26 Ways Designers Have Aced a Patio
Patios come in many shapes, sizes and settings. Let these varied ideas inspire your plans
This photo series is designed to give you some coffee-break inspiration. Take five minutes for yourself and enjoy browsing these enviable patios to get ideas for your own home.
A patio is frequently the most used part of a garden, filling that gap – often literally – between the house and the rest of the space. But there’s also far more to a beautiful patio than simply decent flooring and somewhere to sit, as these examples show. Between them, they deftly deal with level changes, provide shade, comfort or enhanced enjoyment of nature, create space for cooking or socialising, incorporate clever lighting, and complement the home’s interior. Which would work best in your garden?
A patio is frequently the most used part of a garden, filling that gap – often literally – between the house and the rest of the space. But there’s also far more to a beautiful patio than simply decent flooring and somewhere to sit, as these examples show. Between them, they deftly deal with level changes, provide shade, comfort or enhanced enjoyment of nature, create space for cooking or socialising, incorporate clever lighting, and complement the home’s interior. Which would work best in your garden?
1 Tate Harmer
4 Barnes Walker Ltd - Landscape Architects
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26 Randle Siddeley
Tell us…
Which features from these examples would you combine to make up your perfect patio? Share your thoughts in the Comments.
Tell us…
Which features from these examples would you combine to make up your perfect patio? Share your thoughts in the Comments.