Example of a mid-sized classic backyard stone patio design in Seattle with a fire pit and a gazebo

lynnlandscapedesign.com - Gravel area with naturalistic fire pit, roses and fruit trees photo: Donna Lynn
Inspiration for a traditional landscaping in Santa Barbara with a fire pit.

Lake Forest, IL residence. Elevated blue-stone patio, with blue-stone steps. Natural stone, gas fire pit with natural stone seat walls.
Patio - traditional patio idea in Chicago

Bird's eye view of the fire pit seating area and the pool
Large cottage backyard rectangular and stone pool house photo in San Francisco

Naturalist, hot tub with flagstone, Stone Fire Pit, adirondack chairs make a great outdoor living space. Holly Lepere
Inspiration for a rustic backyard stone patio remodel in Santa Barbara with a fire pit

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This all natural wood pergola was created to look as if all the main tree beams grew from the ground. The root flares of the trees were kept in tact and 9 foot steel rods was inlaid into each beam. Footings were set below each beam reaching below the frost line. It is an outdoor living space for my customers as well as Golden Eagles and hawks that perch upon it.

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Inspiration for a large timeless backyard stone patio remodel in Seattle with a fire pit

Rustic fire pit patio
Patio - traditional patio idea in Minneapolis with no cover

Example of a mid-sized mountain style backyard concrete paver patio design in Richmond with a fire pit

Traditional Style Fire Feature - the Prescott Fire Pit - using Techo-Bloc's Prescott wall & Piedimonte cap.
Inspiration for a mid-sized transitional full sun backyard stone landscaping in DC Metro with a fire pit for summer.

Inspiration for a large timeless backyard stone patio remodel in Columbus with a fire pit

This natural gas fire pit built from natural boulders offers year round functionality. The bubbling rock water feature adds to the ambiance, providing the tranquil sound of a natural creek.

A perfect addition to your outdoor living is a seating wall surrounding a firepit. Cambridge Maytrx wall, Pyzique Fire Pit, Round table Pavers. Installed by Natural Green Landsacpe & Design in Lincoln, RI

a more disciplined look to this wood-burning fire pit and matching stone wall, mixed stone and brick pavers
Mid-sized elegant backyard stone patio photo in Portland Maine with a fire pit

Inspiration for a timeless backyard stone pool remodel in Dallas

Traditional Style Fire Feature - Techo-Bloc's Valencia Fire Pit.
Patio - large traditional backyard stone patio idea in Boston with a fire pit and no cover

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Small minimalist backyard stone patio photo in DC Metro with a fire pit and no cover

A Memorial area family commissioned us to create a natural swimming pool in their back yard. The family already had a standard pool on premises, but it was isolated in an area of the yard not particularly suited to seating guests or hosting get-togethers. What they wanted was a second, natural swimming pool built that would serve as the hub of a new home outdoor entertainment area consisting of a new stone patio, comfortable outdoor seating, and a fire pit. They wanted to create something unique that would preserve as much of the natural features of the landscape as possible, but that would also be completely safe and fully functional as a swimming pool. We decided to design this new landscaping plan around a pre-existent waterfall that was already on the property. This feature was too attractive to ignore, and provided the ideal anchor point for a new gathering area. The fountain had been designed to mimic a natural waterfall, with stones laid on top of one another in such a way as to look like a mountain cliff where water spontaneously springs from the top and cascades down the rocks. At first glance, many would miss the opportunity that such a structure provides; assuming that a fountain designed like a cliff would have to be completely replaced to install a natural swimming pool. Our landscaping designers, however, came up with a landscape plan to transform one archetypal form into the other by simply adding to what was already there. At the base of the rocks we dug a basin. This basin was oblong in shape and varied in degrees of depth ranging from a few inches on the end to five feet in the middle. We directed the flow of the water toward one end of the basin, so that it flowed into the depression and created a swimming pool at the base of the rocks. This was easy to accomplish because the fountain lay parallel to the top of a natural ravine located toward the back of the property, so water flow was maintained by gravity. This had the secondary effect of creating a new natural aesthetic. The addition of the basin transformed the fountain’s appearance to look more like a cliff you would see in a river, where the elevation suddenly drops, and water rushes over a series of rocks into a deeper pool below. Children and guests swimming in this new structure could actually imagine themselves in a Rocky Mountain River. We then heated the swimming pool so it could be enjoyed in the winter as well as the summer, and we also lit the pool using two types of luminaries for complimentary effects. For vegetation, we used mercury vapor down lights to backlight surrounding trees and to bring out the green color of foliage in and around the top of the rocks. For the brown color of the rocks themselves, and to create a sparkling luminance rising up and out of the water, we installed incandescent, underwater up lights. The lights were GFIC protected to make the natural swimming pool shock proof and safe for human use.