3-Season Rooms: Luxe Meets Rustic on an Ozarks Terrace

When it came time to carve out and decorate outdoor rooms on this 100-foot-long terrace, the home's architecture and spectacular site in the Ozark Mountains provided the design inspiration. "I was guided by the fact that the home had a rustic style that used high-quality, top-notch materials," says landscape designer Daniel Keeley of DK Design. "I also needed to respect the pristine setting."

Treating the terrace as he would an interior (no matching patio sets), Keeley created an eclectic look that didn't go overboard, mixing hundred-year-old beams, raw steel, French antiques, new furniture, custom pieces, wicker, teak, felled logs and even a sugar cauldron. The result is a careful balance of luxe and rustic, with clean lines and materials that will weather well over time. Step onto the terrace and we'll take a long stroll from one end to the other.

The terrace, designed by Tony Martin Associates, needed to serve multiple purposes and have distinct spaces for dining, seating for large and small groups, and enjoying the view and the fire. Keeley broke up the vast scale by dividing the space into intimate areas.


A palette that coordinated with the house and existing Texas flagstone terrace emerged. "Tony Martin did an unbelievable job on constructing the house with reclaimed antique materials; all of the wood inside and out is reclaimed and at least 100 years old," Keeley says.

In response, he picked driftwood-like hues for the furnishings: silvered teak and weathered gray wicker, accented with copper and raw steel.

Chairs: wicker, Summer Classics


The furniture selection began with a chair design. The homeowner mentioned he liked Adirondack chairs, so Keeley chose some modern teak lounge chairs first and went from there. "The chairs gave Adirondack style a twist for the Ozarks and were more modern; plus, they will weather to a silvery driftwood color," he says.

Chairs: Camano Deck Chair, Sutherland; sofa: wicker, Summer Classics; coffee table, console table: Peninsula Collection, Sutherland


Accents take cues from the architecture as well. For example, throw pillows pick up on the window stain's burnt sienna hue. The large pillows are covered in outdoor leather that mimics a luxurious raw silk you'd see indoors. The smaller pillows have a subtle eclectic pattern.

Small pillows: fabric by Donghia


Lanterns with an antique copper finish accentuate the hues in the stone and trimwork. They contain battery-operated candles for nighttime ambience.

The planters needed to stand up to the terrace's large scale; 1-gallon pots would have been lost out here. Almost all of them contain native ornamental trees and shrubs; the large planters here contain sweet bay magnolias. Planters all along the terrace mark the edges of the outdoor rooms in the same way a column would mark them indoors.





"Here in the Ozarks, we can enjoy living outdoor for about nine months out of the year; during the other three it's too hot or too cold," Keeley says. A large stone outdoor fireplace helps the homeowner extend the outdoor living time into the colder months.

Felled trees from the property provided rustic side tables used throughout the terrace. Terra-cotta spheres add just the right dash of fun and color to this corner.

Rocking chairs: Brown Jordan





Keeley's spaces coordinate with the massing of the architecture, whose scale is broken up with different materials. The outdoor living room is centered on a stone section of the facade; the dining area is centered on a log cabin section.


Just past the outdoor dining room, Keeley tucked a more intimate lounge space behind large planters. He designed the planters, which contain native serviceberry trees. The planters are made of barn wood left over from the construction, with raw steel accents. The "S" detail was pulled from a feature on the house's chimney.


In this more private seating area, Keeley echoed some of the furniture choices for consistency but mixed things up a bit with custom pieces.


For example, he cut three coffee table stools out of leftover beams from the home's construction and wrapped them in raw steel bands for an eclectic modern touch. He also designed the side tables, which are raw steel bases topped with granite.


An adjacent area offers a place for rocking and enjoying the view. Keeley fashioned the table from a sugar cauldron; the custom top is made of barn wood. During the colder months, the homeowner removes the top to reveal a fire pit.


Around the corner (just off the master bedroom), a custom granite and raw steel console table doubles as a firewood rack. (Every bedroom has a fireplace, so convenient wood storage was important.)

The mirror is an antique zinc French window with a new mirror placed behind the original glass. The large plant is a native rhododendron.

The column to the right of the mirror is another cut tree, fastened to the wall with a raw steel band. The limestone urn is also a French antique. Keeley found the mirror and the urn at a favorite Fayetteville, Arkansas, haunt, French Metro Antiques.


While the wonderful terrace rooms are hard to leave, the beauty of the Ozarks beckons, with tempting paths leading the way.

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