Outdoor living spaces can provide many benefits. Three sample case studies are described that showcase different outdoor space designs for entertaining, shade, and privacy. The first case needed shade without blocking views and space to entertain. The second wanted a comfortable space for entertaining with amenities like a pool or fire pit. The third desired an large entertaining area with a kitchen, fire pit, and secret garden while maintaining privacy. All three projects went through design, construction, and completion phases to realize the homeowners' visions for enhancing their properties and outdoor lifestyles.
7. Reasons for Outdoor Living?
We live in Colorado... great weather!
Extension of your usable living space
Promotes healthy active lifestyle
Being outside reduces stress, and increases life
satisfaction
- We live in Colorado... great weather!\n- Extension of your usable living space\n- Promotes healthy active lifestyle\n- Being outside reduces stress, and increases life satisfaction\n
- We live in Colorado... great weather!\n- Extension of your usable living space\n- Promotes healthy active lifestyle\n- Being outside reduces stress, and increases life satisfaction\n
- We live in Colorado... great weather!\n- Extension of your usable living space\n- Promotes healthy active lifestyle\n- Being outside reduces stress, and increases life satisfaction\n
- We live in Colorado... great weather!\n- Extension of your usable living space\n- Promotes healthy active lifestyle\n- Being outside reduces stress, and increases life satisfaction\n
Sample Case 1:\n- Builder Basic Concrete Slab, with no shade, and not enough room to entertain\n\n
- Shade without blocking mountain & golf course views\n- Usable living and entertaining spaces for their family of 4, as well as larger gatherings of friends and family\n- A seamless addition to the house, which feels like an intentional plan, rather than an afterthought\n
- Incorporation of the homeowners objectives with visual interest & functionality\n
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- Removal of existing patio & yard given extremely constricted access from the front/sideyard\n
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- Pavers were selected for the flooring as an alternative to the previous concrete\n- Pavers allow versatility for creativity with color and texture\n- Ideal solution for expansive clay soil, which inevitably causes concrete to crack, shift, and fail over time. \n- Contrasting branding helps to delineate different rooms within the overall space\n
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- Concrete Dungeon under the deck\n
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- Comfortable & Inviting entertaining space\n- Pool or spa\n- Fireplace/fire pit\n- Sunken Trampoline\n- Maintaining as much lawn as possible\n- Year round interest\n
- Creative incorporation of owners objectives, without making the space fell closed off, or blocking the lake or mountain views\n
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- Removal of existing concrete\n- Winter snowy conditions\n- High water table\n
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- Outdoor Living Spaces can transform your bland, uninviting spaces into additional rooms, for family fun and building memories\n- They will enhance the usability, beauty and value of your home, as you live in it, as well as marketability if you need to sell. \n
Sample Case 1:\n- Entertainer’s Paradise\n\n
-Entertaining Space for large groups\n-Shade\n-Built in Kitchen\n-Fire Pit\n-Secret Garden\n-Privacy from Neighbors\n
-Cohesive Fusion of owners existing landscape with expanded entertaining/dining/mingling spaces. Complex shade structure & Kitchen Design, along with creative hardscape & softscape design.\n
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Challenge: Extremely high ground water table interfering with subgrade preparation\n
Challenge: Subcontractor & Employee coordination juggling act in small area\n
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-Outdoor Living Spaces can transform your bland, uninviting spaces into additional rooms, for family fun and building memories\n-They will enhance the usability, beauty and value of your home, as you live in it, as well as marketability if you need to sell\n