Do you love your backyard, but wish it had more entertainment value? Do you want to turn a plain and sloped backyard into a private retreat you can enjoy whenever you wish? There are several ways you can turn your backyard into a luxurious space where you can entertain or just have fun. After all, it’s square footage on your property you pay for, so you may as well make it just as engaging and welcoming as your home!
Not sure where to start? Whether you want to have a backyard space that is entertaining for adults and kids alike or you want a quiet and private space you can recline in after a long day of work, here are 5 outdoor enhancements for a luxurious backyard experience you can consider for your yard.
Install A Beautiful Shelter
You’re familiar with decks and covered patios, but these are structures that are attached to homes, and while they can be beautiful, they’re not entirely unique. Timber frame pavilions, for example, represent a more versatile and functional version of a backyard shelter. This is a structure that stands alone in a yard, often facing a garden or other scenic view, and has a cover on top of it, flooring below, and can be designed with shelving and seating or even a wet or dry bar for entertainment.
A pavilion on your property is a great way to break up your landscape and give it a glorious appeal, especially after you furnish your pavilion with outdoor furniture, rugs, potted plants, and solar lighting to make the space extra-ready for guests and relaxation.
Install A Porch Swing
A porch swing is such a classic approach to making a yard more inviting, but there’s a reason it’s on this list: it works. A porch swing can be placed on a front, back, or side porch or can even be a standalone unit in your yard to make it more welcoming for relaxation. Add a natural stone walking path leading up to your porch or backyard swing and you’ve got a beautiful backyard element that was not difficult to install at all but will add much enjoyment to everyone in the whole family.
Install A Backyard Kitchen Or Fire Pit
Entertaining doesn’t get much better than cooking and enjoying culinary delights with loved ones — except for doing it all outdoors. If you have a kitchen installed in your backyard, you take your backyard adventures to a whole new height of entertainment. You can install an outdoor oven inside a natural stone privacy wall or allow the kitchen to be a free-standing unit on an open patio. Add a bar and chairs for dining and you have yourself a beautiful location for entertaining on the warmest days of summer.
If you want a more classic approach to fire and heat in your backyard, consider installing a fire pit instead. A fire pit serves as a gathering spot for those who want to enjoy nighttime outdoor relocation and can also be used for cooking up classic s’mores and other fun camping fare. You can buy a fire pit or you can create one from natural stone as your next DIY home project.
Install A Living Wall
Do you have a love of nature and want to incorporate as many natural elements into your landscape as you can while still feeling like your yard is private? Your solution may just lie in putting in a living wall. This is a type of privacy wall that can be placed along your property’s border or another structure, including a shed, deck, or patio. The wall is then fitted with hooks and other grip-holds for plants to climb. Great plants to incorporate into a living wall include ivy, honeysuckle, or even hollyhocks.
If you want to make your living wall more contemporary, add shelving. These shelves can be used to house herbs and other plants, and can even hold decorative outdoor figurines or bird baths. Your living wall can become a quiet focal point of your yard that you can enjoy whenever you wish.
Install A Water Feature
Does the sound of a babbling brook bring you instant relaxation? Do you want to have a beautiful and trending yard that differs from the whole neighborhood? If so, then you can have a water feature installed on your property to bring you joy and pull your nature-themed backyard together. You don’t even have to go major with your installation; a simple solar-powered water feature in a giant decorative garden planter can work to give you the water ambiance you need.
You can install a water feature as part of a larger landscape project, such as the addition of a backyard bridge or a retaining wall. Or, you can have a water feature installed complete with a pool for putting koi fish in. Set your fire pit or porch swing next to this backyard element and you have a luxurious backyard, indeed!
Getting Started
Start with small backyard elements to give your yard the appeal you desire, or go all out and put in a timber frame pavilion right away. Your builder can help you decide which elements to place to give your yard a whole new appeal you’ll love.
