5. Sitting Wall
A sitting wall, or seat wall, is an effective multiuse feature, especially in smaller spaces. “We think a sitting wall with under-capstone lighting is essential. It’s not very expensive and it makes a patio vastly more efficient,” says Daren Langhorne of Core Outdoor Living in Clifton, Virginia.
Langhorne adds that a seat wall can also serve as a retaining wall or one side of a raised garden bed. “Moreover, a sitting wall really helps define a patio. It anchors the design and says ‘something special happens here,’ versus an island of stone floating unmoored in a yard,” he says.
A sitting wall, or seat wall, is an effective multiuse feature, especially in smaller spaces. “We think a sitting wall with under-capstone lighting is essential. It’s not very expensive and it makes a patio vastly more efficient,” says Daren Langhorne of Core Outdoor Living in Clifton, Virginia.
Langhorne adds that a seat wall can also serve as a retaining wall or one side of a raised garden bed. “Moreover, a sitting wall really helps define a patio. It anchors the design and says ‘something special happens here,’ versus an island of stone floating unmoored in a yard,” he says.