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Having a backyard that you can enjoy every day is a luxury you don’t want to pass up. No matter what your current backyard looks like, there’s always room to improve and upgrade it. Even the smallest of backyards can be transformed into an oasis you never want to leave.
All you need to get the process started are a few backyard makeover ideas to feed your creativity. In the guide below, you’ll discover how to decorate your backyard and turn it into the outdoor living area you’ve always imagined. Continue reading to find out more!
- A Deck/Patio Area
If your current backyard doesn’t have a deck or patio area, then this should be something you want to start with. A deck or patio area is essential if you want to create a true outdoor living space. It’ll provide the hard flooring you need to lay down decorative outdoor rugs, and more!
Once you build your patio or deck, it makes putting together designated sections of your outdoor living space much easier. Seating areas, outdoor kitchens, game tables, and other ideas can all then be created on your new deck or patio. It also helps keep insects off of your feet as well!
- Defined Spaces
When putting the rest of your backyard design together, try to stick with defined spaces. This is something you can do with a simple rearranging of outdoor furniture. Your first step is to consider the different areas you want to have.
Do you want a section for cooking, for gardening, for relaxing, and a section for the children to play in? Once you know what sections you want to have in your backyard, you can then begin to define the spaces in your design.
If needed, purchase a small shed to keep children’s toys and yard equipment out of sight. When the yard is divided into specific sections, it’ll make it feel like an extension of your home.
- A Garden With a Walkway
Gardening can help ease anxiety and reduce stress. It also gives you a beautiful view when spending time in your backyard. Don’t think you have what it takes to build a garden?
Even gardening newbies can create a beautiful garden that’ll last a lifetime. Be sure to do your research and learn about what plants grow well in your area. You can then look up a few different plants that are perfect for beginner gardeners.
Low-maintenance plants can still give you the garden you want without all the hard work. Once you become more knowledgeable about the topic, you can then move on to more complex plants.
Be sure to create a walkway that leads to and through your garden. This way, you’ll know where to walk and will avoid damaging your yard. You can also consider putting down stone paths to different sections of the yard as well.
- Plenty of Seating
If you like to entertain at your house, then you’ll want to provide enough seating to make everyone comfortable. Even if you don’t have guests over too often, it’s still nice to have plenty of seating options. When growing your garden, place a bench or swing nearby so you can sit and bird watch.
Butterflies, bees, and other creatures might show up a time or two as well. You’ll want to place seating around the play area as well when you want to keep an eye on the children. On the patio or deck, have enough seating and a table to enjoy your meals outside.
You can even have a section with a few chairs around a fire pit for those chilly nights.
- Hang Outdoor Lighting
While sitting outside, enjoying your fire pit, or watching the children play into the weekend evening hours, you’ll need ample amounts of lighting. There are many different outdoor lighting options to choose from as well. Rather than only going with one type of lighting, you should try to implement a few of them into your backyard space.
You can hang fairy lights around your deck or patio. You can place tiki torches near the deck’s stairs. Pathway lights will look amazing in the ground along the sides of your walkway to ensure you can see where you’re going.
If you do grow a garden, then consider placing stone lights and other types of garden lights in your garden as well.
- Build an Outdoor Kitchen
Have you ever considered bringing a table outside and enjoying your meal outdoors when the weather is right? If so, then you’ll enjoy having an outdoor kitchen in your backyard. Backyard kitchens can range from a grill and outdoor dining set to a full-blown kitchen and backyard dining area.
Consider how much space you have and what you’d get the most use out of. You can even build an outdoor bar. Once you have your kitchen built (the sink, counters, grill top, refrigerator, and a bar), you then need to be selective with your seating.
Only use tables and chairs made for the outdoors. These outdoor dining sets will stand up to different weather elements that an indoor set wouldn’t be able to.
- Install Some Privacy
One of the last things to keep in mind is your privacy. There are several ways to ensure backyard privacy. You can build a privacy fence, grow hedges along your current fence, place lattice along your fence and grow vines on it, and more!
Even if you have a small backyard, you can still create privacy using these ideas. To prevent views of your neighbor’s yard from your deck, you can also have the walls on the sides of your deck raised higher.
Try All of These Backyard Makeover Ideas
Which one of these backyard makeover ideas sparked your imagination? Why not try a few or try them all? With these ideas in mind, your backyard transformation will be one for the books!
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