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Residential Design + Build Studio — Serving Greater Houston

Project

Spring Valley Village Townhouse Courtyard

A Spring Valley Village townhouse courtyard transformed into a composed outdoor room — dark-stained wood fencing, sculptural wall panels, and potted trees set a serene, gallery-like tone.

Spring Valley Village townhouse courtyard with potted plants along a dark wood fence with decorative panels, Houston
Dark-stained wood privacy fence with sculptural wall panels and paired potted plants in a Spring Valley Village courtyard
Low-maintenance townhouse courtyard with artificial turf, potted evergreens in white planters, and a wood fence, Spring Valley Village
Spring Valley Village townhouse courtyard with dark-stained wood fencing, sculptural wall panels, and potted trees, Houston, TX
Spring Valley Village, Texas, Houston — Outdoor Living
Area
Spring Valley Village, Texas
Scope
Outdoor Living
Investment
$24,000

The build

How it came together

The courtyard began as a narrow side yard and became a deliberate outdoor room. A dark-stained horizontal wood fence wraps the perimeter, creating an enclosed backdrop that reads almost architectural — its warm, charcoal tone grounding the entire composition.

Against that backdrop, a series of square metal wall panels with radiating line patterns hang at even intervals, functioning as outdoor art rather than decoration. Young feathery trees planted in tall white tapered planters — each resting on a pale stone pad — stand in quiet rhythm along the fence line, softening the geometry without dissolving it.

Synthetic turf covers the floor plane in a clean, even green, removing visual noise at ground level and letting the vertical composition hold full attention. Low-profile black wall-mount fixtures punctuate the fence at consistent heights, indicating that the space reads just as well after dark.

Materials

What we specified

dark-stained wood fencing, horizontal wood planks, metal wall art panels, white tapered planters, synthetic turf, natural stone paver pads, black exterior wall-mount lighting

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How we work

One studio, start to finish

We build the way you'd want a neighbor to build. One dedicated project manager, communication on a schedule you can plan your life around, and a client portal so you're never chasing an update. Your investment is fixed before we break ground and your workmanship is warrantied in writing — Texas licensed and insured. We run a clean, respectful site and work around your life, not through it. You don't manage us; you live your life. That's the point.

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