Shade beyond the living room

The garden is close enough to shape the room without becoming its only subject. A low sofa and companion chair face into the seating group, with the shaded yard still visible across their backs and arms. This California post-and-beam concept repeats the building's square timber lines in the furniture, then softens them with pale cushions and an olive pillow. The weathered coffee table is lower and grayer than the seating frames, which keeps the wood from looking like one large matching set. Beyond the glass, the fence gives the planting an ordinary, believable boundary.