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No. 91 Patios · Mid-Century Modern

Concrete Paver Patio with Fire Table

Outside a home with a flat roof, post-and-beam construction, and breeze block wall, concrete pavers in gravel frame a burning fire table illuminated by glowing string lights at night.

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

  • The paving material and how its joints are handled
  • Whether the furniture footprint fits with room to move
  • Shade at 4 pm, not just at noon
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