California Casual • Backyard and Pool

A backyard viewed from indoors. Adjacent to the sliding doors is a patio under a pergola with outdoor sofas, and further out is a rectangular swimming pool, with light-colored stone paving and a few lounge chairs by the pool; the edges of the yard are planted with olive trees, lavender, and drought-tolerant herbaceous plants, with the silhouette of hills in the distance. Avoid: making the pool a free-form resort style, paving the yard entirely with lawn requiring extensive irrigation, using tropical palms and bananas, or having a long distance of grass between the patio and the pool.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個從室內看出去的後院。緊鄰拉門的是棚架下的露台與戶外沙發,再往外是一座長方形的泳池,池邊鋪著淺色的石材與幾張躺椅;院子邊緣是橄欖樹、薰衣草與耐旱的草本植物,遠處有山丘的輪廓。避免:把泳池做成自由曲線的度假村造型、院子鋪滿需要大量灌溉的草坪、使用熱帶的棕櫚與芭蕉、讓露台與泳池之間隔著長距離的草地。