Breathtaking Home Patio Designs

One of the biggest advantages houses have over apartments is the outdoor space. Not only is it an ideal space for entertaining your friends and family, it is also a great getaway from your daily chores and stress. That’s why you need to choose a patio design that can meet all your needs, and at the same time, look jaw-dropping beautiful. Here are a few ideas to spark your imagination.

A chef’s patio

If you love preparing food for your friends and eating in your backyard, why wouldn’t you move your kitchen outside too? Well, we don’t mean literally, but you can build an outdoor brick oven and a patio around it. You can also include cabinets for storing cookware, barbecue and a sink, so that everything you need is within your reach. Additionally, you can have a sofa, a table and a set of chairs. If you live in the area where the nights are a bit chilly, keep a few throw blankets on the sofa. As for the lighting, go for the statement chandelier.

Sit around the fire pit

For centuries, people have been gathering around the fire to share their stories, sing songs, and make friends. Evoke this feeling by building a brick or a stone fire pit. You can get some ideas at diynetwork.com . You can keep everything in the same tone, and build a stone arched seating around the fire pit, but you can also just go with several chairs. Throw in a couple of pillows for an extra comfy look, and add lighting of your choice (torches would look amazing with this setting).

Pool delight

Having a pool in your backyard is almost every homeowner’s dream, and while it is amazing to swim in your pool, it is just as nice to sit next to it and enjoy a hot summer day. To be able to make that time even more pleasant, you need to have a sitting area sheltered from the sun. You can do that by building a lovely pergola, but you can also find more affordable and simple shade structures if you just go through malibushade.com.au page. Besides chairs and a table, your poolside patio could benefit from a lounge bed or a swing couch.

Simple, yet magical

So, you have some space at the back of your house, but you don’t have any special structures, such as a pool, pergola or a fireplace? That’s ok, you can keep it simple and still create a beautiful space. All you need is a dining table, several chairs, and awesome lighting. You know what would be an awesome lighting? String lights hanged above the sitting area. You can take ordinary warm-colored bulbs or make it more fun and opt for different-colored bulbs.

Green up your patio

Most of the patios have some greenery, but in the previous examples, the greenery was pushed aside by focal points like fireplaces, tables and pools. You can choose to make the plants the star of your patio. For example, you can put your seating under a tree and hang the lights on the tree. Furthermore, you can build a lattice wall around the patio and thread it with golden hops or ivy. Potted plants can also serve to create different zones, such as entertaining and relaxing areas.

Hideaway

Even though most people choose to have a patio because of the access to the nature and fresh air, but privacy and protection from the rain, snow and other elements are also important. That’s why it is not a bad idea to decide on a screened patio. But don’t worry, you can still build the patio with removable screens or windows so that you can use this space regardless of the weather outside. Also, screened patio will allow you to enjoy all the comfort of the interior because you will be able to have electricity and indoor furniture.

The outdoor space has so much potential, and if you choose to convert it in a patio, you won’t regret it because you will always have where to spend time alone, as well as with your guests.

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The gap between the house and the fence creates a small patio with space for raised bed vegetable gardening.

A second green roof is planted with sedum and plays host to one of the family’s favorite spots: a hammock. Bentheim suggested adding a trellis overhead to soften and balance the appearance of the facade.

The architects wrapped the glazing around the corner of the living room to bring the landscape inside. The open-web trusses run continuously from indoors to out. A fleet of Modernica furnishings complement a Prototype Boomerang chair by Richard Neutra, a custom Moufelt industrial felt rug, and Circa50 butterfly chairs.

Mandel designed a six-by-eight-foot extension for additional space on the ground floor.

At night, opening the entire top floor is a breeze. Russell-Clarke and Moolsintong are even planning of rigging some kind of sail over the back patio for shade. The hot tub is by Roberts Hot Tubs.

This home keeps cool underneath a steel shading structure and a concrete foundation. Photo by David Harrison

A maple tree grows through an ipe deck in this garden that Mary Barensfeld designed for a family in Berkeley, California. A reflecting pool separates it from a granite patio, which is furnished with a Petal dining table by Richard Schultz and chairs by Mario Bellini. The 1,150-square-foot garden serves as an elegant transition from the couple’s 1964 Japanese-style town house to a small, elevated terrace with views of San Francisco Bay. Filigreed Cor-Ten steel fence screens—perforated with a water-jet cutter to cast dappled shadows on a bench and the ground below—and zigzagging board-formed concrete retaining walls are examples.

The back patio is bordered by boulders picked up on the Gambys' land. Tanya says that particular design element will be repeated in the next home they build: "We've actually unearthed one the size of a minivan that we're going to use in the bigger house."

In the rear, the master bedroom is visible in the cedar volume. The living room cantilevers over the lower patio, providing ample shade.

Landscape designer Jay Griffith recreated the area between the house and the studio.

The patio at the front of the house offers a view of the balcony that connects the second-floor bedrooms.

Even a small patio can have a monumental effect. A green wall in this kitchen patio also brings views to the higher parts of the slender town house, located in the West Village in New York. The counter and floor, clad in gray honed slate, and the teak-clad walls and bench complement the greenery.