Design help needed for outdoor space/exterior wall
Hello Outdoor Space Designers!
We completed an outdoor remodel 2 yrs ago, replacing all of the hardscape, retaining wall and pool tile/coping + equipment, but we still need the finishing touches mainly on the side of our house that is an eyesore in our beautiful yard (please excuse the current photos of our yard).
We painted the bottom half of our exterior wall (stucco) at the advice of a professional colorist. She recommended the color be carried around the entire house (bottom half only), but not sure we'll do that.
Our current considerations:
- Paint the new white door once design plans are final.
- Maybe install a wooden awning above the door and one above the small window. The wood would not have to match that of the new pool shed (as seen in photo). In hind sight the shed is too modern for our space.
- We definitely want to install a wall flower trellis to go in between the door and window, with a trough style planter at the base that the trellis top would be connected to, so that the trellis is not only attached to the house (for the ability to move it if needed at some point).
- I think a pergola would be great in this space (against the wall?) but I have a hard time envisioning a finished space. Due to the kidney pool shape, there is little walkway on one side which would make an awning base difficult.
One note: Our optimal sunbathing spot is in the nook of the kidney shaped pool, where the large salt bags are sitting in the photos.
Any design ideas to help us optimally finish this space is greatly appreciated! Thank you!
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PROYardvaark
4 years agoI think you could benefit from a roof over the door, held up by large wood brackets. And some trim around the door. And a large wall planter tub below the window.
PROPatricia Colwell Consulting
4 years agoHow about something like one of these ideas. The living wall could have all your herbs
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4 years agoAlong the same thought as using a wall planter under the window, a wall fountain may be nice to consider as well.
A few features that may work with your ideas would be the Colonna Wall Water Fountain, the Portico Wall Outdoor Water Fountain, or the Tribus Wall Outdoor Water Fountain.
You could also consider outdoor canvas art. Like the Teal Bicycle Outdoor Canvas Art.
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4 years agoI like the idea of a pergola too. If you cantilever it off the wall, you can avoid having a post in your walkway. Make it deeper and use it as a shaded living area. There are lots of possibilities for that wall in addition to the ones already mentioned - an outdoor kitchen, a place for lounge chairs or a group of chairs around a propane fire pit...
You mentioned the area where the salt bags are placed is the optimal place for sunbathing so are you saying you'd like to fit lounge chairs there? Your seating looks to be pretty far off of your retaining walls, if you wedged the grouping closer to the door and retaining walls, it would open up and maximize the largest part of the hardscape plus create a path so you can place some lounge chairs by the pool and then slide them back toward the retaining wall in the cold season.
You did a great job on the remodel, especially your stairs.
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