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Gravel Fire Pit with Built-In Seating

No. 71 Backyards · Mid-Century Modern

Gravel Fire Pit with Built-In Seating

Beside a flat roof house with post-and-beam framing and breeze block accents, concrete pavers lead to a bowl fire pit bordered by gravel and built-in bench seating.

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Design notes

Mid-century modern design lines everything up with the house. Look for flat roofs and post-and-beam overhangs, walls of glass, breeze-block screens, terrazzo or large concrete pads with gravel joints, and a rectangular pool set square to the architecture. Planting is sculptural and sparse — agave, yucca, olive, citrus, a Mediterranean fan palm — and colour comes from a single accent: an orange door, turquoise water, a yellow umbrella.

What to look for

  • 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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