Mill Valley: Formal Outdoor Dining Room

This Mill Valley property originally had a brick patio just off the back of the house, which then dropped 13 inches to the rest of the yard, which also had drainage issues caused by water pooling in the low lying area. To resolve the drainage issues we raised the lower area to the same height as the patio by filling it with gravel. We then joined the 2 areas with 2 patio designs for contrast, one with grass between each flagstone, and one with gravel between each flagstone.