Our Guide to Great Outdoor Living Environments

Resort-Inspired Comfort, Shade, and Style for Your Backyard

Too many homeowners treat their patios as afterthoughts. They leave beautiful stretches of their property underutilized. Your exterior spaces deserve to function as fluid, gorgeous extensions of your main living areas. We can help. By pairing premium structural shelter with high-end automated shading, we protect your comfort and maximize your daily enjoyment of the outdoors.

Add architectural elements, screens and intuitive controls to convert a standard patio into a luxury living space. Focusing on these details allows you to establish a private backyard retreat reminiscent of your favorite luxury vacation destination.

How Can You Get More Use Out of Your Outdoor Spaces?

We help make your exterior spaces a place you want to spend hours. We bring the atmosphere of a hotel patio or private villa terrace right to your back door. We help you build defined dining zones, covered seating areas, and intimate lounge spaces with dedicated overhead shade. 

Turn your yard into a primary destination for daily relaxation rather than a spot saved for occasional entertaining. Without shading elements in place, harsh direct sun, afternoon glare, and a lack of privacy will inevitably drive you back inside.

Give Your Outdoor Spaces Structure With Pergolas or Awnings

Pergolas and awnings frame your outdoor rooms, lower local temperatures, and provide a comforting sense of enclosure without blocking fresh air. We partner with Renson to deliver pergolas that are the ultimate standard in durability and style. Their pergolas are divided into two primary approaches: 

• Freestanding Retreats: Positioned deep in your garden or right by the pool, these models create a quiet getaway completely separate from your main house.

• Attached Footprints: These structures directly expand your usable living space off your kitchen, living room, or primary bedroom suite.

You can customize your pergola with a motorized louvered roof. With a button process, control the exact amount of sunlight filtering into your lounge space or close quickly to block sudden rain. Fixed roof styles offer a permanent addition that mirrors your original home design. All models feature weather-tested materials engineered to perform in every season. 

Retractable awnings offer a flexible, low-profile alternative that extends cooling shade straight from your existing walls. We partner with top-tier manufacturers like Brustor and ABC Sun Control Systems to deliver beautiful custom finishes that complement your architecture. Folding arm styles work beautifully above patios and attach directly to your home exterior. Side awnings block lateral exposure to keep your dining area comfortable.  

Extend Your Privacy and Comfort With Outdoor Shades & Screens

Even with a gorgeous overhead structure, an open-sided patio can leave you feeling exposed to the elements and neighbors. How do you handle late-afternoon sunlight or sudden breezes disrupting your dinner?

Motorized screens glide smoothly from compact, hidden housings mounted along your roofline or the edge of your pergola for added protection. You can select varying fabric opacities based on your specific property goals:

• Open-Weave Sunscreens: Filter out harsh heat and intense glare while preserving your clear views of the landscape.

• Dense Privacy Fabrics: Provide absolute visual isolation, block wind chill, and create a cozy evening environment.

Close them to delineate spaces –like a lounge–from other areas or just to get rid of the afternoon soon. On hillside properties, they also add to your family’s privacy. And when you don’t want to use them, the fabric rolls completely out of sight to give you a more expansive, open-air feel. We also recommend a specialized insect screen for porches or lanais to keep out bugs while still letting air flow through.

Smart Automation Brings Your Outdoor Room to Life

A beautifully designed backyard that requires manual effort to operate simply will not get used. Physically cranking an awning, walking around to pull down heavy manual shades, or going inside to fiddle with lighting switches interrupts your relaxation.

As a Lutron Double Diamond Dealer, we integrate your exterior shading with your lighting controls and help you create custom scenes that match your routines. For example, your patio shades lower automatically at noon to block peak heat, while your outdoor lighting shifts from bright entertaining modes to warm, ambient scenes as night falls. We also connect advanced wind and rain sensors to your motorized awnings and pergolas. If wind speeds increase, your systems retract automatically to prevent damage.

The difference between a backyard you merely look at and one you want to spend time in comes down to the right infrastructure. Our boutique team provides end-to-end design assistance, measurement, professional installation, and smart programming. Contact us today to schedule a private, one-on-one consultation at our exclusive, appointment-only showroom.