30+ Inspiring Outdoor Living Designs

A stylish outdoor design scheme can be achieved whether you are dealing with an expansive suburban backyard or a small urban space with a balcony or rooftop space. This outdoor living room features a large rustic overhead structure that provides cooling shade on especially hot days.
Designer: Bruce Meeks, Landscape Architect, Meeks & Associates Landscape Architecture

On this Chicago rooftop, a privacy panel is cut in the shape of a tree to reflect the effort to carve out a garden in this urban space.

Mission-style woodwork accents this arbor and barbecue with a cast glass concrete countertop from designer Scott Cohen.

Featuring traditional rockers, this generous screened porch will function as a satellite family room in warmer Southern months in this outdoor space designed by James Farmer.