New Low-Maintenance Deck Provides Open Area Where These Falconhead West Homeowners Can Enjoy Their Fabulous Canyon View

Once in a while, a client requests the opposite of a typical Archadeck of Austin project. We are always happy to work out a great custom design for them! So often, our clients have an open outdoor living space like a patio or a deck, and they are looking for a shade solution. Frequently we design a new covered porch to work in combination with a homeowner’s existing patio or deck. In many other cases, we replace an existing patio or deck with an entirely new covered porch and open patio or deck combination.

It all adds up to the same thing, no matter the starting point. Homeowners who enjoy spending much of their time outdoors, at home, love having both a shaded and an open outdoor living space. The same is true for homeowners who love to entertain outdoors. The versatility you gain when you have an open and covered outdoor living combination is immeasurable.

Our clients at this home in the Falconhead West neighborhood in Bee Cave, TX, had the opposite problem of most. They have a beautiful covered porch at the back of their home. And they have a magnificent view across the canyon below. What they needed was an open-to-the-sky outdoor space where they can enjoy that wide-open view, day or night. Given the slope of this property, a deck was a better option for them than a patio.  

Austin’s Low-Maintenance Deck Designer Helps You Enjoy Your Hill Country View!

At Archadeck of Austin, we absolutely love helping you enjoy your marvelous view! What good is a great view if you don’t have the perfect place to enjoy it? For these Falconhead West homeowners, we designed a beautiful deck using TimberTech/AZEK low-maintenance decking. They selected two colors, Weathered Teak for the main deck surface and English Walnut as an accent color. Our custom deck design incorporates the darker color for picture framing, a parting board, and stair risers.

Archadeck’s high-quality work shines through in the details of this custom deck design. Picture framing refers to the darker boards that form the outer edge of the deck surface. We also picture-framed the small landing on the deck stairs. The parting board is the dark board that runs straight through the middle of the deck from the steps across to the far side. In addition to adding visual interest, the parting board provides a tidy way for the diagonal decking boards to meet in the deck’s center. No one likes to see the raw ends of two decking boards meet up with each other, if we can prevent that. As you can see, inserting a parting board allows for a cleaner design.

Notice the black railing around this deck – it practically disappears when you look out at the view. The homeowners have placed decorative black bollard lights at each railing post, inconspicuous because they blend in with the black posts. The beautiful, ornamental detail of these lights will provide amazing ambiance on this deck at night.

From the ground, looking up, you can see that the deck itself is cantilevered over the under-deck storage area. We built the solid board deck skirting with cedar. The homeowners have plenty of storage space under the deck, an excellent use of this space.  Contact Archadeck of Austin today to schedule your free design consultation.