Backyard Inspiration

Tips for a beautiful backyard design: decks, landscaping DIYS, furniture and decor, plus more.
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Add a mirror for the illusion of space.
Heated outdoor bench by Galanter & Jones
9 Ways to Decorate with Macramé. Luxe R&R. Fringed Macramé Hammock, $128. Inside or out, relax in style with this fringed macramé hammock that'll leave you dreaming of the tropics.

Benches

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Lush backyard landscaping and flagstone path
"Ki" will help you work with the landscape
An Olympic swimmer’s garden: everything but a pool

Garden Design

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Hang Fire Create romantic lighting for an outdoor dinner party by suspending votives (we used mini recycled-glass tea light lanterns) at varying heights from low-hanging branches. Use clear fishing line and be sure to keep candles a safe distance from the leaves.
A Little Bit of Everything Low-voltage fixtures set the wall and fence aglow, helped by votives hung from the fence and Indian lanterns in the schefflera tree.
Glow Drops Each tiny teardrop terrarium decking this tree contains a cluster of battery-powered LED copper wire lights. Gently stuff a light string into the terrarium through the hole in the back, then use twine and small s-hooks to secure the mini lanterns to the branches. Conserve battery life by turning them off in the day, and turning them on as dusk falls.

Outdoor Lighting

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Bring the Crowds Outdoors The refurbished pizza oven in the backyard is a party-starter. “The process of making pizza involves everyone,” Kele says. “You get going three hours ahead to start the fire, then spend the afternoon outside while you wait. It’s such a fun ritual.”

Outdoor Kitchens

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Give even the tiniest yard big style
Between the guesthouse and the main house, the backyard is a mini oasis inspired by Wijaya’s travels. “For the landscaping, I was inspired by my favorite hotel in Morocco, the Hotel El Fenn,” said Wijaya.
How to create a homey backyard shed

Exterior Design

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Relaxing fire pit backyard design
Chandelier included Above a coffee table, Annette Gutierrez dangled three echeveria from a wooden arbor at various heights. “Staggering things is a great way to create texture,” she says.
Cabana ideas

Furniture

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How to make your backyard or patio into an oasis
From succulent gardens to hot tubs, these backyard (and rooftop!) tricks and details should inspire your own outdoor living situation
Stage Presence A lush Hollywood garden gets a transformation worthy of a standing ovation

Decks

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The lush look. Jack and Kathy decided to bring Hawaii to Orange County utilizing a number of landscaping ideas.
Suburban farm Along with the outdoor dining space, the front yard is home to a dozen chickens, raised vegetable beds, and an in-ground pool (welcome during Sonoma’s hot summer afternoons) as well as a fountain. Three large raised beds overflow with produce almost year-round. In midwinter, the harvest includes mustard, kale, cabbage, onions, and (hard to believe, but it’s true) strawberries.
Poolside plantings

Pools

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Acapulco lawn chair
How to create an all-family outdoor lounge | Lily pond | Sunset.com
Entertainment friendly outdoor space

Kid-Friendly Play Yards

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These easy-care plants add form and color to gardens
Key components of maintaining a hive, straight from our own team of beekeepers - Feed young hives.
Key components of maintaining a hive, straight from our own team of beekeepers -Check for potential swarms.

Plants

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A backyard artists studio
A kitchen garden designed for entertaining

Entertaining

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4 Ways to Get a Lush & Modern Outdoor Look. Set al Fresco Ambience. A built-in bench and table turn this courtyard into an open-air dining room.
Grilling station Cedar wood paneling gives this covered outdoor kitchen warmth. The beams­—painted green to match the home’s trim—add enough architecture to make the space feel like a bona fide dining room. A grill-side countertop provides space for alfresco cook prep.
Basket Pendant Lamps The pendant lamps are hung on tension wires, one high and one low, to achieve a random pattern above the redwood table. The lamps are outfitted with halogen bulbs outdoors that will last for years, even outside.

Outdoor Dining

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Backyard home office in a shed
Homey backyard "she shed"
‘Cruiser Collection’ chairs from IDV

Nooks

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Low-key warmth Warmth encourages a family to use a patio year-round. Because of this firepit's low profile--set into the seat wall and with only a discreet flame--it doesn't overwhelm the garden's peaceful mood.
Metal art The angular Geometric Firepit looks good even without a fire. Available in carbon steel with a rust patina (pictured) or slate-colored Cor-ten steel, it’s hefty (130 lbs.) but compact (about 14 in. high, 31 in. square). From $1,195;dwr.com
Backyard campfire A built-in firepit is the hub of gatherings in this garden. Sandstone cobbles edge the 5-foot-diameter lava rock–topped pit, which blazes with gas-fed flames. A sandstone wall, scattered with cushions for comfort, serves as seating. Thyme and other herbs grow around the firepit and between the seat wall’s stones.

Firepits

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Our Guide to Throwing an Outdoor Movie Night. Grab these handy projectors and cozy seating for the perfect outdoor movie party in your backyard. There’s no better time than an early summer evening to ditch the sofa in favor of an outdoor movie night.
How to set up a backyard movie
Backyard movie theater

Outdoor Movie

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Genius: an adjustable sun visor on the deck
Gather around a firepit wall  Overlapping panels of ipe wood and colored concrete flank the firepit in this backyard in Los Altos Hills, California. Stone veneer forms a chimneylike background for the flames, creating a classic focal point for this true outdoor living room.
Shade

Courtyard

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The Moop The Moop brings a sleek, minimalist look to backyard chicken keeping. The two-level unit features dual entry slats on both ends of the slender foundation. The base unit hosts custom ceramic feeders and a first-level nook for hanging out. Backyard birds can climb up to the second level and roost in the cantilevered nesting boxes. Bay Area designers Peter Strzebniok and Deborah Wong even added a quaint attic space for tools and feed storage.
Chicken Crib Oakland locals Rusty Lamer and Andreas Stavropoulos designed this ingenious DIY coop for small, urban plots. The 5x3 1/2 A-frame houses up to four hens and comes with a latch-able entry, easy-open egg door, and an interior roof for rainy day coverage. The unit’s roosting area fits two to three hens and comes with built-in handles for pain-free lifting.
Kippen House Garden Roof Chicken Coop Ideal for small-space edible growers, Traci Fontyn of Seattle designed this coop to merge her two loves. This unit doubles as a home for hens and a garden bed for edibles with shallow roots. The Kippen’s simple rectangular structure gives birds two exit points and a barrel-shaped roosting bar.

Backyard Chickens

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Great backyard shed
Ultimate She Sheds: A backyard art studio

Sheds

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2017 decor trend: stained glass
All-Container Garden's outdoor shower turns the space into a true retreat.
Outdoor showers: Slate corner

Outdoor Showers

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Hitting All the Marks The brick path and stairs wind elegantly through one of the side yards lined with citrus.
Essential element Water is an essential element of a garden, says designer Maria del Carmen Calvo. "I've created a garden where I'm never far from its sound," she says.Though Calvo's garden is not large, she has included seven fountains, most of her own design. Here, pots of purple fountain grass flank a gate leading to a cherub fountain in a charming outdoor room.
Homegrown Talent. To get started, Jones incorporated classics that dot the area’s grand estates—Agave attenuata, Australian tree ferns, Italian cypress, and tree philodendron. When possible, she used what she had on hand, including some impressive tree aloes that had been hidden by other plants.

Patio

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You'll need a pine cone, peanut butter, birdseed
Floating on a cloud
Kids' Corner | Give the kids a fun-filled outdoor play space they can enjoy all through the warmest months

Accessories

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How to raise honeybees in your backyard
Planting tips
“I want people to think of citrus as more than a garnish,” says Stefani Bittner, coauthor of Harvest and co-owner of Bay Area landscape design company Homestead Design Collective. With these three recipes, inspired by growing her own citrus trees and adapted with the help of her mother, she has us convinced. Citrus fruit aren’t just rinds and slices to be squeezed and discarded—they deserve to be the star of the show.

Backyard Farm

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