Weathered Timber Deck with Built-In Bench
Weathered timber decking surrounds a built-in wooden corner bench, accented by terracotta planters with flowering birds of paradise, wood-clad walls, and distant palms under a tropical daytime sky.
Design notes
Tropical decks use warm hardwoods like ipe or teak, often floating over planting or beside a pool, with slatted screens for privacy and shade sails or thatch overhead.
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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