My summer patio before garden:   I like to change things up, so I also put out retro furniture too.  The building in the background will be a 1,000 sq ft cottage/ guest house when we're finished...love this and we light it up at night.  Eventually I'll add pavers and planted flower pots around base.     I love my garden. I'll be going back to white wicker this summer.  

Seeing all these patio/backyard pics is making me yearn for summer! Barbeques, backyard parties, warm nights just sitting on the patio! Anyway here's a couple pics of ours. They were taken at weird angles... I'd rather have a hot tub! The *guest quarters* ;) this is where are guests stay when they've had too much to drink the night before. We like to eat out on the patio in the summer.