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31 Outdoor Concrete Patio, Porch, Deck Walkways Design Photos And Ideas

Cantilevered deck from Lake Michigan shore beach side.

Rear yard

Entrance view

North East corner - The Grill'n Chill zone from mishacks' modular design system.

In the back, ferns and other shade-friendly plants thrive beneath the home’s deep overhangs.

Landscape designer Bernard Trainor’s creative use of poured-in-place concrete pavers—such as off the living room, where they break up a low-maintenance lawn of June grass—give the irregularly shaped lot a sense of order. Foxtail ferns and blue chalk sticks, a succulent, lend dashes of color to the entry courtyard, while thyme makes for a fragrant accent between the pavers.

Wire fox terrier on guard at the raised wood deck and bedroom beyond

In their concrete-walled courtyard, Yuka and Aaron watch as twins Emerson and Jasper, daughters Maude and Mirene, and Alfie the dog play. The house is painted in Black Bean Soup by Benjamin Moore, a color in keeping with the period of the original architecture

coastal midcentury modern // entry + drought-tolerant landscaping

All of the plants are native to the area. “I was trying to re-create what I have out my front door, where the park starts,” says Jon, who worked on the landscaping with Jones. “The garden is also super low-impact. I don’t water it at all, and my kill rate is less than five percent.”

Innovative path lighting

Entry Courtyard

A small side patio offers an un-hindered view of open forest.

Uptown Row consists of 10 townhomes a mere 500 feet from a light rail station in Phoenix. Each unit has a semi-private courtyard behind a spaced block wall, and a private roof deck with view of the city skyline and mountains beyond

The architecture firm tackled the hardscape: patios, pathways, and gabion walls. Landscape designer Marilyn Guidroz worked with existing native plants on the site and added more species to ensure there would be blooms year-round for the bees kept by resident Ron Krohn.

An asymmetrical mailbox incorporates mid-century geometry and new building materials into the front approach.

Garden courtyards adjacent to guest rooms

Living room garden looking west

Entry Driveway Approach

A custom rain-gutter system collects even slight amounts of precipitation in an underground cistern and distributes it to the yard. The Cor-Ten pivoting window is by Brian Linn of Vincent Designs.

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