Front Courtyard Inspiration

The house painting is nearly complete. (I'll post some pics soon.) Now, we need to concentrate on demoing and replacing the tired old red courtyard fence. The prospects of creating a great hangout area is quite enticing. In fact, I recently put up cord lights (hidden under the eves so it doesn't look like we left our Christmas lights up), and they give off a nice moonlit-like glow. Here are some inspiration photos for our courtyard from the web.

Basic Fence idea via Trick my Brick

Inspiration for up-lit plantings in front of fence via Contemporist

You gotta have a fire pit! Contemporary log dwelling from AK47