Green Backyard Deck Design Ideas

The Summer House 2 is a significant new addition to an historic house just outside the CBD of Orange. The new works include the restoration of the existing house, new living and sleeping areas as well as new garaging and workshop areas. The new work is arranged around a protected north-east facing landscape courtyard. The relationship between inside and outside allows the landscape courtyard to become a primary living space that is overlooked and easily accessed from all key spaces in the house. Northern light penetrates deep into the plan and windows are strategically placed to capture the favourable north easterly breezes.

Samuel Moore, owner of Consilium Hortus, is renowned for creating beautiful, bespoke outdoor spaces which are designed specifically to meet his client’s tastes. Taking inspiration from landscapes, architecture, art, design and nature, Samuel meets briefs and creates stunning projects in gardens and spaces of all sizes. This recent project in Colchester, Essex, had a brief to create a fully equipped outdoor entertaining area. With a desire for an extension of their home, Samuel has created a space that can be enjoyed throughout the seasons. A louvered pergola covers the full length of the back of the house. Despite being a permanent structural cover, the roof, which can turn 160 degrees, enables the sun to be chased as it moves throughout the day. Heaters and lights have been incorporated for those colder months, so those chillier days and evenings can still be spent outdoors. The slatted feature wall, not only matches the extended outdoor table but also provides a backdrop for the Outdoor Kitchen drawing out its Iroko Hardwood details. For a couple who love to entertain, it was obvious that a trio of cooking appliances needed to be incorporated into the outdoor kitchen design. Featuring our Gusto, the Bull BBQ and the Deli Vita Pizza Oven, the pair and their guests are spoilt for choice when it comes to alfresco dining. The addition of our single outdoor fridge also ensures that glasses are never empty, whatever the tipple.

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Julien Dominguez

Under a fully automated bio-climatic pergola, a dining area and outdoor kitchen have been created on a raised composite deck. The kitchen is fully equipped with SubZero Wolf appliances, outdoor pizza oven, warming drawer, barbecue and sink, with a granite worktop. Heaters and screens help to keep the party going into the evening, as well as lights incorporated into the pergola, whose slats can open and close electronically. A decorative screen creates an enhanced backdrop and ties into the pattern on the 'decorative rug' around the firebowl.

Nigel Gomme

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This outdoor space celebrates all of the attributes of our client’s beautiful, landscaped garden. Featuring Millboard decking boards, a product which is hand-moulded from original timber, then hand-coloured to recreate the warm authentic look of timber. The insulated Solarspan pergola compliments the space with its contemporary design embracing a sense of enclosure and keeping the space cool in the warmer months.

Part-alfresco and part-verandah magnificent outdoor curvaceous deck is how Dig Design created for a Brighton project in VIC. Insular, introspective and private spaces of the existing home transition into the open light filled spaces of the additions. The spectacular transformation of this deluxe design, offers cutting-edge quality and innovative architecture for contemporary family indulgence. State-of-the-art design reveals 3 living zones over 2 levels, 4 bedrooms and a fully networked large study, 4 deluxe bathrooms, and a temperature-controlled wine room for up to 2,000 bottles. The outdoor deck offers all the functionality of a traditional deck with a ceiling installation of two HEATSTRIP Classic THH 3200A hardwired units which blends uniformed with the use of different sized timber boards that blurs any distinction between the floor, ceiling and sides. The home has been transformed from dark and insular to light and open, creating inviting and connected spaces that facilitate personal connection and family togetherness. More of Dig Design’s work is available at www.digdesign.net.au Product Specification: HEATSTRIP Classic Model THH3200A hardwired model.

Graced with character and a history, this grand merchant’s terrace was restored and expanded to suit the demands of a family of five.

Fun for everyone!

Garden terrace with views over the garden and countryside beyond. Colin Cadle Photography, Photo Styling Jan Cadle