Outdoor rooms don’t have to be elaborate affairs. Some may not require any construction at all.
Take the following Deck and Patio projects. Each one is designed to create the look and feeling of an outdoor room — yet, without constructing any walls.
In all cases, comfort and beauty in the design add to their appealing atmosphere. And with no walls at all, breathing free is guaranteed.
Pergolas
Pergolas Define Outdoor Space
Adding only a handsome pergola and comfortable furniture, this backyard space has plenty of breathing room.
The elegance and size of the Travertine patio provided the perfect floor for a comfortable outdoor living room.
Note how the pergola’s overhead slats create a shadow carpet that helps define the sense of an elegant outdoor living room.
Along with the adjacent dining area, it is only steps from an outdoor kitchen/bar/barbecue, veneered in natural stone (see immediately below).
Travertine Patio/Outdoor Kitchen: Close to the outdoor living room and dining area is the client’s bar/barbecue. With a natural stone veneer, an semi-circular seat wall with the same veneer offers extra seating when entertaining.
Pergola-Pavilions
Lighting for Outdoor Spaces
If you want to enjoy your outdoor space into the evening hours you also have to think about lighting.
One way to handle this is with a closed roof.
This shingle-roof pergola/pavilion with fireplace project was installed at the edge of a patio.
Lighted handsome columns on stone pillars match the fireplace.
The lighting on the pillars and inside the roof contribute to a perfect evening ambience.
‘No Roof, No Walls’ Outdoor Rooms
Outdoor Room on Deck
Along with a hot tub set into a new multi-level deck, all the homeowners needed to have room to breathe was a fire pit and a television — no additional structure was required.
Note: Today’s LED televisions can be properly encased to be theft-free.
Encasing the television carefully will also ensure the proper internal temperature control/circulation to protect it.
There are also televisions designed for outside use which resist rain, dust and other elements.
‘No Fixed Structure’ at All
Landscaping Can Define Space
In the end, perhaps you don’t want any fixed structure at all.
These Deck and Patio clients opted to shade a self-supporting hammock with a tilt umbrella. They postponed them next to their pool’s waterfall — creating perfect breathing room space when the Purple Allijm are in bloom (forefront).
Yet, this outdoor room is also moveable. It can be relocated to a different landscaped spot when other seasonal plantings make attractive focal points.
Of course, you don’t need a pool or waterfalls for a tranquil place to refresh the spirit. A container garden can be grouped with seasonal flowers and you have the perfect place to rest — with all the outdoor breathing room you could ever need.
