Simple and cheap, these IKEA lanterns help break up a large expanse of fence.
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Accents from Cost Plus World Market and some lanterns from IKEA help tie the whole space together. We mixed in tables and chairs from Room and Board with Adirondack chairs and an outdoor sofa we found on Amazon. As we have a bright green house, I wanted to go with a neutral palette of exterior furniture but with pops of bright blue which worked well with the green of the house. Just as picking the plants is key to an outdoor space, so is finding appropriate furniture that makes these spaces actually feel like home. Throughout the yard, the combination of hard materials with lush planting helps create the contrast of textures that I love so much about this space. The little rock adjacent to it is also the perfect height for a kids seat. Our kids also love climbing over here and positioning their trucks and little figures around.
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It also creates seating for a portable wood firepit that sits on the adjacent concrete driveway/patio. This large rock (I believe the name was “Big Green”) creates a focal point in the yard. You don’t need a lot of space to make something feel perfect. It creates the perfect outdoor prep area and coupling it with some adjacent planters for vegetables and herbs worked perfectly. I had just enough room here for a grill and some narrow tables from IKEA. This is an area of the yard that would have otherwise been wasted space, as it wasn’t very wide. While beautiful, we also wanted to plan for plenty of play opportunities for our kids. We imagine our kids making a little pond out here at some point. This stone pathway incorporates these stone slabs that can function as a bridge. This was a special surprise by the team at Withey Price. We dug out an area to frame it over so while it looks seamless it took some careful coordination to get it to work so well. The real story, though, is a flush deck that aligns with the interior floor of the cottage and the adjacent stone pathway. I actually picked the plants here and potted these pots myself. We stripped the leaves here below the top of the fence so you can see the fence beyond and have a spot for light to shine up. Urban Yard at the Seattle Boxīamboo is a great plant that has great architectural lines.
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Sitting here with my arm draped over the edge is one of my favorite spots in the world and the spot where my oldest son got the courage to say hello to people as they pass by. The upper bench is cantilevered and tucks over the top of the steel wall. Still, it provided a space for plants (we lined the interior with rigid insulation so it doesn’t overheat), and forms a beautiful backdrop for draping plants. It is also heavy as all hell and hard to install, so this one was a crazy move to make, as it had to be craned in. Urban Yard at the Seattle BoxĬorten steel is beautiful stuff and takes up almost no space. And creating it as a shadow box allowed for the bright green in the house to pop through the custom artwork. We tucked a three-point lock in there so there’s no visible locking mechanism on the metal planter when it is open. It is just slightly lower than the metal planter and perfectly lines up with a gap at the fence boards. I wanted something that helped bridge the two main vertical elements of the yard (the corten steel planter and the wood and concrete fence wall) and this gate made that happen. Urban Yard at the Seattle Box | Photo by Derek Reeves. I thought I'd walk you through some of my favorite details of a large landscape project at my house to show you a little about what I mean. Just as that applies to interior spaces, it applies to exterior spaces. Getting the details right in a project is key to making it personalized and special.
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