How To Design A Deck And Patio
Deck designing made simple.
How to design a deck and patio. You can place the deck in the yard and view it in 3-D. Design a transition area where your deck will meet the yard. Add a deck to a garden design with Virtual Garden.
A deck floats in the air supported by footings at a height of anywhere from a few inches to many feet and can be built on an existing slope. Having a transition area will help connect your yard to your deck. Plant some shrubs at the edge of your deck or add a cement patio you can step on to.
That way you can plan in patio planting ideas such as beds borders and pot positions right from the start and even factor in space for any outdoor kitchen ideas you may have. The program is free. Make your patio or deck beautiful with these simple tips.
To take advantage of a vine youll need to plan a trellis for the vines to climb and youll want the trellis structure to be integral to the overall design of your deck or patio. You want to go outside and build. Add a path leading from the bottom of the stairs to your garden or around the side of the house.
In the right conditions a vine will grow 15 to 20 feet in a single season and provide plenty of leafy greenery by midsummer. This patio design collection presents 50 gorgeous ideas. The simplest way to design a patio that suits your needs exactly is to draw it out to scale.
Watch to learn how to plan and install a paver patio including preparing the base block patterns and tips and tricks to make sure you get the project right. Begin by planting multip. The program is designed for landscaping but it does have a deck option.