Deck Decor Styles From Modern Farmhouse To Coastal To Scandinavian
As decking materials, accessories, and decorations continue to explode with options, your deck has never had so much style potential. But how do you get the look that you want?
Whether you're extending the decor style of your home outwards to the deck or creating an outdoor living spectacle all its own, here are 6 popular deck decor styles and how to get them.
Deck Styles & How To Get Them:
- Scandinavian Style Deck
- Coastal Style Deck
- Modern Farmhouse Style Deck
- Mid-Century Modern Style Deck
- Mediterranean Style Deck
- Modern Style Deck
Deck Styles & How To Get Them
From farmhouse charm to ornate Mediterranean luxury, there's a huge range of styles you can create with your deck, porch, or patio. With the right deck project partner, you can give your deck a unique personality that suits you, your home, and your family.
Let's break down 6 popular deck decor styles, along with some pro tips on how to achieve the look.
Scandinavian Style Deck
The Scandinavian style is based on neutral colors: whites, tans, grays, and off-whites. This originated as a functional choice to brighten up living spaces in northern regions of low light and short days, but the look itself has become wildly popular across the country for its simplicity and comfort.
The key, though, is to mix in different textures to give the space depth and charm. The deck you see above is a great example, with light tan decking and bright white accents, paired with a range of textured furniture, throw pillows, and round textured decor.
As with all styles, there are no hard and fast lines, and blending two or more styles together can create a one-of-a-kind look. You can add a dash of the modern to your Scandinavian-style deck by mixing in black paint or industrial elements like cable railing, as you can see in the deck below:
Scandinavian Style Deck Starter Pack
For a Scandinavian deck, we love the neutral tan of TimberTech's Weathered Teak decking. RDI Privacy Panels are a great way to add texture while also making your space feel cozier.
Keep your furniture and decor neutral, and mix in as many wood tones as you can, like the beautiful LINX-and-STIX pergola below:
Coastal Style Deck
The coastal style doesn't require much explanation: when you see it, you can just about hear the water lapping on a dock and feel the marine breeze on your face.
Coastal styling adopts the wide-open feel of a lake or ocean through design. Expansive spaces, roomy seating areas, uncrowded traffic paths and unobstructed views - it all combines to match the freedom of the water.
Color schemes match the look of the water and sky, too. Coastal themes tend to use crisp white railings and accents with blue or green decor to evoke the contrasts of blue water and sky against white foam and clouds.
Cable railing, as seen below, is both functional (in maximizing a deck view of water) and stylistic (matching the openness of the coastal style). The same goes for light gray or light tan decking, which allows the blue water and blue decor to be the star, while staying cooler in direct sunlight than dark-colored boards.
Coastal Style Deck Starter Pack
TimberTech's Coastline color decking is tailor-made for a coastal style - hence the name. Same goes for the Island Post Cap, which comes in a lighted and unlighted version.
There's no railing quite as coastal as cable, especially cable railing between the traditional composite look of TimberTech Classic Composite. Finish off your space with a Seaform deck chair, or a crisp white deck chair topped with blue or green pillows or blankets.
Modern Farmhouse Style Deck
There's no design trend more in-vogue right now than modern farmhouse - so much so that the style has expanded dramatically to include a huge range of looks. "Modern" and "farmhouse" are distinct styles of their own, and "modern farmhouse" exists in the push and pull between those two styles.
In general, all modern farmhouse decor swings toward one end of the spectrum or the other. With more black and metal components, the design gets more modern (as seen above); with more earthy colors and reclaimed wood looks, the style trends toward farmhouse (see below).
What's this mean for your deck? You can spin "modern farmhouse" into a very personalized look that's trendy without looking "cookie-cutter." The contrast of bright whites with darker colors is key - and so is incorporating uniquely country elements, like the farmhouse shutters below or the reclaimed wood planter above.
Modern Farmhouse Style Deck Starter Pack
TimberTech's Advanced PVC Landmark Collection of decking is uniquely suited for the farmhouse look. It's made of durable PVC, but is designed with a cross-cut grain that looks just like reclaimed wood - with no reclamation work required. We highlight the light, airy French White Oak finish below.
You can get a classic farmhouse beadboard look with UpSide Deck Ceiling, which funnels water away from your underdeck space and creates a cozy outdoor room to decorate with your best modern farmhouse furniture, like a crisp, white modern Adirondack deck chair.
Trex Signature Mesh railing delivers a completely unique look that will set your deck apart from the neighborhood without clashing with the rest of your modern farmhouse style.
Mid-Century Modern Style Deck
The mid-century modern look is defined by clean lines and functional design. You'll see plenty of geometric shapes like the clean rectangles in the chimney above.
Unlike the styles above, which trend toward lighter, washed-out looks, mid-century modern calls for deep, rich tones, like deep brown decking or the classy ceiling planks above. Those deep tones look especially good paired with natural textures like stone, wood, or greenery for contrast.
Mid-Century Modern Style Deck Starter Pack
For that textural contrast, check out TimberTech English Walnut decking, which features the natural look and feel of wood in a durable PVC package. NextStone Post Covers can add the contrasting look of cultured stone, and a good cable railing like Key-Link Horizontal Cable adds two more distinct textures: aluminum rails and stainless steel cables.
In any modern setting, lighting is a must, so we love sleek recessed lighting that blends in during the day and lights up a space at night, like the Dekor recessed stair light below.
Mediterranean Style Deck
In sharp contrast to the modern look above, Mediterranean design is all about lived-in, old-world charm. Mediterranean spaces are warm, inviting and brimming with personality.
Like the mid-century modern style, Mediterranean decks combine lots of natural textures and colors. In a Mediterranean design, stucco siding, wood accents, and ornate stonework are right at home.
Choosing a Mediterranean look also allows you to pick more ornate, detailed decorations, like the charming metal deck chairs above or the eye-catching fireplace and metal pergola below.
Mediterranean Style Deck Starter Pack
For a Mediterranean style, choose a deck board with lots of organic colors and a natural texture you can see and feel. TimberTech Composite Reserve decking in Antique Leather fits the bill perfectly.
Ornate details go great in a Mediterranean setting. Some great options: the distinctive Sprig privacy panel from Barrette Outdoor Living, stylish pergola hardware from Simpson Strong-Tie, or a traditional-looking lantern post cap like the Sirius Post Cap from Aurora Deck Lighting.
Modern Style Deck
Many styles blend the modern with more traditional aesthetics. But if you want to go full-on modern, you have plenty of decking options, too. Modern decks tend to stick with cool grays and sleek black trim with lots of polished-looking metal elements.
The two-toned deck above is surrounded by classy glass railing - there's really no better choice for a luxurious modern deck than a full glass panel deck railing, especially one framed by smooth metal posts and rails.
The sheen and sparkle of glass is so modern that some decks even seek out more glass decorating options, like the transparent end table below.
Modern Style Deck Starter Pack
TimberTech's cool gray Ashwood decking is a brilliant modern choice. It also looks smashing with shiny black accents like a Fortress Steel Pergola or a chic black deck chair.
A metal and glass deck railing is the perfect finishing touch - the one pictured is AFCO Pro Glass Railing.
