——— Custom Backyard and Pool House Mt. Juliet

The fire pit is where this one pulls you first. A paver patio sits out in the yard under a web of string lights, ringed with Adirondack chairs around a stone gas fire feature, far enough from the house to feel like its own room under the trees.

Closer to the home, a covered pavilion carries the evenings. Under a soaring timber-trussed ceiling with a slow-turning fan overhead, there is room for a long dinner table, deep cushioned lounge seating, and bar stools pulled up to stone-columned counters. Glass garage-style doors roll the whole space open to the patio, so a Saturday drifts from kitchen to couch to open air with everything connected.

Past the pavilion, the lawn rolls out wide and clean, edged with flower beds, young trees, and boulder accents. A pool and spa anchor the patio for the hot afternoons, with loungers lined up along the deck for whoever wants the sun.

Morning coffee by the fire, long dinners under the pavilion, late nights with the lights glowing over the yard. Outback shaped the whole backyard to live this way from the first warm week to the last.