A fire pit in the backyard is a smart idea. It creates the perfect setting for outdoor entertainment. Serving as an excellent focal point, the fire pit can be surrounded by comfortable chairs, benches, or sofas, making for a great conversation area.
To make this happen, you just need to explore the right fire pit seating options. Check out these inspirational ideas for creating your ideal fire pit setup.
Integrating Fire Pits into the Natural Landscape
Our first fire pit design takes us to the heart of Arizona, where the Brown Residence is nestled in a vast desert landscape. Lake|Flato Architects seamlessly integrated the home into its surroundings, featuring glazed facades and expansive outdoor spaces. A standout feature is the lounge area, thoughtfully organized around a fire pit.
Cozy and Comfortable Fire Pit Seating for Entertaining
Dimit Architects designed this residence for a young family that wanted to be able to entertain guests both indoors and outdoors. The architects gave them this fire pit seating area with built-in benches that form a U shape. It’s a sunken seating area and it looks very cozy and comfortable.
Balancing Modern Design with Community Integration
The biggest challenge faced by Carney Logan Burke Architects when designing this residence was finding a way to make it blend in and to ensure a seamless connection with the existing community while at the same time offering their clients the modern home setting they desired. The project, as a result, is a hybrid and you can see that in every space and detail, including this fire pit seating area.
Simple and Clean Fire Pit Design in a Rural Setting
The fire pit in the case of this house situated in a rural area in Canada was built into the ground. In addition, the two benches that face each other on either side of the fire pit are fixed and built in as well. The design is very simple, clean and linear and the setting is beautiful and quiet. This was a project by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson.
Versatile Fire Pit Styles to Suit Any Decor
The variety of design options and styles for fire pits is strikingly large, making it challenging to choose the right one, especially when many look similar. Take this square-shaped fire pit with a concrete shell, for example; its versatile design suits most styles and decors.
Fire and Water: A Balanced Outdoor Design
The proximity of this fire pit lounge area to the swimming pool is intriguing. The contrast between fire and water makes both features stand out, creating a balanced and captivating design. This simplicity defines the house designed by McLeod Bovell Modern Houses.
Unique and Artistic Fire Pit Installations
Some fire pit seating areas are organized around a hole in the ground, others around a raised module that’s fixed to the ground and others around a bowl-like feature like what landscape architect Nathan Burkett used in this beautiful and modern garden setting. He called this installation “Equillibrium”.
Creative and Impactful Fire Pit Designs
This is an installation designed by Alison Douglas. It consists of a series of concrete pipes which were used to create a meditation area with a daybed and a fire pit. It’s a simple design concept with a powerful impact.
Practical and Roomy Sunken Fire Pit Areas
The sunken fire pit design by Burdge & Associates Architects enhances the unobstructed view of the backyard in this Malibu home. Featuring concrete benches with upholstered cushions, this inviting area offers a practical and spacious setup perfect for outdoor entertaining.
Matching Fire Pit Designs with House Styles
An outdoor fire pit seating area should naturally complement the style of the house or structure it enhances. For a minimalist, contemporary home, a sleek and simple outdoor design is essential. Hermann Design achieved this with a fire pit that seamlessly integrates with the home’s modern aesthetic.
Space-Efficient Fire Pit Settings in Small Backyards
This lovely residence in Venice, California doesn’t have a very large backyard but it’s beautifully organized and it includes cool features like an outdoor kitchen and a sunken lounge space with a fire pit at its center. They serve as additions to the guest house designed by Electric Bowery.
Enhancing Scenic Views with Comfortable Fire Pit Areas
A beautiful view or a great location have to be highlighted and enjoyed and one of the ways to do this is with a comfortable and versatile outdoor lounge space set around a fire pit. It makes evenings a lot more enjoyable. If you like this setting, visit the W Hotels Retreat & Spa on Vieques Island designed by Patricia Urquiola.
Flexible and Stylish Fire Pit Furniture Arrangements
Flexibility is key in outdoor living and lounge areas, allowing for easy adjustments while keeping certain elements constant. Consider this house designed by Robert M. Gurney, which features a stylish fire pit on the deck. The furniture can be rearranged as needed, providing versatility for various gatherings and occasions.
Cozy and Intimate Fire Pit Seating for Small Groups
This is a design by Sticks+Stones. It’s a seating arrangement which sits up to six people around a round fire pit. It’s a design meant to inspire cozy decors and intimate conversations. It can be installed both indoors and outdoors, depending on the preferences and the available space.
Dramatic Landscapes Enhanced by Fire Pit Features
From a distance, this house appears dramatically distinct, surrounded by three tiers of greenery and two water channels that make it seem like an island floating on land. As you approach, the finer details come into view, including the stunning infinity pool and the fire pit situated alongside it. This is an exceptional project by Whipple Russell Architects.
Portable and Stylish Fire Pit Designs for Travel
Domestic Gathering (Tapis), designed by Stephanie Langard, features an innovative round carpet with a raised center that holds a small fire pit bowl. Perfect for travel, this design allows you to enjoy stylish outdoor moments wherever you go.
Casual and Low-Profile Fire Pit Seating Areas
The fire pit seating area that BAR Architects designed for the Law Winery is very casual and low-profile. Nothing too robust or heavy, just some simple garden chairs which can be moved around as pleased.
Fire Pits as Focal Points in Outdoor Zones
For this house completed by Dane Design Australia, the fire pit seating area is the focal point of the entire outdoor zone. It has this open and inviting look, being the ideal place to relax and gaze at the stars in the evening or late at night. It can be seen from inside the house through the full-height glass walls.
Combining Modern Style and Natural Elements
A lot of inspiration can be drawn from this fire pit setting designed by Entasis Group for a contemporary residence in Colorado. What we love the most about it is the combination of stylish modern chairs and seats carved in stone.
Cozy Fire Pit Areas for Relaxing Resorts
Fire pits and outdoor fireplaces are excellent features for relaxing resorts, holiday homes and getaway spaces in general. A great example is this resort-like house in Marin County, California which was redesigned by Urrutia Design.It doesn’t have a very large outdoor entertainment area but this actually makes it feel cozier than ever.
Urban Fire Pit Settings for Compact Spaces
Enjoying the outdoors around a cozy fire pit isn’t limited to large houses in remote locations. Even an apartment can provide this experience, as shown by this design by Funn Roberts in Hollywood, California.
Intimate Fire Pit Designs in Scenic Landscapes
Amangiri is a luxury hotel located in a valley with gorgeous views, in Canyon Point, Utah. Given how open the landscape is, we find this semi-protected outdoor seating area to be very comfortable and intimate, framed by two walls and a bench with a built-in fire pit. This was a design by Rick Joy, Wendell Burnette & Marwan Al-Sayed.
Sunken Fire Pit Seating with a Modern Twist
Another very beautiful fire pit seating area is featured by the Curved House, a residence located in Springfield, Missouri and designed by Hufft Projects. We particularly like the sunken nature of the desire and how the benches and chairs are set on the curved platform.
Aligning Fire Pits with Pool Areas
This isn’t the first time we witness a design where the fire pit and the pool are very close to each other. It is, however, the first time we see them so well aligned. This is a house that overlooks the Potomac River in Maryland, designed by Robert Gurney Architect.
Fire Pits as Dividers in Outdoor Spaces
In our latest design highlight, it’s intriguing how the fire pit isn’t positioned at the center of the outdoor seating area but rather serves as a divider between different spaces. This clever approach, crafted by Craig Chevalier and Raven Inside Interior Design for the Burkehill Residence, adds a unique touch to the layout.
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