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Outdoor inspiration

The residence is a beautiful 45 year old building, ceiling, deck, design, floor, furniture, home, house, interior design, lighting, living room, patio, porch, property, real estate, roof, room, shade, table, gray, black

Indoor outdoor flow was instantly created leading straight architecture, building, deck, furniture, home, house, interior design, outdoor structure, patio, porch, property, real estate, residential area, room, shade, gray, black

Outdoor Room creates more space for large, extended architecture, building, facade, home, house, material property, porch, property, real estate, residential area, roof, shade, siding, white, black

The colour of the Opening Roofs and frames architecture, building, ceiling, daylighting, facade, home, house, interior design, metal, property, real estate, roof, room, shade, siding, sky, tree, wood, gray

Ideas and inspiration

Ready, set, glow

Allied Concrete's Ready Glow can be used to add unique design elements and adds a functioning, self powering renewable light source for any type of decorative concrete application

A park over the road to the north architecture, botany, building, estate, facade, grass, home, house, landscape, pavilion, property, real estate, tree, brown, black

Something borrowed

Extend your sense of landscape beyond your property boundary park. A park with large established trees over the road from this home has been captured as a “borrowed” landscape to make the house feel a...

The new pavilion adds capacity to the spa, architecture, autumn, backyard, building, cottage, courtyard, design, estate, garden, home, house, landscape, landscaping, leaf, mountain, nature, plant, property, real estate, residential area, roof, sky, tree, woody plant, yard, yellow, brown

Relax in nature

The newly opened Pavillon Ouest – West Pavilion – includes a large terrace, hot tub and Turkish bath

Immersed in nature

This pool house features a garden roof which echoes the surrounding canyon hills

Swell - a surf and lifestyle hotel - building, caribbean, eco hotel, fun, house, leisure, outdoor furniture, palm tree, resort, summer, sunlounger, swimming pool, tree, tropics, vacation, brown

Riding the wave

Nestled upon the untouched volcanic black sand beach of the Guatemalan Pacific Coast, this 8-suite hotel is an inspired “barefoot boho-chic” retreat, elegantly designed for laid back travellers with d...

Here comes the sun - backyard | building backyard, building, composite material, home, house, leisure, leisure centre, property, real estate, rectangle, swimming machine, swimming pool, gray

Don't burn money to heat your pool

Ineffective pool heating becomes costly over time – so it's key to choose the most effective heating system that's available.

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This seaside home by architect Stephan Meijer sits architecture, home, house, property, real estate, villa, black, white

Seaside serenity

Given the waterfront location, this home makes the most of the setting with extensive outdoor areas.

October 1 - arecales | artificial turf | arecales, artificial turf, backyard, building, courtyard, estate, garden, grass, grass family, grassland, hacienda, house, land lot, landscape, landscaping, lawn, palm tree, plant, property, real estate, residential area, tree, villa, yard, green

Cool in the grass

Love lying on the grass but not so much sweltering on it? Artificial grass featuring TigerTurf's new TigerCool technology reduces turf temps by up to 10 degrees celsius – a benefit you can feel.

In an extension that already improves culinary connections Outdoor Kitchen, Studio Prineas, outdoor barbecue, outdoor space

Culinary outpost

In an extension that already improves culinary connections to the yard, this project by Studio Prineas also includes an outdoor barbecue complete with storage, counter space and seating.