Useful Tips of a Good Deck Design
There is no good place to relax basking in the sun, doing outdoor breakfast or a barbeque, reading your favorite magazine with a cold drink on your side than at the comfort of your deck.
An outdoor door is an extension of your home for improving your outdoor area so that you can enjoy being outside during the times when the weather is favorable. The best place in your home should be at your deck where you get to play with your kids, lounge, hang out, or entertain your friends. So that the deck project can be successful, we need to understand the considerations for deck design and planning.
The main thing is knowing where you want to place your deck. A proper deck design is where the deck blends with the environment of your backyard but not too visible or obtrusive. If you have a good view, take advantage of it and place your deck at such a place. In case you don’t have the proper view, you could locate your deck near the garden tree. Perhaps you want your deck in an area where you will enjoy the sun’s exposure. Do you feel your privacy is being interfered with by your neighbor? You can help your deck project even if you don’t have much space by using fences, walls and shrubbery.
In case you want your deck to be connected to your home or if you want it close to your living room though this may be an issue with other members of the family who will be talking and watching TV not to mention the damage that will be done on your carpets by the movement. In case you put your deck next to the kitchen, it is easy for people who will be eating out also food and dishes will be easy to and from the deck. People will be enticed to the kitchen by the sliding doors. Would you consider the possibility of linking two doors of two rooms to the deck? This will see to it that from the two doors there is less movement from the house to the deck and hence the carpets will not be damaged easily.
It is not compulsory to connect the deck to the house. You can have your deck near trees or in the woods if your backyard extends that far in the trees. Your property may be in front of a pond or lake your deck can be such that it touches the water. The garage roof or flat roof can also be a good place to place your deck.
For a small property you cannot plan to entertain many people, you need a large deck. The scale should be a reasonable scale between the property size and home, deck size to family size.