Custom Decks for Your Outdoor Living Experience

As you deck the halls this December, it’s not too early or too cold to start planning for custom outdoor products that will enhance your outdoor living experience in the spring and summer.  While you’re dreaming of a white Christmas, do you find yourself looking forward to spending leisurely hours under the sun on outdoor installations for your home, like a custom built deck? Take heart and let the custom creative juices flow like eggnog.  Whether you’re considering a new structure or a renovation, take a look at some of the custom outdoor decks that CustomMade artisans have created for their clients.

Your outdoor spaces deserve the same consideration as your indoor rooms.  Woodworker Stephen Morrison of MoreSun Custom Woodworking, Inc., can address your comfort and needs and also make sure your outdoor environment is preserved with a custom designed addition like this LongHall deck for a home in a forest in Georgia.  The clients can enjoy a scenic view as well as a beautiful transition from forest to home with the natural forms of bald cypress trees used in the timber frame of this 82’ deck.  (For another view of this deck, check out the gallery page for the LongHall stairs).  MoreSun Custom Woodworking can incorporate different wood species into your custom outdoor project as well as trees felled from your own yard.  Contact Stephen and discuss your options.

LongHall Deck by MoreSun Custom Woodworking, Inc., at CustomMade.com

This custom deck by WoodyBoard is another design that plays with the transition from nature to home.  The Brazilian ipe wood deck and surrounding bench emulate a large planter box for the existing pine tree, giving the tree a “Bonsai-like” appearance and creating a private seating area.  (Look closely and you can also see a “Bubble with Water Droplet” Gate for the patio).  Do you have an outdoor feature you’d like to integrate into a custom deck design? Contact artisan Mike Bless and discuss your design ideas.

Custom Deck by WoodyBoard at CustomMade.com

Need a deck for a water feature on your property?  Mark Lowe of MC Lowe Finish Carpentry can help “customize your life” with a design for any kind of space you can imagine, indoors or outdoors.  For a customer who wanted “a dock-style deck for a water feature,” he built this pond deck.  For unique custom outdoor products for your home, contact the artisan.

Pond Deck by MC Lowe Finish Carpentry at CustomMade.com

Do you have a deck in need of repair or reconstruction but are having a hard time imagining the transformation? Award-winning graphic designer and woodworker Mark Adorney of Harvest Moon Woodworking can create detailed 3D computer models of his projects that he can share with clients before any materials are purchased in order to help them envision their project from all angles.  Careful planning makes the design stage “a wonderful journey in and of itself” for Mark as well:

More intimately, I find a tree to be a beautiful, potent being.  We climb them as kids, plant them as adults, and enjoy the changing colors throughout the seasons.  Each is a well-documented record of history, with its own unique story to tell.  I take great care in planning each project, to ensure each board is carefully selected for its intended purpose.  How a board is cut from a log, moisture content, figure, and internal stresses are just some of the things I consider when planning a new project.

This is a 3D construction drawing for a Colonial porch deck repair for a home in Beverly, MA.  If you’d like to see more models and before, during, and after photographs of the deck repairs, check out the Colonial porches gallery and slide show on Mark’s website.  Have a custom deck in mind that’s not quite focused yet?  Get in touch with Mark.

Colonial Porch Deck Repair by Harvest Moon Woodworking at CustomMade.com

Tis the season to start thinking of custom additions to your backyard, patio, and other outdoor spaces that you’d like to begin come warmer weather.  Post your custom deck ideas on our “Get it Made” job board and have CustomMade artisans interested in your project contact you.  You can also try our “Location Search” to find CustomMade artisans near you who specialize in outdoor installations.