Bend - Deck And Backyard

Note Contrast between TnG in the ceiling and the beams

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Check out TNG in ceiling ... would we want that shade in the great room (ceiling and floor) ?

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Some grass out front is nice, NOT a lot though

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Like the use of dark mulch for the transition

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We do like rock stream beds as accents, not the main feature of a yard (and not actual water features)

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Like mulch bed border between patio (incl bench / knee wall) and either grass or native plants

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Mulch bed between patio and grass is nice. Avoid flagstone, use pavers

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Desert grasses are nice

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Beds with desert grass are nice. Don't like concrete rectangles for path through grass. Don't like plant bed in foreground with all the different kinds of plants jammed together; prefer plants set apart and distinct.

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Like pavers for walk to entry / porch (but not two tone here). Like mulch space to define border in front yard, too (grass going up to paver is OK).

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Front yard is too sparse, too desert

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It’s nice in this one how the flowers are spread out and the mulch is visible

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We want a paver driveway but this has a lot of what we DON’T like: no variation in paver color, rectangular shape, inset pattern etc.

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Rob has seen these trees with white bark around Tetherow and likes them (Birch ?)

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These desert plants are nice; the photo is from Bend area so hopefully they are native.

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Good example of grasses and flowering plants (we THINK are indigenous) Also like the large rock accents

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Really like the mix of decorative grasses and flowers you see along the trail by the Old Mill District

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Like the idea of planters as accents (but these in the pic are too square and contemporary in design)

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Open-minded to large planters to help define spaces if Mike Szabo feels they are need (we wouldn’t want too many, and not this style per se).

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Like that the plants are of varying heights, but do not like the varying spacing between the plants.

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Open to use of some gravel in the right spaces

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Like the lighting in this picture

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Wooden bench on edge of circular patio looks ince

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I like the idea of the small wall around the outside of the fire pit. Do not like the hexagon shape of firepit

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We want to shift the fireplace from the alcove to MBR-end of the patio behind the great room, set away from the house like this (not in a corner or adjacent to exterior wall).

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Another fireplace example. We like the opening on both sides. TV plans are open-ended (rather, no plans

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Another fireplace example. Like the placement, but in this position would not want it to taper to the chimney

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It would be good if it were set up to possibly add a TV later.

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We liked this screen, the cedar is beautiful (don't want fireplace next to hot tub though).

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Example of raised spa / hot tub (don't like flagstone though, don't need fire pit next to hot tub).

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Nice example of raised hot tub

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Nice example of raised hot tub

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We like the raised hot tub / spa

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This is a nice way to edge a drop-in spa but need screening.

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If first floor is at 102’ and patio is flush with first floor, maybe the landscape can drop down a couple feet if the hot tub is to the East / North corner of the patio.

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Partial stone wall around exterior of hot tub could be nice way to screen it (desert not tropical of course)

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