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Mid-Century Patio with Wooden Pergola

No. 83 Backyards · Mid-Century Modern

Mid-Century Patio with Wooden Pergola

Under a flat roof and timber pergola providing shade, this post-and-beam patio features a breeze block screen, concrete pavers set in gravel, terracotta planters, and an outdoor wooden dining table.

Mid-Century Modern Shade & pavilions Low maintenance Outdoor dining All backyards

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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