Help with backyard deck design - height / fit with yard
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Please help me with an outdoor deck design for my backyard!!
Comments (2)These pictures are not much helpful. What you need to do is stand in backyard facing your house. Line up with the center of the scene (which is probably the center of the house. Be far enough from the house that you can show the entire area of the proposed patio and surroundings, with the first floor and roof of the house in the background. If you see a lot of sky you are too far back. While at that position, take a series of slightly overlapping pictures (roughly about 3) that pan from far left to far right (we'll see your neighbor's houses in the background.) Don't substitute a computer generated panorama. Don't move camera location between shots ... only pivot....See MoreBack Yard Design Help
Comments (4)Wow I think we need to know your budget , since you have the beginnings of a patio I would think making that a lot larger would be my first thought . Alot of plantings along that really ugly fence and also around the patio . A nice gray green for the siding I have no idea why you need new doors so maybe explain that . A proper step down from the house to the patio. I personally like decks better than patios they just seem more friendly . Then you need patio furniture both for seating and a table for eating some plant pots filled with pretty flowers I would make either the deck or the patio a lot larger for sure...See MoreFamily back yard design
Comments (12)I agree it seems like a bit too much stuff for the size of the space. It would be good to get rid of a lower priority item and have more space for higher priority items. The "dry pond" sounds possibly unnecessary and potentially, risky. Can we presume that downspouts are not presently draining to that area? Would some regrading be needed for it to happen? What happens when in a prolonged storm, the pond overflows? I did a little erasing. I find it easier to explore ideas and doodle out schemes when I have the cleanest, simplest, most uncluttered base plan. It's better to keep unnecessary details away until the basic ideas (arranging and organizing) start coming together. IMO, it is better to acknowledge, accept and work with the "givens." The trampoline, being round and large (a major component of the yard) might fit better if you try to work the circle and fit other components to it ... since the circle can't be changed. Fire pits are also often round and work just as well that way. Patios can be fine when round, or when they have rounded edges. Given all that, I'd explore a circular theme to see if things can seem better integrated and have a more interesting layout. Here's one stab at it ......See MoreHelp me choose plants for back yard?
Comments (9)Looks like the deck is used primarily for access to the backyard and ground level patio area. Not sure there is sufficient space (or height) for a multilevel deck to be practical without eating up the small backyard (Bay area properties tend not to be very spacious - land is often at a premium and expensive). And as it appears the OP may have kids or pets, the modestly sized lawn is an asset, not something that necessarily needs to be reduced. Also nicely sets off the planting beds. I would also agree that plantings that will eventually obscure access to the underdeck area as well as the view from the inside out are not advisable. But some sort of vining, flowering plant to grow up the supports and along the base of the deck would be a nice accent. No lavender by the Japanese maple. They do not share similar growing conditions and not enough sun for the lavender to thrive. Iris could work or some sort of evergreen ornamental grass to provide a textural contrast.....the lomandra could work very nicely....See MoreYardvaark
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