Nice home and setting... a nice patio with trellis, built-in fire pit with some seating around and landscaping to dress it up around the patio will definitely bring everything out.

Before you lift a shovel, you’ve got to ask yourself some critical questions about your outdoor living space. What’s your budget? Do you want outdoor seating, a dining space, a fire pit, or other outdoor living areas? Do you want a cover (like a pergola or a roof extension)? How much maintenance do you want to do? Do you want to use the space year-round, through snow, heat, rain, etc.. Depending on your answers to those questions, we might have different suggestions. For example, if you want to use the space primarily for outdoor dining, we’d recommend adding the outdoor living space right off the kitchen or dining room and some roof extension or other cover. But if you don’t want to dine outside and live in a location that snows for part of the year, we’d recommend a custom gas fire pit, some type of cover, and maybe a water feature to enjoy during summer. Let us know your answers to those questions, and we can give specific advice, in the meantime, you can use our outdoor living projects as inspiration!

How do you plan to use the space? A patio with a table and place for a grill are items I'd use a lot. Whether you'll use a fire pit depends on how buggy your evenings are. One way to figure this out is to map out areas with hoses and to put your table and chairs where you want then before putting in the patio. Then, you'll notice if there's a great view in one direction and an eyesore in another.