Dunedin backyards work harder socially than anywhere else in the county. Golf-cart neighbors, porch culture, festival-season overflow — the brief is almost never “impress a magazine,” it’s “hold fourteen people comfortably and light itself after sunset.” That’s a real design problem, and a fun one.
The gathering terrace, Dunedin edition
Our signature build here: a tumbled-paver terrace under existing canopy, a gas fire pit with a masonry seat wall so seating never runs out, string lighting on real structure, and planting that keeps the edges soft. Casual on purpose — engineered underneath.
Designed to the town’s character
Dunedin has a look, and a backyard that ignores it feels off. We lean natural materials, warm light, and native planting around the hardscape; no gleaming showroom kitchens dropped into an Old Florida yard. When the house is modern, we’ll go modern — the point is the space belongs to its street.
Salt, breeze, and the Intracoastal factor
Closer to the water and on Dunedin Isles, steady sea breeze changes the details: fire features get wind-rated burners, pergolas get engineered anchoring, and stainless components step up a grade. Two blocks inland, budget goes to shade and lighting instead. Local design is mostly knowing which block you’re on.
