Patio with a Water Feature Ideas and Designs
Charles Hodges Ltd. GardensFormal water feature and courtyard.
This is an example of a traditional courtyard patio in Atlanta with a water feature.
This is an example of a traditional courtyard patio in Atlanta with a water feature.
Arterra Landscape ArchitectsPhoto of a mediterranean courtyard patio in San Francisco with a water feature.
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Benefits of our privacy screens:
1- Increased privacy – The nosy neighbors and odd passersby will have a much harder time seeing your own personal goings-on.
2- Shade – On a hot summer’s day, it is always nice to find a bit of shade, and when the sun is beating down on your patio, sometimes you have to bring the shade to you. A privacy screen can offer this much-needed respite from the heat of direct sunlight.
3- Hiding eyesores – Sometimes there are things we need to keep outside and they are not always aesthetically pleasing. Things like air conditioning units and water pumps can really distract from your yard’s scenery. Privacy screens are a good way of dividing and keeping things like this out of sight.
4- Attractive – The right screen can really accentuate your yard, making it a true sight to be seen.
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We enhance experience through the creation and design of decorative screens. Ultimately, elevating spaces to bring people together.
Landwell Design + Build Co.This spacious, multi-level backyard in San Luis Obispo, CA, once completely underutilized and overtaken by weeds, was converted into the ultimate outdoor entertainment space with a custom pool and spa as the centerpiece. A cabana with a built-in storage bench, outdoor TV and wet bar provide a protected place to chill during hot pool days, and a screened outdoor shower nearby is perfect for rinsing off after a dip. A hammock attached to the master deck and the adjacent pool deck are ideal for relaxing and soaking up some rays. The stone veneer-faced water feature wall acts as a backdrop for the pool area, and transitions into a retaining wall dividing the upper and lower levels. An outdoor sectional surrounds a gas fire bowl to create a cozy spot to entertain in the evenings, with string lights overhead for ambiance. A Belgard paver patio connects the lounge area to the outdoor kitchen with a Bull gas grill and cabinetry, polished concrete counter tops, and a wood bar top with seating. The outdoor kitchen is tucked in next to the main deck, one of the only existing elements that remain from the previous space, which now functions as an outdoor dining area overlooking the entire yard. Finishing touches included low-voltage LED landscape lighting, pea gravel mulch, and lush planting areas and outdoor decor.
Artistry Outdoors (Custom Pools & Outdoor Living)Photo of a medium sized classic courtyard patio in Houston with a water feature, brick paving and a pergola.
Knauf-Koenig GroupInspiration for a coastal back patio in Other with a water feature, tiled flooring and a roof extension.
Botanical VisionsDesign ideas for a large world-inspired back patio in Miami with a water feature, brick paving and no cover.
Luna BuildsDesign ideas for a large mediterranean back patio in St Louis with a water feature, concrete paving and no cover.
Blessing LandscapesJesse Brough
Photo of a medium sized contemporary back patio in Portland with a water feature and concrete paving.
Photo of a medium sized contemporary back patio in Portland with a water feature and concrete paving.
Landscapes by Tom LLCThe granite steps make walking down the slope easy and safe. The foot traffic does not interfere with the table area.
Photo of a medium sized traditional back patio in Boston with a water feature, natural stone paving and no cover.
Photo of a medium sized traditional back patio in Boston with a water feature, natural stone paving and no cover.
Ocelli DesignRivers Altieri
Design ideas for a small eclectic front patio in Los Angeles with a water feature, concrete paving and no cover.
Design ideas for a small eclectic front patio in Los Angeles with a water feature, concrete paving and no cover.
Viator & Associates IncDesign ideas for a small rustic back patio in New Orleans with a water feature, natural stone paving and a pergola.
Jacoviello Custom Builders, Inc.Cast stone Lion Wall Fountain.
Focal point of this garden.
Bring refined beauty and unique design to your swimming pool and spa with the drama of a spouting lion's head or the sophisticated elegance of Neptune.
Wiedemann Architects LLCOur client was drawn to the property in Wesley Heights as it was in an established neighborhood of stately homes, on a quiet street with views of park. They wanted a traditional home for their young family with great entertaining spaces that took full advantage of the site.
The site was the challenge. The natural grade of the site was far from traditional. The natural grade at the rear of the property was about thirty feet above the street level. Large mature trees provided shade and needed to be preserved.
The solution was sectional. The first floor level was elevated from the street by 12 feet, with French doors facing the park. We created a courtyard at the first floor level that provide an outdoor entertaining space, with French doors that open the home to the courtyard.. By elevating the first floor level, we were able to allow on-grade parking and a private direct entrance to the lower level pub "Mulligans". An arched passage affords access to the courtyard from a shared driveway with the neighboring homes, while the stone fountain provides a focus.
A sweeping stone stair anchors one of the existing mature trees that was preserved and leads to the elevated rear garden. The second floor master suite opens to a sitting porch at the level of the upper garden, providing the third level of outdoor space that can be used for the children to play.
The home's traditional language is in context with its neighbors, while the design allows each of the three primary levels of the home to relate directly to the outside.
Builder: Peterson & Collins, Inc
Photos © Anice Hoachlander
Landscape East & WestAcid etched concrete water feature with Mexican pebbles
Photo: Stephen Cridland
Large contemporary back patio in Portland with natural stone paving, a water feature and no cover.
Large contemporary back patio in Portland with natural stone paving, a water feature and no cover.
VanElders Design Studio - Stantec Kansas CityBrick archway view of wet/dry sundeck area. Sunken poolhouse and elevated spa nook flank the end and side area.
Design by: VanElders Design Studio
Matt Kocourek Photography, www.mattkocourek.com
Kelly Ferm Inc.This gorgeous courtyard centers the home so the SoCal indoor/outdoor lifestyle is accessible from nearly every room.
This is an example of a mediterranean courtyard patio in Los Angeles with a water feature.
This is an example of a mediterranean courtyard patio in Los Angeles with a water feature.
Santa Rita Landscaping, Inc.Around the side of the house a long 'hallway' of a porch was previously under utilized. Large picture windows looked out on this space. A custom water feature was constructed centered on the dining room window to provided wonderful enjoyment from both inside and out. The element was constructed slightly higher than the previous perimeter wall to block the neighboring houses, but was kept short enough to maintain the splendid mountain views beyond. Seating walls with raised planters flank the fountain to provide planted views outside of the kitchen and living room walls, while at the same time providing the perfect outdoor breakfast nook.
Photos by Meagan Hancock
Exterior Worlds Landscaping & DesignThis shade arbor, located in The Woodlands, TX north of Houston, spans the entire length of the back yard. It combines a number of elements with custom structures that were constructed to emulate specific aspects of a Zen garden. The homeowner wanted a low-maintenance garden whose beauty could withstand the tough seasonal weather that strikes the area at various times of the year. He also desired a mood-altering aesthetic that would relax the senses and calm the mind. Most importantly, he wanted this meditative environment completely shielded from the outside world so he could find serenity in total privacy.
The most unique design element in this entire project is the roof of the shade arbor itself. It features a “negative space” leaf pattern that was designed in a software suite and cut out of the metal with a water jet cutter. Each form in the pattern is loosely suggestive of either a leaf, or a cluster of leaves.
These small, negative spaces cut from the metal are the source of the structure’ powerful visual and emotional impact. During the day, sunlight shines down and highlights columns, furniture, plantings, and gravel with a blend of dappling and shade that make you feel like you are sitting under the branches of a tree.
At night, the effects are even more brilliant. Skillfully concealed lights mounted on the trusses reflect off the steel in places, while in other places they penetrate the negative spaces, cascading brilliant patterns of ambient light down on vegetation, hardscape, and water alike.
The shade arbor shelters two gravel patios that are almost identical in space. The patio closest to the living room features a mini outdoor dining room, replete with tables and chairs. The patio is ornamented with a blend of ornamental grass, a small human figurine sculpture, and mid-level impact ground cover.
Gravel was chosen as the preferred hardscape material because of its Zen-like connotations. It is also remarkably soft to walk on, helping to set the mood for a relaxed afternoon in the dappled shade of gently filtered sunlight.
The second patio, spaced 15 feet away from the first, resides adjacent to the home at the opposite end of the shade arbor. Like its twin, it is also ornamented with ground cover borders, ornamental grasses, and a large urn identical to the first. Seating here is even more private and contemplative. Instead of a table and chairs, there is a large decorative concrete bench cut in the shape of a giant four-leaf clover.
Spanning the distance between these two patios, a bluestone walkway connects the two spaces. Along the way, its borders are punctuated in places by low-level ornamental grasses, a large flowering bush, another sculpture in the form of human faces, and foxtail ferns that spring up from a spread of river rock that punctuates the ends of the walkway.
The meditative quality of the shade arbor is reinforced by two special features. The first of these is a disappearing fountain that flows from the top of a large vertical stone embedded like a monolith in the other edges of the river rock. The drains and pumps to this fountain are carefully concealed underneath the covering of smooth stones, and the sound of the water is only barely perceptible, as if it is trying to force you to let go of your thoughts to hear it.
A large piece of core-10 steel, which is deliberately intended to rust quickly, rises up like an arced wall from behind the fountain stone. The dark color of the metal helps the casual viewer catch just a glimpse of light reflecting off the slow trickle of water that runs down the side of the stone into the river rock bed.
To complete the quiet moment that the shade arbor is intended to invoke, a thick wall of cypress trees rises up on all sides of the yard, completely shutting out the disturbances of the world with a comforting wall of living greenery that comforts the thoughts and emotions.
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