace and bocce court

View of the courtyard and bocce ball court.

A bocce ball court rests on the side of the house for some hidden fun.

Covered Patio Overlooking Bocce Ball Court

Master bedroom looks out at bocce ball area.

After remodel, the back yard has a Bocce Court now

Bocce ball court, perfect for a summer evening filled with fun.

Beyond the bocce court is the skate bowl, which the Wessels designed with CA RampWorks.

This is a before photo of where the expanded patio and bocce court are now.

A unique feature, the home has its very own bocce court in the backyard.

A bocce court is located where there was formerly a large pile of firewood covered in tarps

Attendees can play traditional lawn games like croquet and bocce ball.

Expansive lower view terrace for dining and lounging. Pool, spa, bocce ball court.

Expanded and renovated rear yard with deck, bocce court and featuring giant Monterrey Cypress