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Mountain & Cabin Backyard Ideas
Mountain and cabin backyards take their cues from lodges and modern mountain homes: heavy timber and steel, stacked stone and boulders, decks cantilevered toward the view, fire pits and hot tubs for cold nights, and planting of pines, aspens, grasses and native wildflowers.
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Mountain & Cabin Backyard Ideas, explained.
Mountain and cabin backyards take their cues from lodges and modern mountain homes: heavy timber and steel, stacked stone and boulders, decks cantilevered toward the view, fire pits and hot tubs for cold nights, and planting of pines, aspens, grasses and native wildflowers.
Notice how the best backyard designs let the landscape dominate and keep the built elements dark and simple. Save the schemes that suit your altitude, your snow load and the direction of your view.
Mountain and cabin design lets the landscape lead. Look for heavy timber and log, stacked stone and boulders, steel and dark stains that recede against the trees, and decks and terraces that reach toward the view. Fire is central — a stone fireplace, a fire pit ringed with Adirondack chairs — and hot tubs earn their place. Planting is pines, aspens, grasses and wildflowers; paving is flagstone and gravel that can take the snow.
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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