Outdoor Paradise

Deck With Paver Patio & Outdoor Kitchen In Johns Creek, GA

They wanted a kitchen, a fireplace, a patio and somewhere for everyone to sit, on a lot that had space for about half of that.

Before

A Long List and a Small Backyard

What they had was a narrow wood deck at door height, a dark screened space underneath it and a lawn with a fire pit sitting on the grass.

What they wanted was somewhere to cook properly, a fireplace, seating for everyone who turns up, and a patio. All of it written down looked like a much larger property than the one they owned. That’s a common way for these conversations to start, and it’s usually solvable, but not by putting everything in a row.

After

Two Levels, One Small Yard

Laid out flat, that list needed a bigger lot. A kitchen, a fireplace, seating and a patio all competing for the same ground, with a lawn the kids still had to be able to run around on.

A raised deck hands you two floors for one footprint. So the kitchen and the table went up top where the door is, the fireplace and the sofas went underneath where it stays cool and shaded, and the pavers ran around the back of the house to catch the overflow. Nothing came off the list.

You’ve got the kitchen up top and the fireplace right underneath it, on the same bit of ground.

The Two Areas

Up on the Deck

Four hundred and twenty-seven square feet of Trex Transcend with an L-shaped outdoor kitchen along one end, built with room for a gas grill and an egg because they cook on both.

Underneath It

The same footprint again, kept dry by the drainage system in the boards above, with a beadboard ceiling, a stone fireplace and enough seating that this is where everyone ends up.

The Details

The Wing Walls

Stone walls run out either side of the fireplace below. They shut down the two directions the neighbors can see in from, so the lower room is private without anybody having to build a fence.

The Stairs

We moved the stair run out to the side of the deck. Sit down in the lower room now and the yard is right there in front of you with no staircase cutting across it.

The Railing

Trex Transcend in two colors, white posts with black between them. The white picks up the columns holding the deck, so from the lawn the whole structure reads as one piece.

Everything on the List

Component	Product
Decking	Trex Transcend, 427 sq. ft.
Railing	Trex Transcend composite, two color
Drainage	Premium watertight system
Under deck ceiling	Premium beadboard finish
Fireplace	Gas non-vented, with wing walls
Outdoor kitchen	L-shape, sized for a gas grill and an egg
Patio	Pavers, approx. 850 sq. ft.

About $98,000 to build in the north metro today. A compact lot is what makes this one good value, since the deck and the room under it occupy the same ground twice.

Bring Us the Whole List

Most people turn up apologizing for how much is on theirs. Don’t. The list is the useful part, because it tells us what has to fit and what can share space with something else. Come see us in Woodstock and bring all of it.

or visit us at Woodstock Design Center 135 Village Center W, Suite 100