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Family-Friendly Backyard Ideas
A family backyard has to do two jobs at once: give kids and dogs room to run, and give adults somewhere comfortable to watch. These designs keep the play equipment and the lawn where they can be seen from the patio and the kitchen.
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Family-Friendly Backyard Ideas, explained.
A family backyard has to do two jobs at once: give kids and dogs room to run, and give adults somewhere comfortable to watch. These designs keep the play equipment and the lawn where they can be seen from the patio and the kitchen.
Notice the durable choices — turf that survives a soccer season, gravel under the swings, a pool fence that disappears into the planting. Save the layouts that grow with your family; the play set will not be there forever, but the lawn and the patio will.
What to look for as you browse
- How the space is zoned — dining, lounging, lawn, planting
- Sightlines from the back door to the furthest feature
- Layers of privacy: canopy, screening, structure
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