7 Gorgeous Backyard Fireplace Design Ideas

Striking Brick Fireplace

This neutral brick fireplace adds elegance to floor-to-ceiling windows in an inviting outdoor area by Reynolds Architecture, Design & Construction.

Painted Brick Fireplace

A painted brick fireplace, along with lush greenery and a custom screen, adds a special flair to the exterior of jewelery designer Irene Neuwirth of Los Angeles.

Modern Fireplace

For an outdoor area with breathtaking views of the mountains, BK Interior Design offers an elegant, modern fireplace design for a touch of glamor.

Bohemian Fireplace

Rela and Don Gleason's open-air dining room in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, has Rela's table and cabinet designed by local artisans. Woodpile for the fireplace serves as an accent wall and brings warmth into the room. The Wisteria chairs feature bespoke leather upholstery, and the kidskin and iron ceiling light is inspired by lighting in the Leo Trotsky Museum in Mexico City.

Minimal Outdoor Fireplace

In a Los Angeles farmhouse, bespoke concrete sofas on a screened porch with low and wide chimneys are topped with Brenda Antin pillows, the 1990s Mats Theselius chair is Swedish, the 1953 Bigfoot cocktail table by Paul Frank and the wall is clad in reclaimed farmer boards.

Montana Ski Lodge

When a couple from Nashville bought a property in a famous resort in Montana, they wanted to do without the aesthetics of the ski lodges and asked designer Markham Roberts to create a new approach to mountain style. The outer deck is centered around the built-in fireplace. Sutherland sofas and chairs have perennial cushion covers, the bronze pendant and round cocktail table are custom-made and the stool is African.

Sloped Fireplace

The courtyard of this Hollywood home features a fireplace with a 17th-century cartouche in Bonhams. The teak cocktail table is by Holly Hunt and the floor is terracotta tiles.