The project collection

Life looks good out here.

Step inside courtyards, pool gardens, porches, and planted retreats. Meet the designers and builders behind them.

The completed deck and lower terrace remain connected to the house, with open lawn in front.

Project Feature

An existing deck becomes an outdoor room

A fireplace and open pergola reshape an elevated deck, while a lower terrace gives the garden a second gathering place.

Mom's Design BuildEdina, Minnesota

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A timber pergola shelters a deck beside the house, with broad curved steps leading into the garden

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Working around the things that cannot move

A deck, pergola, hot tub, and stone paths fit around underground constraints.

Southview DesignNorth Oaks, Minnesota

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A white porch shelters a dining table and seating, with the open lawn continuing around its sides

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Four skylights over a compact gathering space

A modest deck and porch balance overhead shelter with daylight.

Keystone Outdoor LivingMalvern, Pennsylvania

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A curved timber deck edge follows the swimming pool and opens onto a furnished dining platform

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A long pool deck finds a smoother connection

Rounded corners, broad steps, and a custom bench reshape the poolside route.

Archadeck of West Central & Southwest OhioCenterville, Ohio

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A curved counter follows the edge of an elevated deck beside a gabled porch and a long exterior stair

Project Feature

A curved bar gives a deck its social center

Covered and open areas share a hillside deck with a distinctive gathering edge.

SelectDecksSewickley, Pennsylvania

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A screened porch opens onto a raised deck, with a short stair connecting it to the lawn

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A porch and deck with several ways into the yard

A gabled screen room connects to an open deck and several garden routes.

Fence & Deck ConnectionAnne Arundel County, Maryland

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Woven lounge chairs face a tall stone fireplace on the lower terrace beneath a furnished upper deck

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A lakeside garden designed for a crowd

Catered gatherings, a serving kitchen, and routes from the driveway shape a lakeshore retreat.

Mom's Design BuildEdina, Minnesota

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A gabled porch overlooks the pool, with a curved deck edge and steps connecting the outdoor levels

Project Feature

Opening a deck toward the pool

A previously divided deck becomes a more connected outdoor platform.

Keystone Outdoor LivingMalvern, Pennsylvania

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A deck wraps around a hot tub beside a screened porch, with the garden path continuing below

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A deck designed around the hot tub

A retained porch frame and a new deck arrangement give a backyard more everyday uses.

Fence & Deck ConnectionCrofton, Maryland

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Skylights brighten an enclosed porch with white lounge chairs, a fireplace, and a separate dining table

Project Feature

A porch for a narrow, sloping site

Retractable screens and linked outdoor levels make a constrained yard more useful.

Mom's Design BuildEden Prairie, Minnesota

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A stone-clad covered deck and low patio walls divide sheltered seating from the open lawn

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An outdoor room in ashwood, stone, and gray

A vaulted porch and a lower patio give gathering two different settings.

Keystone Outdoor LivingBroomall, Pennsylvania

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A white pergola rises above a rounded deck, broad steps, and stone-clad piers beside the house

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A white pergola over warm-toned decking

A pergola frames a cooking and gathering space without a solid roof.

Keystone Outdoor LivingExton, Pennsylvania

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