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Backyard Dining Ideas

The backyards people actually use all have somewhere to eat. These designs give dinner a home: a table under a pergola or pavilion, a terrace a few steps from the grill, and lighting that lets the meal run late.

Sunlit Backyard Pool Beside Timber Pavilion Classic backyard Weathered Timber Pergola over Gravel Dining Classic backyard Covered Timber Pavilion Beside Bocce Court Classic backyard Curved Pool Beside Putting Green and Palms Tropical backyard Timber Pavilion and Pool with Movie Screen Classic backyard Craftsman Backyard with Turf and Pavers Classic backyard Spacious Lawn with Children's Playhouse Classic backyard Putting Green and Shaded Dining Pergola Modern backyard Stone Patio Dining with String Lights Classic backyard White Timber Pavilion Over Outdoor Dining Classic backyard Covered Patio Overlooking Timber Play Set Classic backyard Spanish Revival Patio with Stone Fire Pit Mediterranean backyard Stone Patio with Dining and Fire Pit Farmhouse backyard Post-and-Beam Patio with Fire Pit and Lawn Mid-century backyard Coastal Backyard with Fire Pit and Dining Coastal backyard English Cottage Garden with Dining Patio Cottage backyard Japanese Garden with Raked Gravel Fire Pit Japanese backyard Desert Patio Overlooking Fire Pit and Lawn Desert backyard Limestone Estate Backyard with Fire Pit French-country backyard Tudor Backyard with Herringbone Brick Patio Tudor backyard Victorian Backyard with Fire Pit and Patio Victorian backyard Colonial Patio with Fire Pit and Dining Colonial backyard Covered Timber Patio with Mountain View Mountain backyard Timber Pergola Shading Stone Dining Terrace Mediterranean backyard Weathered Timber Pergola Covering Outdoor Dining Farmhouse backyard Mid-Century Patio with Wooden Pergola Mid-century backyard Beach House Deck with Dining Pergola Coastal backyard Rose-Covered Pergola over Cottage Dining Patio Cottage backyard Zen Dining Deck Sheltered by Pergola Japanese backyard Slatted Pergola over Desert Dining Patio Desert backyard Limestone Patio with Timber Dining Pergola French-country backyard Timber Pergola Over Brick Dining Patio Tudor backyard Wisteria-Covered Pergola Over Victorian Dining Patio Victorian backyard Wisteria Pergola over Bluestone Dining Patio Colonial backyard Timber Pergola Shading Stone Dining Patio Mountain backyard Thatched Palapa Beside Stone Fire Pit Tropical backyard Curved Pool with Swim-Up Stone Bar Tropical backyard Vine-Covered Pergola on Timber Deck Tropical backyard Modern Backyard with Sunken Fire Table Modern backyard

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Backyard Dining Ideas, explained.

The backyards people actually use all have somewhere to eat. These designs give dinner a home: a table under a pergola or pavilion, a terrace a few steps from the grill, and lighting that lets the meal run late.

Measure before you fall in love — a table for eight needs roughly twelve by sixteen feet once chairs push back. Save the dining layouts whose scale and shade match your yard, and note where each one puts the kitchen.

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