Backyard Design Ideas Worth Imitating! Enhance Your Home to Look More Beautiful and Fresh
Having a good outdoor landscape design will positively impact homeowners. For those who love nature and architecture, this design is important. Designing a landscape is not just for observation but also for enjoying the natural scenery offered by your home. A place filled with greenery is suitable for relaxation and refreshing from the fatigue of daily activities.
Designing a landscape with a modern style requires attention to several things. The location where the design will be created will certainly influence it. If the landscape to be designed is the front yard, the design should create a "welcoming" atmosphere and match the exterior of the house to complement each other. However, it will be different for the backyard landscape. In the backyard, the landscape needs to be designed for comfort, suitable for relaxation and gathering. The design must ensure it doesn't make people inside feel cramped or confined.
Here are some modern-style backyard landscape design inspirations that will help in designing your home's backyard.
1. Lake Neighborhood, San Fransisco
The backyard for this house is designed with its usage in mind. For homeowners with a 3-year-old and a 9-month-old child, the yard is designed for the children's growth. An open play area becomes a good place for children's growth. Playful design is applied by designing simple and modern tiered grass areas. The grassy areas can be safely used for playing by children. Additionally, there are lounges and benches where parents can relax and supervise their children playing.
2. Free Pit and Spa, Willow Springs
This inhabited house located in Northern California is situated in the suburban area, on a hilltop with a view of the hilly natural landscape. The backyard of this house is designed to maximize the open area and give a more modern image. Various outdoor elements are displayed in this backyard. Not only grass and plants but water elements also complete it. There is a spa pool placed near the outer boundary wall. This area is also designed with a patio, relaxation area, outdoor kitchen, walkway, and a mini fountain.
3. Park Orchard
The design of this backyard looks harmonious with the mass formation of the building. The rigid mass formation is also applied to the rocky paving area and the swimming pool. It feels neat and orderly. Not only that, even the grassy area and shrubs are planted well. If in the grassy area there are relaxing chairs, there is also a place to gather and eat while enjoying this outdoor area on the deck facing the pool.
4. The Duke
The modern approach in the backyard of this house looks beautiful and natural. Wooden fences are provided to make this area feel private. The deck in this area shows space division. Besides the leveling, the presence of shrubs acts as a divider between the relaxation area and the gathering area. The small spa pool is enough to relax after a day's work.
5. A house in Ra'anana
If you have a long and spacious land like this house, a long pool can be an attraction in the design. The pool is elevated to give an exclusive impression. Lush trees growing on both sides of the pool provide coolness and tranquility in this yard. The combination of wooden decks adds aesthetics when combined with all the elements in this backyard.
6. Kensington Contemporary
The backyard of Rhee's house in San Diego shows a suitable place to gather with friends and family. The homeowner's request to experience an outdoor and indoor area that is blurred is realized with an outdoor area equipped with a deck, a fireplace, a flowing water feature, and integrated benches. The benches are placed around the fireplace to provide warmth to the people around.
7. Caulfield North
Decks, pools, and fireplaces are never absent from the design of the backyard in most houses. In the backyard of this house, the pool and deck are at the same level as the house's floor. Meanwhile, the garden and fireplace are lower. Uniquely, the fireplace is designed to protrude a few centimeters below the paving floor. This makes the floor an area to sit and relax while warming up.
8. Cube²
The backyard of this house truly has a modern design combined with plants, providing an open yet private space. Making this area a beautiful landscape to sit and enjoy meals with friends or family in the lush garden ambiance. This area also provides an opportunity for those inside to interact more personally. The wooden boxes design with its paved surface is harmonious and cohesive.
9. Toorak Residence
The backyard design by Jack Merlo in collaboration with Catt Architects successfully blurs the lines between the outer and inner areas of the house. Modern and neat designs are clearly seen in this house. The pool is directly surrounded by rocky paved flooring. The pool floor is designed to be darker, displaying an elegant pool color. The plants and trees are simply designed to surround this yard. The presence of gardenia and jasmine plants gives a pleasant aroma to the area.
