BF2S Forums Help Ultra design a new terrace and gain glory!

Ok, so this is the stylobate style entrance I was talking about. The proportions are horribly off here, but you'll get the point:

If you look at it from above it will look roughly like this with the dark brown being the second step:

Now the trick is that it enables you to step out of your house without having to step down. The first step is a bit of a mini terrace, while the second step is quite small. Despite that it doesn't really look like a set of steps.

If that's not possible I made a small modification to your original two stage design:

The modification is a small set of steps to overcome the elevation diffrence between the two levels (which looks quite big on the pic you posted). However, as the steps are cut into the second level terrace, they are completely invisible from the front. If you can't cut into the second level due to construction reasons, you can simply extend the front of the second level a bit to the left to encapsulate the steps and leaving the steps run to the wall of your house.

Now this will make your higher level terrace look a bit longer than on the pic you posted, but if you really want to do it right, it might also look a bit better. Rather than having a 1:1 ratio between the lower and the upper level you can have it adhere roughly to the golden ratio

Then add a little fence like below, with the top of the fence on the higher level coinciding with the top of the fence on the lower level (by having a slightly lower fence on the lower level), and it will look great.

Ultrafunkula wrote:

L337 paint skills.

So what I was thinking is something like this and some stairs on the left side. What kinda fences would look good? Been googling but I haven't found a perfect one yet. Since I want some cover for the upper level, would it look stupid if the lower level would have a different fence or should I leave it open?

Keep your gravel idea but, depending on the side of the yard, consider bumping the floorspace out out a bit. Ditch the white siding on the outside of the deck area for wood of the same color and add railing.

Depending on where you are, also consider mosquito netting so it's actually usable in summer evenings. Finally, a small CRT TV (like 15") would be pretty nifty.

That's all I've got on short notice.

edit: oh, and ffs, don't use lattice unless you're actually going to grow something on it. tacky, yech.

Today it shall rise! Partly... Pics to come.

pics of progress? I am just so curious what you end up doing with it.

Well crap. Not enough material and too little time. Ran out of screws at one point and had to drive to the store to get some more boxes. And ran out of wood too due to bad stuff in the pile and forgetting to measure one side completely. Did almost 10h of work on the terrace with my Dad and my mate Enemyofallkind. Gonna post some pics in an hour or so. Sry Teds, I was the one behind the cam, so no topless me

NooBesT wrote:

Ultrafunkula wrote:

Well crap. Not enough material and too little time. Ran out of screws at one point and had to drive to the store to get some more boxes. And ran out of wood too due to bad stuff in the pile and forgetting to measure one side completely. Did almost 10h of work on the terrace with my Dad and my mate Enemyofallkind. Gonna post some pics in an hour or so. Sry Teds, I was the one behind the cam, so no topless me

But topless dad or mate perhaps?

No, you perv Don't you see enough sausage at the garrison, mr Recruit?

Off to the store for more killed trees and back to work.

Here we go.






Even remembered to make the small lid for the underground drain checkpoint. Tried to install hinges but I lost my mind trying. So I took the easy road at the end





Still much to do. Need to cook up a fence idea. Until that I need to leave the lower part open. And there's small "holes" here and there that need to be fixed. After those things just a bit more gravel on the surroundings and that's that.

Thank you mylady.

That's class Ultra, and quite spacious by the looks of it.

Final building stretch starts now. After today the only thing left should be painting the thing.

Now off to the store to get some... (tuck, this is 4 u) MASSIVE WOOD!!!

Aka 4 by 4 for the fence poles and some 2 by 2 for the fence itself.

Off to the West co... woodyard.

Ultrafunkula wrote:

Final building stretch starts now. After today the only thing left should be painting the thing.

Now off to the store to get some... (tuck, this is 4 u) MASSIVE WOOD!!!

Aka 4 by 4 for the fence poles and some 2 by 2 for the fence itself.

Off to the West co... woodyard.

LOL!!!! Massive wood...just for me.  I'm flattered...lmao!!!!

Here we go. Now just some paint and it's good to go. Some minor details need attention too, like more gravel on the sides but that's no biggie.