Before...
The approach...
Integrated bench seating.
Integrated sandbox using hidden hinges. One half of the cavity is a sandbox while the other half acts as storage.
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LANDSCAPE DESIGN: Backyard Deck

This design began, as they all do, in my mind then onto a napkin. 140 hours later, here it is.

Features include:
° an integrated sandbox (and adjacent toy chest) sunken flush with the deck surface,
° built-in benches -- two have back supports and the third bench connects off the others as a long chaise-lounge of sorts.
° bespoke design using multiple angles,
° three different decking patterns,
° integrated steps on the approach,
° cedar stumps were cut to seat height and added as dynamic deck seating to compliment the built-in static benches.

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Scott Graham
Industrial Design Technologist Ottawa, Canada