One Space · All Day
From first light to firelight
Morning
Coffee on the flagstone as the sun rises behind the trees.
The Details
It's the small things that set the mood
We're turning the side yard of our home into a year-round outdoor living room — stamped stone underfoot, a fire-lit lounge, and a garden that glows from morning to midnight.
The same ten feet, transformed into something you'd walk past slowly — and never want to leave.
What follows is the vision: the space through a full day, the details that set the mood, and exactly what we'd love to build with the right partner.
Rendered on photographs of our actual side yard — the real house, windows, fence, and trees are preserved — so you can see exactly where this is headed. Conceptual, not construction drawings.
Everything else — the stamped concrete, the flagstone path, the garden and the fire-lit lounge — stays the same. The shade structure is the one open choice, and we'd love each bid to price all three.
A 10 × 20 ft structure attached to the house on posts. Most built-in; likely needs a permit + HOA structure approval.
Large cantilever + freestanding umbrellas. Movable, no permanent structure, simplest permitting.
Patio, garden and lounge with no overhead. Lowest cost; a clean baseline to build from later.
All 49 of the contractor's stamped-concrete patterns from the catalogue, each dropped onto our real patio so you can judge true color and texture in place — the left flagstone path stays, only the main concrete changes. We're leaning lighter (dark concrete bakes underfoot in the Texas sun); the ✓ cool pick tag marks the 23 lighter, cooler-underfoot tones. Click any to enlarge.
Catalogue names shown. Decorative medallions (5-Point Star, Compass Rose, Old World Compass) and border band-tools aren't shown here — they're accents you add on top of any field pattern.
Renderings approximate each stamp pattern & color — get physical samples of your top 2–3 before the pour, since sealer and sunlight shift the final look.
An itemized bid — labor and materials separated, broken out by the sections below, with the shade options priced individually so we can compare and choose.
Please also include: timeline & crew size · whether you pull permits + provide stamped drawings · concrete color/stamp + flagstone samples · 2–3 recent DFW references · warranty · license & insurance.
We'd love to show you the corridor in person and talk through your approach. Reach out any way that's easy — and share whatever bid details you can up front.