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Patio details: Secluded side yardLocation: ChicagoDimensions: 10 by 12 feet (3 by 3.7 meters)Materials: Mixed paving materials of stone, glass, tile and brick salvaged from other projects Cost: Very low cost given that materials were salvagedThis cozy dining nook next to a home in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood feels intimate and inviting with a bistro table and chairs nestled under the leafy canopy of a redbud tree. “The extension of plants up on the walls and overhead makes the space feel larger,” says architect Gary Beyerl of Burns + Beyerl Architects.The roughly circular patio layout works well around a round bistro table and helps break up the corridor of the side yard. Beyerl constructed the patio using salvaged materials from other projects to create a mosaic-like floor of mixed stone, glass, tile and brick. Low stone walls protect surrounding garden beds from chairs that might be pushed back onto plantings in the narrow space.Tip: You can pick up salvaged materials for paving and other construction materials, often at very reduced rates, from local salvage yards.
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