Above shows a great example of patio Ideas and designs at its best. This home exterior patio with an amazing sunset view over an urban area and out to the water. Combined with a cosy set of outdoor patio furniture, you have the ideal components for a great conversation area. 

Patio areas in a home lend themselves to being great places to sit and relax, enjoy or soak up some sun, or at the end if the day as the sun lends you its last rays of the day. As a place for family and friends to congregate in a home, they offer something relaxed and informal that many living rooms and lounges don’t. Furniture and furnishing are often a lot more informal and they usually also have an outlook that permits reflection, relaxation and contemplation with either a glass of wine or a pot of tea (depending on your preference).

Patios can be an essential part of the overall flow of a home from the outdoors to the indoors with perhaps even ‘full on’ cooking and entertainment areas, outdoor fireplaces and ovens, or they can be simplistically humble little areas that consist of perhaps no more than a table and chairs and an umbrella for shade sitting on a small deck area.

Whatever a patio area means to you, there are many ways to create one that meets your needs. This gallery of images shows many examples of beautiful patio designs and ideas, and hopefully, there will be something here that gives you inspiration as well as prompts you to take some action on developing your very own area that will add immensely to the quality of your lifestyle.

A beautiful modern patio terrace lounge area with an overhead pergola, an amazing fieplace, wooden flooring and relaxed cane furniture at sunset

Stunning outdoor covered patio area with tiled paving, sublime schist fireplace, comfortable seating and a grassy outlook in a new luxury home. 

Beautiful landscape design for simple, humble backyard garden and patio area on a walkout deck with table, chairs, shade umbrella and barbecue

Backyard cozy patio area with wicker furniture set, stainless steel barbeque, black stained timber deck and an extensive overhead roof with transparent panels

Brick patio area with table, umbrella, chairs and relaxing sun loungers all set in a stunning extensive planted backyard setting oozing tranquility and relaxation

Backyard Patio with Gazebo, white cane chairs, extensive paved area and an imposing brick fireplace set against a grassy backdrop. 

Walkout deck with patio area and wood pergola. Pergola furnished with patio dining table set and sofa. Decorated with flower pots

Another backyard patio area with wooden picnic table and bench seats, wicker chairs and a fire pit set in a paved area and sheltered by a timber fence and a very big tree

View of an outdoor patio room by a swimming pool in a modern home creating a great ambiance and flow from indoors to outside

Stylish outdoor terrace patio area with cane corner sofa and footstool and an eclectic chair and coffee table under a shade umbrella and multi color accent cushions

Cozy patio area with comfortable settees, gas heater and a fire pit. A beautiful setting for anytime relaxation with an extensive water view. 

A paved entertainment area in a patio outside a modern Australian home creating the flow connection from swimming pool to indoors

A beautiful looking patio area overlooking a swimming pool and grassy yard with arches and cane furniture and an almost European feel

Patio of mediterranean villa in French Riviera with relaxed outdoor wicker furniture and terracotta paving

View of a luxury salt water pool and patio in a residential backyard with wrought iron outdoor patio furniture and decorated concrete paving

 A beautiful outdoor patio setting with individual cedar patio chairs and table beside an outdoor fireplace on a tile paved area. 

Beautiful small patio with old rustic metal dining chairs and marble topped table set on concreted outdoor area next to two storey home