Project details
- Location
- Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego County
- Project type
- Hardscape
- Primary trade
- Landscape Design
- Features
- Outdoor kitchen · Landscape lighting · Deck
- Scope
- Backyard deck and lawn edge
The goal
Connect the rear doors, outdoor cooking area and lower lawn while giving the deck edge a clear nighttime outline.
Design & construction approach
Recessed fixtures trace that edge, while board-clad dividers frame the outdoor cooking area.
The finished result
The photograph shows a distinct arrangement of lawn, deck and cooking space against the warm-lit house.
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Materials & planting
- Wood-toned decking
- Recessed step lights
- Lawn/turf
- Built-in cooking counter
- Horizontal-board dividers
- Wood fencing
Trades used on this build
The build was led by our landscape design crew, with support from landscape lighting and outdoor kitchens & bbq islands. Every trade is in-house.
Building in Rancho Santa Fe
Design and construction are both in-house, so grading, drainage, masonry, planting and lighting are solved together. Licensed C-27 Landscape Contractor — CSLB License #1159370.
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