The project collection

Life looks good out here.

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

At a Craftsman home in North Portland, Pistils Landscape Design + Build makes room for a covered porch, outdoor dining and exuberant planting.

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Hursthouse gives a family who spends summers away a garden for spring meals, autumn games and evenings around a fire.

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A two-sided hearth anchors cooking and seating spaces in a Schmechtig Landscapes garden.

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DiSabatino renovates the spaces around an existing pool, adding a sheltered room, serving windows and two outdoor terraces.

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Fine Earth Landscape uses a pergola, a stone fireplace and planted boundaries to give a pool terrace several places to settle.

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Artistic Landscapes sets a curving pool between a wooded edge, a stone fireplace and a sheltered gathering place.

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Stump’s Decks & Porches combines a covered living area, an open dining deck and a lower patio in Montgomery County.

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Peach State Pools & Yardscapes places a rectangular pool beside a long covered building, leaving an open view beyond the fence.

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