Woven Cane and Rattan Outdoor Furniture Design Ideas and Photos

Texture that makes an outdoor room feel finished — synthetic and natural weaves, frame quality, cushion fabrics and how to keep them looking new. Woven furniture does something no solid material can: it adds texture and shadow at seat height, softening hard paving and flat walls. That is why cane, rattan and synthetic weave appear in almost every outdoor room that photographs well. The pieces feel handmade even when they are not, and their open structure keeps a small terrace from feeling crowded because you can see through them. Understand what you are buying. Natural rattan and cane are beautiful but belong under cover, where they are protected from rain and direct ultraviolet light. Outdoors in full weather, high grade synthetic weave — usually polyethylene over a powder coated or marine grade aluminium frame — is the only sensible choice, and quality varies enormously. Look for a weave that is solid rather than hollow, colour through the strand rather than sprayed on, and a frame with welded rather than bolted joints. Cushions are half the comfort and most of the maintenance. Choose quick dry reticulated foam so cushions do not hold water, covers in solution dyed acrylic that resists fading...

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Pool Designs

Resort-Style Swimming Pool Design with Pale Sandstone Surrounds and Swim-Up Bench, Spa Spill

Resort-Style Swimming Pool Design with Pale Sandstone Surrounds, White Rendered Walls and Bronze Fittings, Layered Ferns, Elephant Ears and Lush. this image created by www.homedesign-photos.com — Resort-Style Swimming Pool Design with Pale Sandstone Surrounds, White Rendered Walls and Bronze Fittings, Layered Ferns, Elephant Ears and Lush Poolside Greenery, featuring a Swim-Up Bench, Spa Spill and Poolside BBQ Kitchen, complemented by Durable Weatherproof Finishes and Low-Maintenance

Plunge is part of our Pool Designs collection — one of 97 large-format widescreen concept visuals in this section. It is presented here at full size so you can study the layout, the planting, the surfaces and the way light falls across the design before you commit to building anything on your own block.

Infinity, lagoon, plunge and lap pools with surrounds, surfaces and pool-side living. Use this concept as a starting point: note the proportions between built form and greenery, where shade and shelter sit, how paths and paved areas move people through the space, and which materials repeat to hold the whole scheme together.

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Lagoon-Style Swimming Pool Design with Charcoal Pebble Interior and Sun Lounge Terrace, Shaded Cabana

Lagoon-Style Swimming Pool Design with Charcoal Pebble Interior, Bluestone Coping and Blackbutt Decking, Cycads, Strappy Foliage and Uplit Feature Trees, featuring a Sun Lounge Terrace, Shaded Cabana and Outdoor Shower, balanced by Clean Sightlines, Shaded Retreats and Relaxed Family

Compact Plunge Pool Design with Natural Boulder Edging, Timber Deck Inserts and Sandy Beach Entry, Mass-Planted Agapanthus, Palms and Soft. this image created by www.homedesign-photos.com

Compact Plunge Pool Design with Natural Boulder Edging and Pool-Side Pergola Dining Area

Compact Plunge Pool Design with Natural Boulder Edging, Timber Deck Inserts and Sandy Beach Entry, Mass-Planted Agapanthus, Palms and Soft Coastal Grasses, featuring a Pool-Side Pergola Dining Area and Firepit Lounge, with Considered Outdoor Zoning and Soft Layered Textures

Family Lap Pool and Deck Design with Glass Mosaic Tiling, Travertine Coping and Frameless Glass Fencing, Clipped Hedging, Feature Olive. this image created by www.homedesign-photos.com

Family Lap Pool and Deck Design with Glass Mosaic Tiling and Waterfall Wall, Stepping

Family Lap Pool and Deck Design with Glass Mosaic Tiling, Travertine Coping and Frameless Glass Fencing, Clipped Hedging, Feature Olive Trees and Silver Groundcovers, featuring a Waterfall Wall, Stepping Pads and Evening LED Glow

Resort-Style Swimming Pool Design with Pale Sandstone Surrounds and Swim-Up Bench, Spa Spill

Resort-Style Swimming Pool Design with Pale Sandstone Surrounds, White Rendered Walls and Bronze Fittings, Layered Ferns, Elephant Ears and Lush Poolside Greenery, featuring a Swim-Up Bench, Spa Spill and Poolside BBQ Kitchen, complemented by Durable Weatherproof Finishes and Low-Maintenance

Resort-Style Swimming Pool Design with Pale Sandstone Surrounds and Swim-Up Bench, Spa Spill

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Native Garden Design Ideas, Planting Plans and Photos

Native planting arranged with structure and intent — layered plans, bird and bee habitat, gravel paths and the pruning that keeps it looking designed.

Native gardens earned an unfair reputation for looking untidy, and the cause was never the plants — it was the absence of a plan. Treated with the same discipline as any other style, native planting produces gardens that are tougher, cheaper to run, full of birds and unmistakably local. The trick is to bring structure to species that grow loosely, using repetition, clear edges and a strong layout to hold everything together.

Design in layers, exactly as the bush does. A canopy layer of eucalypt, banksia or melaleuca for shade and habitat, a mid layer of grevillea, correa, westringia and hakea for screening and flower, a groundcover layer of myoporum, dianella, lomandra and native violet, and a grass layer for movement. Repeating each species in generous drifts rather than dotting singles is what makes the planting read as designed rather than accidental.

Structure comes from everything that is not a plant. A crisp gravel or decomposed granite path with steel edging, a timber sleeper step, a bench positioned in dappled shade, a birdbath as a focal point, and a mown or clipped edge where the garden meets the house. These hard elements give the eye somewhere to rest, which is precisely what a purely naturalistic planting lacks.

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Maintenance is light but not zero. Tip prune after flowering to keep shrubs dense and prevent the leggy woodiness that ages a native garden badly, mulch with coarse chip, use low or no phosphorus fertiliser, and water deeply during the first two summers only. In return you get flowering across most of the year, honeyeaters and native bees within a season, and a garden that survives heat waves and water restrictions without complaint.

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Woven Cane and Rattan Outdoor Furniture Design Ideas and Photos

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