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23 Landscaping Ideas for Small Backyards
Making the Most of a Petite Plot of Land
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Lisa Hallett Taylor
Lisa Hallett Taylor
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Not everyone is blessed with a big backyard. For those who live in places with tighter outdoor spaces, it's just a matter of practicing smart design on a smaller scale. Whether you live in an apartment, condo, townhouse, loft, or a house that has more indoor than outdoor space, you can still carve out a yard with soil, trees, plants, patios, seating, and even water features.
Once you start researching, you'll find that garden styles and solutions are limitless—there's a backyard for every petite plot of land. Among ideas to consider:
- Container gardens: When you lack good soil or have an outdoor space that is mostly patio or decking, add pots, low bowls, repurposed wooden boxes or crates, and urns
- Think about vertical space: The sky's the limit when you grow your succulents, herbs, flowers, or even vegetables in a vertical container that is attached to a wall
- Hanging garden: Plants can be suspended from beams, eaves, or wall hangers; it's up to you what to plant and what works in your region
- A no-fuss patio or deck that allows you to get outside and has water-wise plants that don't require lots of care and maintenance
- A small kitchen and dining area: Love to grill? If space allows, you can add a basic grill, counter, outdoor refrigerator, and even grow a small herb garden to add flavor on the spot
- A private garden: City-dwellers often crave outdoor space.
High walls and espaliered or climbing plants help to create a sense of seclusion
We've found 23 diverse designs and solutions for small backyards and outdoor spaces, from urban to suburban and everything else in between.
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Tucson Small Yard Design
Kathryn PrideauxKathryn Prideaux works magic with small spaces in Tucson and other Arizona cities, infusing the colors of the sky, surrounding terrain, and nature into her landscape designs for patio homes and condominiums. She expertly fuses styles and materials: rejuvenating mid-century modern outdoor furniture, adding rustic materials, finding innovative uses for colorful tile, and incorporating sculptural forms and succulents.
Although Tucson's Skyline Springs condominium complex has a swimming pool, the owners of this unit wanted a private pool. Prideaux Design, with the help of Cimarron Circle Construction Company, designed a stunning blue glass mosaic-tile pool as the yard's centerpiece, with a ledge for in-pool lounge chairs when desert temperatures spike. Additional features include a poured-in-place etched concrete patio, rusted steel panels and walls, original adobe block walls, and a revitalized vintage Brown Jordan patio dining set.
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Yard for a Historic Home
Jacobs GrantGerman Village in Columbus, Ohio, is a neighborhood of brick row houses built in the 1800s by German immigrants that has been undergoing preservation and revitalization since 1959. A small backyard in the district that had faded concrete pavers and an oversized iron table was transformed by Jacobs Grant Design into a functional, enjoyable space for its new homeowners. Jacobs Grant divided the space into two areas: an outdoor living room and a dining area, surrounded by hornbeam and boxwood hedges to create intimacy and structure.
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Spanish Bungalow
Dig Your GardenFor decades, lawns have been the go-to ground cover without anyone giving it much thought. That is until the ongoing drought in California and other dry regions forced landscapers and homeowners to rethink water-guzzling grass and come up with alternatives. Dig Your Garden's solution for the small yard of an older Spanish-style bungalow in San Anselmo, California, was to replace the grass with creeping thyme and other low-water ground covers and plants. A new Arizona flagstone pathway was added, along with a small patio that repeats the terra cotta tones found elsewhere on the home's exterior.
Other features, kept to a minimum, include an orange Fermob armchair, colorful pottery, and drought-tolerant plants like tibouchina, lion's tail, lavenders, rosemary, yarrow, sunset hyssop, dwarf strawberry tree, and various succulents and ornamental grass.
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Turning the Front Yard Into the Backyard
Catherine BoslerWhat do you do when your house has no backyard? You borrow space wherever you can find it. In this case, landscape designer Catherine Bosler looked to the 560-square-foot front yard for this Los Angeles area property. Inspired by the nearby coast, Bosler Earth Design added a wood deck painted in a distressed grey to create a living room with a fire pit. An outdoor dining area and has decomposed granite (DG) underfoot and features a grill and prep counter. Bosler also incorporated a tall fountain to mask street noise and attract birds, added built-in benches of wood and stucco, privacy hedges, and a trellis with jasmine for its appealing fragrance.
"The challenge was to fit everything into such a small space without feeling contrived and overdone and to make the space very private," says Bosler.
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Backyard with a Hot Tub and Barbecue
Land Studio CA falling-apart deck and a desire to get rid of their lawn prompted the owners of this San Francisco home to enlist Land Studio C.
Measuring about 1,500 square feet, the backyard now features a hot tub with a custom bench and vertical planting (back corner), a fire table, built-in barbecue, Corten (weathering) steel accents, and string lights. In this view of the yard, we see a pathway of concrete pavers set in pea gravel, land a lounging area with an umbrella and delineated hardscape. The hot tub's screening wall, bench, and a side yard screen were made from the old redwood deck.
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Another Part of the Yard
Land StudioYes, this is the same yard in the same fairly small space, designed by Land Studio C for a house in San Francisco. Viewed from the middle of the yard toward the house, you can see the outdoor living room with the fire table, dining area, and small back porch.
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Asian-Inspired Backyard
Change of SeasonsSacramento-based design firm Change of Seasons was inspired by the dividers of a Bento Box for its remodel of a backyard that features stone-lined sections or compartments to add interest and structure to an eco-friendly contemporary garden.
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Tiny Toronto Backyard
Beyond LandscapingWorking with limited space, Beyond Landscaping was able to create a low-maintenance retreat in the backyard of a home in Toronto, Canada, that features a small fiberglass pool, composite decking, a horizontal fence for privacy, and artificial turf.
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Family-Friendly San Francisco Backyard
CreoThe challenge: To design a backyard for a young family in San Francisco that could include room for dining and seating along with space for two little boys to let their imaginations run wild. Creo Landscape Architecture planted bluegrass and no-mow fescue on a berm for the children to play, along with interactive sculptures. Creo used durable redwood to build the fence and bench, while Podocarpus (plum pines) provide softscape and privacy. When not in use, the kids' outdoor toys are stored in the redwood benches.
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Neat and Vertical Backyard
Megan MaloyEmma Lam and her design team at A Small Green Space specialize in small yards: the bulk of their clients are in Jersey County, New Jersey, and nearby New York City.
This 16 by 11.5-foot urban backyard is shared by three condos, making it a challenge for the designers to access via three private flights of stairs that lead to the yard. Since there is no outdoor water supply, the plants chosen are drought tolerant. Among the upgrades to the neat, symmetrical design include: - Lightweight furniture
- New fencing that includes vertical planters
- A bluestone patio
- An artificial lawn
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Small Backyard With Planters
KL DesignsThe owners of this small yard in the San Francisco Bay area hired KL Designs to redesign their outdoor space to accommodate raised wood planters in which they can grow vegetables and herbs. Building raised beds allow the plants to grow in quality soil, keeps them away from city-dwelling critters (such as squirrels and mice), and provides easy access for maintaining the vegetables.
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Organized Backyard Layout
Blue HibiscusFor symmetry and organization, a patio made of irregularly shaped Arizona flagstone was replaced by designers Blue Hibiscus Gardens with rectangular bluestone tiles in an ashlar pattern.
A matching side patio was added using base rock and pre-cut pavers. A cozy deck features built-in seating and a concrete-top natural gas fire pit with prism fire glass. New plants include a Japanese maple and Pittosporum 'Silver Sheen'. -
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Reimagined Brooklyn Brownstone
Irene Kalina-JonesWith the children outgrowing the kid-oriented yard, a Brooklyn couple, both professors, decided to renovate the garden of their Brooklyn brownstone. With the help of Outside Space NYC, the backyard was divided into three areas with different levels. In this area of the yard, a geometric pergola provides shade and creates a comfortable seating area on the ipe deck. Raised stacked-stone beds are planted with a mix of low-maintenance shrubs, perennials, and ornamental grasses. The homeowner added a modern, lightweight outdoor sofa and coffee table for a mid-century feel.
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Brooklyn Bluestone
Amber Scott FredaAnother backyard in Brooklyn was redesigned by Amber Freda Landscape Design as a space for entertaining and relaxation.
A bluestone patio, custom horizontal planter boxes with casters for mobility, and fencing made of Ipe complement the outdoor kitchen and seating area with a fire pit. Freda's challenge for this space: using the right plants for the widely varying pockets of sun and shade throughout the yard. In addition to a lush mix of flowering annuals and perennials, Freda used sweet potato vine, trumpet vine, Japanese maple, ornamental grasses, and dogwoods. Everything is equipped with automated low-voltage uplighting and drip irrigation lines. -
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Gazebo Focal Point
FernhillA stunning wood gazebo is the centerpiece of a backyard in the quaint town of Lititz, Pennsylvania, designed by Fernhill Landscapes. With upholstery, pillows, and flowering plants that harmonize, the space is intimate and appealing.
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Downtown Chicago Pad
Reveal DesignBesides Wrigley Field, the next-best place to enjoy a Chicago Cubs game is your own backyard, right in downtown Chicago.
Created by Reveal Design, the linear design features a patio was made with Technoblock pavers, Ipe, black steel and frosted-glass fencing, aluminum powder-coated planters, and the fire table and grill area are framed with Ipe. The illuminated orbs can be adjusted to change colors for holidays or sports on TV. -
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Natural Berkeley Backyard
Green AlchemyGuided by the belief that gardens should blend seamlessly with the lives of their owners, Deborah Kuchar of Green Alchemy created a casual outdoor space for a house in Berkeley, California, that features natural materials like stone along with plants that create a lush, private space. Simple, classic butterfly chairs and a fire pit are surrounded by angel's trumpet and lavender, among other growing things.
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Luxurious Lissoni in Miami
RitzItalian architect and designer Piero Lissoni created the namesake Villa Lissoni at The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Miami Beach, a seven-acre property with more than 100 condominiums and a limited collection of 15 standalone properties.
This upscale condo features a small, lush yard with tropical landscaping (including orchids), a private infinity pool (the property also has pools on-site), and patios that are accessible via floor-to-ceiling glass doors. -
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Yard with Zones
Land AestheticSan Diego enjoys one of the most ideal climates in the United States (or anywhere), which is why the owners of this home in Encinitas sought assistance from Envision Landscape Studio to make the most out of their backyard space. Divided into zones or sections, the yard includes a lawn for pets and children, a fire pit with casual seating, a covered outdoor living room, a dining area, and a water feature, all surrounded by low-maintenance landscaping.
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Planter with a Purpose
Bradford AssociatesPeeking through the gate of a backyard in Providence, Rhode Island, remodeled by Bradford Associates, you can catch a glimpse of new fencing, a patio with lightweight furniture, and a raised bed that not only allows its owners to grow plants but helps to screen an adjacent raised filtration area.
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Corner Backyard in Virginia
Heart's EaseTucked into a corner of a backyard, a composite-decking bench was placed in front of a mature hydrangea bush to create an appealing nook. Designed by Peggy Krapf of Heart's Ease Landscape and Garden Design in Toano, Virginia, the space features a bench that is set on a stone pad to create a level surface. Urns planted with annual color can be changed out seasonally.
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Clean-Line Backyard Design
Christy WebberSymmetry, geometric design, and organization are often key to designing small backyards. Christy Webber Landscapes was inspired by this Chicago homeowner's recent interior renovation--modern and using clean lines--to extend living space to the yard. The patio is paved with bluestone with blue-chip joints. A privacy fence is softened with medium-sized trees, like Japanese maple trees, along with birch and spruce trees, while boxwood, rhododendron, arborvitae, and pachysandra add year-round interest.
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Super Small Backyard Turned into a Dream
Magic LandscapingAndrew Shepherd of Magic Landscaping was tasked with creating a backyard for a historic home in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. The challenge: "It had absolutely no backyard. What was there was about 20 feet deep and about 100 feet wide. The project scope was to create interest, beauty, privacy, and intimate spaces so that the family could go outside and spend time together," says Shepherd.
Using a combination of limestone boulders, Delaware pea gravel, cedar mulch, and lush greenery, Magic created fairytale-like paths, a fire pit, a trampoline for the kids, and a dining area.
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Plan Your Space
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You might think that keeping a small yard open and loosely planned would make it feel bigger, but the opposite is true. The key to a more spacious feeling is all in the organization.
Define the spaces in your small yard and make their purposes clear. Delineate a dining or lounging area with a stone patio, or separate the play area from the dining area with plantings. All of a sudden, it looks like there's so much more space.
Related: 1 Dozen Ways to Make the Most of a Small Yard
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Play Up the Side Yard
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Side yards are often ignored, or just relegated to garbage can storage. Used correctly, however, this precious square footage can help you expand your usable space. Incorporate the side yard into your landscaping plan by planting a culinary herb garden, or add a slim cafe table for a morning coffee retreat. Surely, you can find room for those garbage cans in the garage.
Related: 10 Inspiring Ideas for Your Side Yard
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Create a Destination
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A small yard will feel more grand if you turn it into a destination.
Create an outdoor room with a nicely arranged patio set and grill. Or add a special feature like a fountain, fire pit, or cozy reading nook to make this tiny spot worth the visit.
Related: No Money to Burn? 9 Fire Pits You Can Afford
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Frame a View
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Architectural features like arbors or pergolas are perennial favorites in small yards. Use one to frame a view, hang a swing, or even plant a climbing garden. The height of these backyard structures gives the illusion of more space, while the features themselves add interest and character.
Related: 9 Creative Ways to Build a Backyard Hangout
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Choose the Right Trees
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You can plant trees in a small yard so long as you choose ones that grow up instead of out. Taller, thinner shapes, such as columnar evergreens, and dwarf varieties of shrubs will give you lush landscaping without eating up all your space.
Related: 10 of the Best Trees for Any Backyard
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Use Levels
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Incorporating terraced landscaping helps to designate spaces, making a small yard look bigger. Elevate your dining area, or sink a conversation pit around an outdoor fireplace. Terracing can also carve out more space for plantings, while a lower wall can double as bench seating.
Related: 10 Outdoor Living Ideas to Steal from California
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Skip the Fence
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With the neighbors close by, you may feel the urge to put up a privacy fence. Try to resist. Your yard will appear bigger if the eye can take in the plantings and trees beyond your property line. With a continuous view, the unobstructed greenery can all seem part of the same landscape.
Related: 11 Ideas for Better Backyard Privacy
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Garden Vertically
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Attention plant lovers: filling a small yard with shrubs and flowers is a surefire way to clutter the space. Instead, grow your garden vertically with hanging baskets, wall-mounted flower pots, or stacked crates of greenery. You’ll add color without taking up precious real estate on the ground.
Related: 12 Backyard Updates You Can Do in a Day
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Stick with Small Furniture
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Not only does bulky patio furniture take up lots of space, it also overwhelms a tiny backyard. Stick with smaller pieces instead—preferably ones with a see-through pattern, which lets the eye travel further.
Related: 15 Doable Designs for DIY Outdoor Furniture
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Shop Smartly
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When shopping for a small yard, always buy patio furniture that’s versatile and functional.
For example, collapsible chairs and portable fire pits can be stashed inside the garage whenever you need more space. Double-duty pieces (like a bench that converts into a picnic table) also create less clutter, making your yard appear bigger than it is.
Related: 8 DIY Pick-Me-Ups for a Plain Patio
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Texturize Your Yard
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It’s true that layers of plants, shrubs, and garden features add interest to a yard. Thankfully for homeowners with limited space to spare, texture also creates the same eye-catching affect. Select a handful of plants with a variety of textures, like wispy ornamental grasses, coarse Canna lilies, and delicate cosmos. When arranging your flower beds, place the bolder varieties near the front to create an illusion of depth.
Related: 25 Plants for Your Easiest Garden Ever
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Create Curves
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Straight garden features sometimes look blunt and unsatisfying.
To add depth and dimension, rely on winding and curving lines instead, whether it’s for a garden path or landscape edging. The swirling shape draws the eye, creating a sense of movement and opening up the space.
Related: Edge Your Beds: 11 Easy Ideas for Landscape Borders
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Store Items in the Garage
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If possible, don’t impose on your yard with clunky sheds or storage bins. Keep clutter at bay by stashing yard tools, outdoor equipment, and children’s toys in the garage instead. As a result, your property will look larger and more streamlined.
Related: 9 Clever Landscaping Hacks for Your Best-Ever Yard
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Blur the Lines
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Take a cue from warm-weather dwellers by blending your indoor and outdoor living spaces. Transitional features like large glass windows and sliding doors create a seamless boundary, giving the illusion of a bigger backyard.
Related: 14 Spaces That Blur the Line Between Indoors and Out
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Bigger and Better
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You can have big beauty and big fun, even in a small yard.
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An example of the original design: a small pergola in the courtyard of a private house in the backyard in the neoclassical (modern classic) style with a covering of stone paving and fence
Brooklyn Backyard fit for a Fiesta
Brooklinteriors
Brooklyn backyard patio design in Prospect Heights for a young, professional couple who loves to both entertain and relax! This space includes a West Elm outdoor sectional and round concrete outdoor coffee table.
Kalorama Contemporary
JHLA | Jennifer Horn Landscape Architecture
Our clients on this project were inspired by their travels to Asia and wanted to mimic this aesthetic at their DC property. We designed a water feature that effectively masks adjacent traffic noise and maintains a small footprint.
Modern Landscape Construction
TRU Landscape Services
As you can see, this little space is very inviting. Despite its compact size, the area is very comfortable and can seat plenty of family and friends. The fire pit serves as a focal point for this area, providing light and heat to cool clear nights outdoors. Also note the custom benches, and interlocking pavers. TRU Landscape Services
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SJS Studios Inc.
Bluestone Pavers, custom Teak Wood banquette with cement tile inlay, Bluestone firepit, custom outdoor kitchen with Teak Wood, concrete waterfall countertop with Teak surround.
Dallas Small Yard - Spectacular Pool/Fountain
Mike Farley Pool Designer, SWD, ASLA
Dallas Small Yard - Spectacular Fountain/Pool. This one of a kind fountain blends with this traditional home and is inspired by Italy's Villa D' Este Walk of 100 Fountains. To create a lush garden feel and still have lots of room for gatherings generally is a challenge but we were able to strike the right balance. The center fountain provides a focal point from the home. The brick patterns and color was an exact match to the home brick details and was carried to the brick surround of the fountain sconces. Also, the center water feature provides some seating with the raised basin and tied in with the raised planters which created maximum privacy with the plantings. The lower basin provided a wrap around feature to enjoy throughout the space and lengthen the line of sight. Black Granite was used inside the feature for more reflection and contrast.
Lush plantings, pots, a living green wall and the synthetic grass create a definite garden feel, but still allow plenty of space to entertain all day or all night under the string lights. So come on over and enjoy this small but sensational backyard. FarleyPoolDesigns.com
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Contemporary backyard space includes and in ground spa, fire feature, water feature, gardens and outdoor living space. Designed and built exclusively by Elite Pool Design.
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Original design example of a small modernist backyard yard with fire pit and paving stones
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Inspiration for home comfort: a small pergola in the courtyard of a private house in the backyard in a classic style with an outdoor fireplace and paving with clinker paving stones
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Inspiration for home comfort: a small gazebo in the backyard of a private house in the side yard in a modern style with stone paving
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Although the warm season is already far behind, most owners of country houses continue to cherish ideas about decorating their plots. A few decades ago, these ideas and thoughts were directly related to the use of homestead land for sowing and harvesting. Now, the owners of summer and country estates have changed their orientation from a labor camp to a place for family vacations.
In this article we will look at photos of the views of the backyard, get acquainted with the design solutions that can be applied.
We will select the simplest concepts for the design of the given type of area.
If you own a private or country mansion, then you have an idea that the design of the area adjacent to the dwelling is just as important as the arrangement of the internal space of the house.
Everyone has heard about the term "landscape design", even the inhabitants of remote villages. But not everyone will agree to exchange the harmonious placement of flower beds for an artificial fountain or pond.
Homeowners love beautiful yet versatile backyard designs. Therefore, in order for your efforts to turn into a pleasing picture, you need to seriously approach the planning of the area.
At the same time, it is not necessary to spend a lot of money to improve the surrounding area, just a small fraction of your free time will suffice.
In order for a beautiful backyard to delight your eyes for many years, you need to find time to maintain all the buildings, furniture, ponds in order.
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Backyard layout
The courtyard of a country house is a nearby area that welcomes both owners and guests. We can say with confidence that the first impression of the owners is formed from the very first minutes, as soon as they approach the exit to the backyard or garden plot.
Before decorating the backyard of a private house, think about what is the concept of beauty for you? Visualize the desired result, and focus on what matters to you: practicality in use, stay in it, or attractiveness and magnificence of design?
Pay attention to your lifestyle, the presence of children or animals, the frequency of meetings with friends, organizing parties. The choice of details and elements of the courtyard interior depends on the answers to the above questions and on personal preferences.
If you take into account all sorts of nuances at the initial stage, then in the future, you will save a considerable amount of money and time for changing, finalizing and straightening the design of the backyard.
The main condition on which your landscape design depends is the size of the plot. If the area is large, then the only thing that will limit the flight of your fantasies will be the lack of a lot of money. Important in planning is the type of soil, placement in relation to the cardinal points.
If you have a small area, it is important not to "litter" it with unnecessary details and use every free square meter for aesthetic benefit. Therefore, it is necessary to determine the priorities, because it is impossible to place a place for a hammock, a barbecue, a playground on a few square meters.
Having decided and choosing the best option, we go to recreate the practical part, that is, the placement of all elements and objects. Professional designers advise dividing it into square segments for easier and rational use of space, each of which will contain a certain detail (flower beds, ponds, furniture, gazebos).
Using this technique, the entire area will be evenly filled with various buildings or decorations in the form of flower beds, which will create a harmonious appearance of the backyard.
Before starting construction work, we check the condition of the soil, if we find a place where water accumulates, we lay a drainage system (drainage).
At the same time, all work is underway to place all the mechanisms necessary for the full operation of artificial reservoirs, fountains and irrigation of vegetation.
Tiled paths, steps
Garden paths are an indispensable part of every country house. In addition to the main one - safe movement, they also perform secondary, but important functions - dividing the area into zones, decorating the territory. When laying out the paths, concrete slabs, flat stones, cobblestones are used, or they are simply covered with a large amount of pebbles, while fencing off with a low curb.
By creating a combination of the above materials, it is possible to obtain not only the desired practicality, but also a wonderful decoration for any backyard.
Sealed forms and landscaping are things that are closely related. Someone finds harmony in the smoothness of contours, lines, rounded bushes or flower beds, while the other prefers rigor - straight garden paths, square-shaped bushes, cut as if “under the ruler”.
As they say: “There is no comrade for taste and color”, because it depends only on you what the decor of this site will be and only you know what will bring harmony to your soul.
The planting of vegetation in flower pots or flower beds should be planned so that flowering of some varieties is followed by flowering of others. In this situation, the backyard will be able to delight you and your loved ones with bright floral colors for a long time to come.
If your area is represented by humps, hills - do not rush to level them and harm the environment, just create artificial embankments and level their slopes. Also, so that there is not such a noticeable difference between hills and lowlands, attach neat steps that will focus all attention on yourself.
Fountains and ponds in the backyard
In rare cases, landscaping in the oriental style does without the presence of any water sources (pond, fountain). As you know, all European specialists in landscape design are inspired by the oriental style, which brings harmony with the surrounding and spiritual world.
Eastern sages believe that water is the source of life, and in combination with the earth it symbolizes balance, harmony, unity.
It is quite difficult to build an artificial reservoir, it is necessary to resort to the help of professionals, who, in turn, will study the features of the site, select a suitable place, and carry out all the communications necessary for reservoirs.
All the money spent, time and effort will pay off when you watch the splashing of fish in the pond or calm down from the sound of water in the fountain.
Fire bowl
Every modern backyard must have a fire pit for gatherings, socializing, barbecuing or roasting marshmallows.
