Created for outdoor entertaining and relaxing, with an existing corner sofa incorporated into the design. By including lots of little details, we aimed to make the space practical as well as easy to plant in the future.

• Small garden bed areas were left around the deck, ready to plant climbers into. This will break up the fencing and add some colour.

• We added a small raised edge to the deck to stop the furniture slipping off.

• The finishing touch was the pergola over the steps. Where more climbers will grow over it and add interest to the walkway.

Here we have a little update, one year on: