Pennsylvania Bluestone pool patio surrounding a rectangular/formal swimming pool. Emerald Green Arborvitae provide privacy.
Example of a mid-sized classic backyard rectangular lap pool design in New York

The lattice panel for screening those pesky neighbors features stone transom inserts to mimic the transoms on the home. Small bluestone tables with orchids were custom-built for the base of each stone column.

Inspiration for a country two-story exterior home remodel in San Francisco

The metal screen folds up to create a solar shade on the south façade, and in some areas a reflecting pool mirrors the overhang in shape and size. Photography by Andrew Fabin

A custom cedar pergola frames this large outdoor room with a limestone patio, double seat walls and four columns. An eight-foot tall cedar lattice screen with Climbing Hydrangeas, installed along a length of chain-link fence, creates privacy while conveying warmth and openness.

Architect: Sarah Susanka, AIA Photography: Jim Westphalen Integration of Prairie-style architecture and Japanese garden. Palette of patterned and textures borrowed from the surroundings. Sequence of places makes a continuous necklace around the home.

Baulinder Haus is located just a few houses down from a landmark Kansas City area home designed by Bauhaus architect Marcel Breuer. Baulinder Haus draws inspiration from the details of the neighboring home. Vertically oriented wood siding, simple forms, and overhanging masses—these were part of Breuer’s modernist palette. The house’s form consists of a series of stacked boxes, with public spaces on the ground level and private spaces in the boxes above. The boxes are oriented in a U-shaped plan to create a generous private courtyard. This was designed as an extension of the interior living space, blurring the boundaries between indoors and outdoors. Floor-to-ceiling south facing windows in the courtyard are shaded by the overhanging second floor above to prohibit solar heat gain, but allow for passive solar heating in the winter. Other sustainable elements of the home include a geothermal heat pump HVAC system, energy efficient windows and sprayed foam insulation. The exterior wood is a vertical shiplap siding milled from FSC certified Machiche. Baulinder Haus was designed to meet and exceed requirements put forward by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for their Indoor airPLUS qualified homes, and is working toward Energy Star qualification. Machiche and steel screening elements provide depth and texture to front facade.

Inspiration for a large farmhouse white two-story wood exterior home remodel in San Francisco

Stephen Cridland
Inspiration for a contemporary backyard concrete paver landscaping in Portland.

We used redwood to create a privacy screen above the regulated 6 foot concrete wall. This is a great way to keep out neighbors while still maintaining city code and regulations.

DRM Design Group provided Landscape Architecture services for a Local Austin, Texas residence. We worked closely with Redbud Custom Homes and Tim Brown Architecture to create a custom low maintenance- low water use contemporary landscape design. This Eco friendly design has a simple and crisp look with great contrasting colors that really accentuate the existing trees. www.redbudaustin.com www.timbrownarch.com

Custom composite deck and Ipe South American Hardwood privacy screen with landscape lighting.
Design ideas for a mid-sized traditional partial sun and privacy backyard wood fence landscaping in Toronto with decking.

Helping to screen "those pesky neighbors", a custom lattice screen works with the plantings to obscure the view and to frame the dining space.
Example of a classic backyard stone shade patio design for summer in Chicago

Each cedar partition or screen is 7'H x 8'W.
Inspiration for a mid-sized contemporary shade backyard stone formal garden in Boise.

Daniel Photography Ltd.
This is an example of a large craftsman full sun one-story and backyard wood and mulch formal garden in San Francisco for spring.

Dusk provides even more enchantment as the landscape lighting performs "magic after hours". Lighting design by Kevin Manning.
Inspiration for a traditional shade backyard stone garden path in Chicago for summer.

Bluestone, limestone and cedar all work in concert.
Example of a classic backyard stone shade patio design for summer in Chicago

These custom horizontal screens provide our customer with privacy on their patio.
Design ideas for a mid-sized contemporary shade backyard stone formal garden in Boise.

A Trex deck was on the top of their list for the backyard with a decorative screen on the sides of the pergola for privacy. Asymmetrical steps up to the deck add a little playfulness to the deck which despite its generous size, doesn’t overwhelm the small yard. A constrained color palette of black, white and gray in the hardscape give the landscape a crisp and sophisticated appearance but the colorful drought-tolerant plant palette softens the look