Is there anything more fun than outdoor entertaining? The house, patio and lawn all flow together to create one seamless space that appears to go forever. Here we worked to create the kind of atmosphere you find in an Italian Piazza with the outdoor market lights strung from the house to the tree and speakers hidden in strategic locations filling the air with music. Photo Credit: Mark Pinkerton, vi360

The essence of Mediterranean living means living inside and out. You don't have a garden as much as much as you have a collection of rooms inside and outside of a fixed structure. Following the architecture set by the home, the exterior spaces look and feel seamless. Photo Credit: Catherine E Smith, Casa Smith Designs, LLC

This large pot, made by A. Silvestri, San Francisco, softens a corner. Photo Credit: Mark Pinkerton, vi360

A view from the exterior spaces to the interior spaces. Photo Credit: Mark Pinkerton, vi360

Photography: Nathan Schroder

Photo Credit: Nicole Leone / Designed by: Aboutspace Studios

Using pots filled with plants and flowers break up spaces and soften edges or in this case pillars. Photo Credit: Mark Pinkerton, vi360