Backyards
Outdoor design: Multi-functional backyard retreat
Modern backyard with all the amenities
Backyards
Outdoor design: Multi-functional backyard retreat
This once-boring backyard is now a multi-functional retreat, complete with lounging and eating areas, an outdoor kitchen and an expansive pool.
While the exterior of the house is more traditional in style, the homeowners wanted a contemporary backyard that would accommodate both family life (they have two tween-aged children) and their love of entertaining. The large-scale project that took eight months to complete involved turning the 100-by-245-foot lot into a multi-functional retreat. Fortuitously providing areas for sitting, eating and lounging, its terraced design was in response to an odd architectural quirk of the house. “It didn’t have a great relationship to the yard, because the main floor is elevated six feet above grade, which is unusual,” says David. “So all this landscaping and all these terraces were really a way to gracefully bring you down to the pool elevation and connect the house back to the yard.”
Boasting a covered outdoor kitchen and dining area, a built-in hot tub, several lounge spaces (including one with a massive firepit) and a substantial pool, the backyard now serves as a true sanctuary. (A new 1,650-square-foot amenities building at the back of the property houses a Ping-Pong room, a spa-like bathroom and a three-car garage.) Says David: “We joke that when the family goes on vacation, it’s nice for them to come back home because their house is often more luxurious than the places where they stay!”
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