Aged, irregular granite steps leading to bluestone patio.
Design ideas for a rustic backyard landscaping in Manchester.

OES | Cedar deck with shade sail with steel posts and steel rails, and pea gravel Ian Mancini
Inspiration for a mid-sized modern backyard landscaping in Austin with decking.

Welcome entry posts greet visitors to the Grounds
This is an example of a large modern shade concrete paver landscaping in Vancouver with a pergola.

Designer: Interior Inspirations by Julie Gelsey Photo: Joe Post Photography Product: Sienna Honed Fireplace
Example of a large transitional backyard patio design in Los Angeles with a fireplace and a roof extension

Example of a beach style exterior home design in Boston

2016 - two years after the first posts, these next 4 pics show the slow progress to fill in the woodland shade garden. This garden space is sometimes called the dynamic edge, where low light get in below an otherwise tight canopy. 50 year old Spruce trees provide the dense overhead shade. This part of the shade bed is the oldest, and has Vinca ground cover and liriope to slow the flow of water from the neighbor's drive. This has proven to be successful. Azaleas are slow to grow, but are filling in behind. A native Spicebush is added in here too.

Example of a mountain style home design design in Atlanta

Masses of perennals soften aged granite post along walkway.
Photo of a backyard stone landscaping in Manchester.

One of Jamaica Cottage Shops most popular designs. Tiny house at 416 sq.ft, includes a loft. Hand made in Vermont, from native rough sawn hemlock and pine lumber, the prefab cottage kit includes all fastening hardware, metal roofing, and step-by-step plans necessary for assembly. Rugged post and beam techniques passed down through the centuries are at the foundation of this sturdy, picturesque retreat reminiscent of old New England. Have your own “Vermont cottage” in your backyard.

Solar array mounted on a standing-seam metal gable roof, with shingle-style siding below and a timber-post canopy over the entry.
Mountain style green two-story concrete fiberboard and shingle gable roof photo in Seattle with a metal roof and a gray roof

This 3200 square foot home features a maintenance free exterior of LP Smartside, corrugated aluminum roofing, and native prairie landscaping. The design of the structure is intended to mimic the architectural lines of classic farm buildings. The outdoor living areas are as important to this home as the interior spaces; covered and exposed porches, field stone patios and an enclosed screen porch all offer expansive views of the surrounding meadow and tree line. The home’s interior combines rustic timbers and soaring spaces which would have traditionally been reserved for the barn and outbuildings, with classic finishes customarily found in the family homestead. Walls of windows and cathedral ceilings invite the outdoors in. Locally sourced reclaimed posts and beams, wide plank white oak flooring and a Door County fieldstone fireplace juxtapose with classic white cabinetry and millwork, tongue and groove wainscoting and a color palate of softened paint hues, tiles and fabrics to create a completely unique Door County homestead. Mitch Wise Design, Inc. Richard Steinberger Photography

Tamara Alvarez
Inspiration for a mid-sized tropical full sun front yard brick landscaping in Miami.

Passion fruit vines grow up the posts on the pergola.
Photo of a drought-tolerant backyard stone landscaping in San Luis Obispo.

Olwyn Kingery
Farmhouse home design photo in San Luis Obispo

Alan D Holt ASLA Landscape Architect This serpentine wall design is based off of Thomas Jefferson's walls at the University of Virginia. The curve of the walls gives it strength to hold the soil behind it, like an arch.

Custom pagoda-style pergola with native trumpet vine on the posts after one year of growth. This climbing vine will cover the pergola within 2 to 3 years. It has a profusion of colorful summer flowers attractive to hummingbirds.

Welcome to the essential refined mountain rustic home: warm, homey, and sturdy. The house’s structure is genuine heavy timber framing, skillfully constructed with mortise and tenon joinery. Distressed beams and posts have been reclaimed from old American barns to enjoy a second life as they define varied, inviting spaces. Traditional carpentry is at its best in the great room’s exquisitely crafted wood trusses. Rugged Lodge is a retreat that’s hard to return from.

This back yard in Mission Viejo got an earth friendly make over using soft set flagstone, California native plants and several rain tanks. The homeowners now have more space to entertain and enjoy life. All the materials were also locally sourced and hand selected to suit the clients needs and budget. You can also read the full blog post with a video of this project here http://tinyurl.com/jtjguc6

Gravel defines the picnic patio and separates it from the outdoor kitchen workspace and walkway between the home and landscape. Sand colored gravel evokes the nearby beach and synchronizes with the natural wood of the fence and clean lines of the home. Photo: Lesly Hall Photography