No. 34 Decks · Mid-Century Modern
Timber Deck Beside Breeze Block Screen
Beside a decorative breeze block wall, a warm timber deck accents a mid-century modern flat roof home with exposed post-and-beam eaves, low wooden stairs, concrete paving, neutral outdoor seating, and potted agaves.
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
- Board direction and how it changes the apparent size
- Edges: built-in benches and planters instead of rail where allowed
- Stairs wide enough to double as seating
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