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Contemporary Backyard Retreat

November 25, 2014
By: Barbara Ballinger
From: Scott Lucchetti
Landscape designer Scott Lucchettii creates a modern backyard for multiple outdoor functions, including cooking, entertaining and play space for kids.
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Outdoor Living

A terrace doesn't have to be purely rectangular. Zigzags add a rhythmic delight to the traditional backyard.

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Functional Backyard Patio

Just as with an indoor room, the outdoor living space is divided into zones for eating, cooking and conversing with a practical hardscape floor and plantings to soften it.

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Casual Outdoor Seating

Colorful seating and umbrellas add an important pop of color to the stucco house and gray terrace.

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Landscaping Centerpiece
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Lush Plantings

To fit with the more casual mood, Lucchetti arranges the terrace slabs in an untraditional pattern. He also saves lawn around the concrete terrace as a soft border but also for children's play.

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Dining Al Fresco

Mimicking a low wall, evergreens frame a small seating grouping for intimate conversations or meals.

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Flagstone Patio

Keeping a tiny bit of space between some of the flagstone pavers allows them to double as a pathway within the terrace.

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