Lounge or dining — which should lead?

Run both and see which the space prefers; that is one comparison at Standard. Small spaces usually choose better as one good zone than as two cramped ones.

Will it respect my garden’s levels?

Yes — existing levels and boundaries hold. Terracing a slope is groundwork, not decoration, and the tool stays on the decoration side of that line.

Outdoor rooms

Outdoor Room Design

A living room the weather is allowed into.

Open in the Studio

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What it does

The difference between a patio and an outdoor room is the same as the difference between a floor and a living room: furniture arranged for conversation, shade where the sun is a bully, light for after dark, and edges that say where the room begins. This tool designs that room onto your terrace, deck or bare corner of lawn — seating at conversational distances, a table that fits the space rather than the aspiration, planting doing the work of walls.

How to use it

1Photograph the space from the door the room will be entered through.
2Pick a look and what goes underfoot.
3Note the fixed points: drains, boundaries, the barbecue’s kingdom.
4Run a lounge-led and a dining-led version; the space will vote.

Questions

Lounge or dining — which should lead?: Run both and see which the space prefers; that is one comparison at Standard. Small spaces usually choose better as one good zone than as two cramped ones.
Will it respect my garden’s levels?: Yes — existing levels and boundaries hold. Terracing a slope is groundwork, not decoration, and the tool stays on the decoration side of that line.