Patio design tool that starts from a photo

Upload a photo of your patio, or the spot where one should go, and AI designs it: surface, furniture, pergola, lighting. 3 designs free.

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3 free designs, no credit card. Then unlimited for $4.99 a week, cancel anytime.

Patio design tool that starts from a photo: Contemporary compact brick suburban backyard featuring a brick two-story house with wood pergola, dark grey concrete planters with ornamental grasses and agave, festoon string lights, modern light wood and metal bench, dark grey paver patio, glowing path lights, and a gravel border.

Mediterranean compact backyard featuring a beige two-story house, terracotta pots with olive trees and lavender, beige stone paver patio, manicured boxwood hedges, gravel borders, ornamental grasses, and a wood pergola.

Modern side yard featuring an ornate Victorian house, slate paver patio, light wood lounge chairs with green cushions, light wood coffee table, hanging glass lanterns, modern bistro set, dwarf ornamental grass planters, lavender beds, and trimmed boxwood hedges along the foundation.

Brick paver patio featuring a covered outdoor kitchen with grill, black spiral staircase to an upper deck, dining nook, and terracotta planters with flowers.

Most patio design tools are drag-and-drop planners: you place furniture icons on a grid and try to imagine the result as your actual patio. This one works from a photo. Upload the patio as it is today (bare concrete, cracked pavers, or a decent patio that feels unfinished) and the AI redesigns it in place: new surface, furniture sized to the space, a pergola if the space carries it, planting at the edges, lighting for the evening.

What the tool designs

The surface

pavers, flagstone, brick, stamped concrete, or gravel, replacing whatever is there now.

Furniture

dining sets, loungers, sectionals, and fire tables scaled to the space in the photo.

Overhead

pergolas, shade sails, string lights, and umbrellas where the proportions support them.

Edges

planters, borders, hedges, and pots that connect the patio to the rest of the yard.

Mood

daytime entertaining, a warm evening scene, or minimal and low-maintenance.

Patio design tool that starts from a photo: Brick paver patio featuring a modern lounge sofa with cushions, wooden coffee table, geometric planters, basketball hoop, and warm string lights overhead.

Bare concrete to finished patio

A common starting photo is a plain concrete slab: structurally fine, visually flat. It is also the cheapest patio to improve, because the slab usually stays. An overlay, furniture, a pergola and edge planting change it for a fraction of a rebuild, and generating a few directions on your slab photo shows whether you need a new surface or just better furniture and lighting.

Patio design software vs a photo tool

Dedicated patio design software (2D planners, CAD tools) is the right choice when you need construction drawings: exact paver counts, cut lines, base depths. Before that, most people are deciding what the patio should look like, and a photo answers that in a minute. Settle the design here, then let your installer produce the technical layout.

Patio design tool that starts from a photo: Inviting patio at twilight featuring a wooden pergola wrapped in warm string lights, outdoor dining set, lounge chairs, brick wall, glow ball lamp, and white cabana.

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Quantities and cost after the design

Once the look is settled, the paver calculator works out pavers, base gravel and sand for the area, and the patio cost calculator gives a price range by material.

Real redesigns from the gallery

Browse 50+ AI redesigns of real outdoor spaces in our gallery.

Compact cozy patio nook featuring a wicker lounge chair, small wooden coffee table, large aloe in a galvanized planter, terracotta pots, hanging lanterns, and string lights.

Mediterranean patio at dusk featuring a yellow stone facade, dark slate paving, wooden bench, terracotta pots, ornamental grasses, lavender, and warm wall-mounted lanterns.

Sheltered cozy patio featuring a wooden pergola with string lights, brown wicker sofas with cushions, wooden coffee table, hanging lanterns, and terracotta planters.

Inviting patio at twilight featuring a wooden pergola wrapped in warm string lights, outdoor dining set, lounge chairs, brick wall, glow ball lamp, and white cabana.

Modern patio nook featuring brick edging, raised flower bed with lavender and hydrangeas, wicker armchair, geometric paving, ornamental grasses, and wooden privacy fence.

Modern patio under a black metal pergola featuring travertine paving, modern sectional sofa, low wooden coffee table, lush hydrangea and tropical plant border, and palm trees.

Resort-style tropical patio featuring stone paving, tan armchairs with cushions, small woven side table with lantern, lush banana plants, palms, and red bromeliads.

Compact cozy patio nook featuring a wicker loveseat with cushions, dark grey planters with topiaries, lavender and white daisies, warm string lights, and lawn beyond.

Mediterranean patio featuring red brick pavers, dark metal dining set with cushions, wooden pergola over an outdoor kitchen with grill, and terracotta-colored stucco walls.

Brick paver patio featuring a wooden pergola over an outdoor kitchen with grill, dining nook with two adirondack chairs, black spiral staircase, and terracotta pots.

Mediterranean patio featuring a stone-edged raised plant bed with banana plant, dracaena, olive trees, terracotta planters, lounge sofa, and chain-link fence.

Lush cottage paver patio featuring a cream parasol, wicker sectional, hanging egg chair, dining set, white shed, hot tub, terracotta planters with lavender, white hydrangeas, and a stone fountain in the distance.

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Try it on a photo of your own yard

One photo in, a photorealistic redesign out in about two minutes. 3 free designs, no credit card.

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Styles to try on your photo

Every style works on any space. Tap one to see real examples, palette and plants.

Frequently asked questions

Is the patio design tool free?

The first 3 designs on a free account are free (watermarked, preview resolution, no credit card). Then unlimited designs cost $4.99 a week, cancel anytime.

Does it work on a patio that doesn't exist yet?

Yes. Photograph the spot where the patio should go (lawn, dirt or gravel) and describe what you want. For a fully empty yard, Empty Backyard is built for exactly this.

Can it design around a patio's fixed features?

Yes. The AI keeps the structural elements it detects in the photo (house walls, steps, level changes, established trees) and designs around them, which keeps the result buildable.