Red-Hot Patio: Color-Drenched Outdoor Living in Arizona

Melodie Lewis loves color. When she renovated her Paradise Valley, Arizona garden with landscape architect Christy Ten Eyck, vivid hues were central to the design—especially for an intimate patio near the home's entry.

Patio Details

Ten Eyck built a bench along the inside of an existing curved wall and paved the area with random-cut flagstone and gravel. Melodie painted the wall and bench in multiple shades of red to match her favorite geraniums. Two Adirondack chairs in Frazee Paint's Golden Ray add a sunny accent. Vintage birdhouses, potted annuals, and succulents complete the scene, shaded by a mature Chinese elm.

Melodie calls the space el patio rojo—the red patio. It's a favorite spot for morning coffee with her husband John, often joined by a resident roadrunner who seems to like red too.