Small (Under 1,000 sq ft.) - Landscaping Ideas
Small yard landscaping ideas for spaces under 1,000 square feet. See how creative design makes compact yards feel bigger and more functional.
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Outdoor Living Area
by MeadowlarkWhat used to be a large empty dirt pile, is slowly transforming into a living...
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Mandina
Side yard with new fence that my husband built with down and post lighting. ...
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Outdoor Creations
by AndreaBBQ, fire pit, bridge, pool, table, vertical wall stamping and decorative con...
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side & rear yard water feature
We built a waterfall in the corner of the rear yard and it cascaded into a st...
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KITTY LITTER BOX NO LONGER
by GINNY EZELLour backyard was nothing but dirt, we had a huge hill that had to be moved ba...
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Outdoor living space.
We live in a rural area but on a street on a lake with neighbors close. Alway...
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Side yard party patio
by Olive GroveThese homeowners wanted to utilize their plain side yard that connected to th...
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Orono Firepit Patio
Our clients asked for a nice relaxation area adjacent to their swimming pool ...
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My Cozy Mid-Century Patio
by danapMy patio is concrete embedded with river rock and is original to the house, w...
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Front Yard
by GehrkeI hired contractors do to all the concrete work. My father-in-law and I did ...
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My Garden Pond
I made 2 ponds with a bridge in between them, and a stream connecting the pon...
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Project: Pati-oh!
We "remodeled" our small backyard to become a "whole yard"...
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J & Ds garden
by Jan HOur lot is not very big, 50 x 200. Mixture of sun and shade. We started with ...
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Stunning Garden for Television Show
by EnviroscapeThis amazing landscape was installed by EnviroscapeLA for the television show...
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Creating Paradise
by EnviroscapeThis album documents the before and after of a native garden built around a w...
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Southern Cal Townhouse Yard
by salamimafiaI've included the before picture as well. We removed the flagstone, bui...
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Skiba Front Yard
by rcskibaMy house has a giant fence in the front yard. The previous owners built a cou...
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BBQ Bar With a View
by BryanI built this bar and bbq myself in the summer of 2006. The foundation is conc...
About Small (Under 1,000 sq ft.) Landscaping
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