Going Yard

Chris Lambton and his team tackle a backyard overrun with poison ivy. A couple and their toddler can only use a small, old deck for entertaining. Chris Lambton designs a space that allows for large family barbecues and play dates.

A family wants an outdoor space as lovely as their recently-renovated Mediterranean-style home. Chris and his team build a huge deck off the French doors that opens to a grass-and-stone tiled yard, a cobalt blue fountain and an oversized gazebo.

Chris designs a yard for new parents complete with a toddler play area and an adult entertaining space. Chris levels out the sloping landscape and creates an outdoor fire pit, raised dining room and charming playhouse.

New homeowners and their dog would like to use their overgrown woody backyard. Chris Lambton breaks out his backhoe and chainsaw to tame this backyard before creating a new shady outdoor retreat.

A young couple hires Chris Lambton to create a beautiful urban farm in their backyard. Chris designs an eclectic backyard complete with raised planters, a chicken coop and a tool shed.

A family's backyard is unsightly, unusable and lacks privacy. Chris Lambton and the team go to work to create a backyard the whole family will love complete with an outdoor kitchen, pizza oven and curved pergola for shade.

A couple realizes they have a diamond in the rough, but they don't know how to turn it into a jewel. Chris Lambton and his team create a nautical-themed yard centered around a three-level deck.

Chris works around a beautiful but rooty tree to give a couple a creative backyard retreat. Chris builds a deck with an attached bar and a rustic outdoor cabana complete with desks where they can set up their laptop computers.

A well-traveled homeowner requests that Chris Lambton create a Caribbean backyard in Cape Cod. Chris gives the homeowner a wrap-around deck, a Caribbean-themed bar, a stone patio with a fire pit and an outdoor dining area.

Chris and his team tackles a yard littered with old bathtubs and coffee urns as planters. They start with a huge clean-up before expanding a tiny deck, redesigning an outdoor shower and adding a stone patio with a fire pit.

Homeowners who recently visited Italy ask Chris to create a Tuscan-inspired backyard. Chris repurposes an old shed into an outdoor dining room, installs a new stone patio and creates an outdoor kitchen and a unique pond.

Chris Lambton tackles a yard so unusable that the homeowners' two daughters play in the driveway rather than in the large yard behind the house. Chris designs a yard that blends with the natural surroundings, yet is family functional.