Outdoor living in Memorial

Memorial gives us room to work. The backyards out here are large, often wooded, and backing up to the bayou or a greenbelt, which means we can design outdoor living at real scale, a full pool surround, a proper outdoor kitchen, and a shaded lounge that all read as one connected space rather than three separate projects stapled together.

With that much square footage, the risk is a yard that feels scattered. We plan the whole footprint at once so the pool deck, the cooking area, and the seating flow into each other, and we save the lighting design for last, once every element is set. On a lot this size, that sequence is the difference between impressive and cohesive.

Homeowners in Memorial are usually building for serious entertaining, and they expect a six-figure project to be handled like one. Straight answers, a schedule that holds, and a finished yard that looks like the renderings, that's the standard the neighborhood sets.