Fences, Pergolas & Outdoor Structures in Seattle

Covered lounge, fire table & turf lawn

A modern pergola over a paved lounge, edged straight into a turf lawn that stays green all winter, with a plank path running the length of the lot.

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Full backyard rebuild in pavers and turf

Patio, turf lawn, planting beds and a new cedar fence — the whole yard rebuilt as one project.

Cedar screen, concrete patio and turf

A small city garden done as one job — horizontal cedar screen for privacy from the neighbours, a concrete patio, and turf that stays green through the winter.

Slate patio behind a cedar screen

Blue and rust slate laid in a random pattern, enclosed by a new horizontal cedar screen.

Covered outdoor kitchen, deck and turf terrace

A back garden built as three connected rooms: a covered kitchen with the grill plumbed in, a warm-toned deck for the table, and a slab terrace stepping up to turf around the fir that was there first.

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Composite stairs and rail to the side door

A run of stairs turning onto a landing at the side door, in composite boards with a powder-coated aluminium rail — the entrance that gets used every day rather than the one guests see.

Open deck built around the view

Everything on this one was decided by the sightline: boards run towards the water, and the railing is slim black metal picket so the view carries straight through it.

Cable-rail walkway along the hedge

A raised walk connecting two levels of a narrow side garden. Cedar posts with stainless cable infill keep the hedge visible instead of walling it off behind balusters.

Elevated deck over a daylight basement

Second-storey deck on cedar posts spanning the back of the house. Framed to leave the space underneath usable and dry rather than writing off the whole footprint.

Wide grey deck under the maples

A big single-level deck sized for a table and still leaving room to walk around it, with white posts and black metal balusters picking up the trim on the house.

Cable-rail stairs down to the lawn

The missing link on a raised deck that had no proper way down. Cedar posts, stainless cable and a wide tread depth, so it is a route rather than a ladder.

New stairs down to the lower patio

A West Seattle split-level where the only way to the bottom of the garden was through the house. A full-height run of stairs off the deck fixed that.

Paver patio, pond and gazebo deck

The dining patio, the water and the raised deck are one continuous route rather than three features dropped on a lawn — the curve of the patio edge sets up the planted bed and the pond sits inside it.

Brick terrace, rockery and water feature

A whole garden built in one go on a wooded lot: brick terrace at the bottom, stone rockery holding the bank, a waterfall running through it, and a pergola marking the top level.

Patio and cedar screens, mid-build

Mallet still on the wall, block still stacked. The cedar screens went in alongside the paving rather than after it, so their posts sit under the surface instead of on top of it.

Outdoor kitchen and fire bowl

Two built-in grills, a run of stone-faced counter, and a copper fire bowl set into the paving. The gas line and the drainage went in before a single paver did — they always have to.

Covered pavilion with an outdoor kitchen

A gabled pavilion on white posts with stained beams overhead, a stone-faced bar with stools along the house wall, and a paver terrace running out under all of it. Built as one structure rather than a roof added over an existing patio, which is why the posts land on the paving instead of interrupting it.

Covered patio after dark

Recessed step lights, warm downlights under the roof, and nothing at all pointing at the lawn. A lit garden works because of what it leaves dark.