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This compact, urban backyard was in desperate need of privacy. We created a series of outdoor rooms, privacy screens, and lush plantings all with an Asian-inspired design sense. Elements include a covered outdoor lounge room, sun decks, rock gardens, shade garden, evergreen plant screens, and raised boardwalk to connect the various outdoor spaces. The finished space feels like a true backyard oasis.
![Hygge [ hoog-uh ]: Cozy and comforting](https://st.hzcdn.com/fimgs/5f4164ed012e7b3f_9328-w360-h360-b0-p0--.jpg)

The instructions were clear, make it cozy and comforting. Incorporate natural materials, don't hurt the environment, use lots of native plants, create shade, attract bees, butterflies and humming birds. BELandscape design, created a backyard that is an escape for this hard working couple. Scroll to the 'Before' photos to fully appreciate this backyard transformation.


Photo of a mid-sized farmhouse privacy and full sun backyard wood fence landscaping in Denver.
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![Hygge [ hoog-uh ]: Cozy and comforting](https://st.hzcdn.com/fimgs/27912afe012e79c3_9328-w360-h360-b0-p0--.jpg)

The instructions were clear, make it cozy and comforting. Incorporate natural materials, don't hurt the environment, use lots of native plants, create shade, attract bees, butterflies and humming birds. BELandscape design, created a backyard that is an escape for this hard working couple. Scroll to the 'Before' photos to fully appreciate this backyard transformation.


Custom wrought iron fencing, wavy contemporary metal panels, steel privacy screen for neighbors, decorative metal fencing design.
To read more about this project, click here or start at the Great Lakes Metal Fabrication metal railing page
To read more about this project, click here or start at the Great Lakes Metal Fabrication metal railing page


Elegant garden ornamentation stands out against a planter wall featuring a mass planting of the succulent Lady's slipper (Pedilanthus macrocarpus).
Photographer: Greg Thomas, http://optphotography.com/


The backyard is small and uninviting until we transformed it into a comfortable and functional area for entertaining
Inspiration for a small contemporary privacy and full sun backyard landscaping in New York.
Inspiration for a small contemporary privacy and full sun backyard landscaping in New York.


Design ideas for a contemporary privacy backyard concrete paver landscaping in Orange County.


We designed this lovely, private dining area with custom wood-slat screens and a concrete kitchen complete with seating, grilling, counters and wood storage.


Photo of a mid-sized contemporary privacy and full sun backyard gravel and wood fence landscaping in Orange County.


Newly constructed contemporary home on Lake Minnetonka in Orono, MN. This beautifully crafted home featured a custom pool with a travertine stone patio and walkway. The driveway is a combination of pavers in different materials, shapes, and colors.


Design ideas for a small contemporary privacy and full sun backyard landscaping in New York with decking.


Entry and kitchen garden.
Design ideas for a contemporary privacy and full sun backyard concrete paver landscaping in Houston.
Design ideas for a contemporary privacy and full sun backyard concrete paver landscaping in Houston.


A view from the putting green shows how much privacy the wood accent privacy wall creates.
Inspiration for a mid-sized contemporary privacy and partial sun backyard stone landscaping in Minneapolis for summer.
Inspiration for a mid-sized contemporary privacy and partial sun backyard stone landscaping in Minneapolis for summer.


Landscape by Kim Rooney
Photo of a small traditional privacy and full sun backyard formal garden in Seattle.
Photo of a small traditional privacy and full sun backyard formal garden in Seattle.


Design ideas for a mid-sized transitional privacy and shade backyard formal garden in DC Metro.


pervious paver pathway leads to patio past purple perennials
Photo of a small craftsman drought-tolerant, privacy and full sun front yard concrete paver landscaping in Seattle.
Photo of a small craftsman drought-tolerant, privacy and full sun front yard concrete paver landscaping in Seattle.
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Outdoor rooms for entertaining!
Photo of a contemporary privacy and full sun backyard landscaping in Houston.
Photo of a contemporary privacy and full sun backyard landscaping in Houston.


A small courtyard garden in San Francisco.
• Creative use of space in the dense, urban fabric of hilly SF.
• For the last several years the clients had carved out a make shift courtyard garden at the top of their driveway. It was one of the few flat spaces in their yard where they could sit in the sun and enjoy a cup of coffee. We turned the top of a steep driveway into a courtyard garden.
• The actual courtyard design was planned for the maximum dimensions possible to host a dining table and a seating area. The space is conveniently located outside their kitchen and home offices. However we needed to save driveway space for parking the cars and getting in and out.
• The design, fabrication and installation team was comprised of people we knew. I was an acquaintance to the clients having met them through good friends. The landscape contractor, Boaz Mor, http://www.boazmor.com/, is their neighbor and someone I worked with before. The metal fabricator is Murray Sandford of Moz Designs, https://mozdesigns.com/, https://www.instagram.com/moz_designs/ . Both contractors have long histories of working in the Bay Area on a variety of complex designs.
• The size of this garden belies the complexity of the design. We did not want to remove any of the concrete driveway which was 12” or more in thickness, except for the area where the large planter was going. The driveway sloped in two directions. In order to get a “level”, properly, draining patio, we had to start it at around 21” tall at the outside and end it flush by the garage doors.
• The fence is the artful element in the garden. It is made of power-coated aluminum. The panels match the house color; and posts match the house trim. The effect is quiet, blending into the overall property. The panels are dramatic. Each fence panel is a different size with a unique pattern.
• The exterior panels that you see from the street are an abstract riff on the seasons of the Persian walnut tree in their front yard. The cut-outs illustrate spring bloom when the walnut leafs out to autumn when the nuts drop to the ground and the squirrels eats them, leaving a mess of shells everywhere. Even the pesky squirrel appears on one of the panels.
• The interior panels, lining the entry into the courtyard, are an abstraction of the entire walnut tree.
• Although the panel design is made of perforations, the openings are designed to retain privacy when you are inside the courtyard.
• There is a large planter on one side of the courtyard, big enough for a tree to soften a harsh expanse of a neighboring wall. Light through the branches cast playful shadows on the wall behind.
• The lighting, mounted on the house is a nod to the client’s love of New Orleans gas lights.
• The paving is black stone from India, dark enough to absorb the warmth of the sun on a cool, summer San Francisco day.
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