Cour historique de la maison de la rivière Louisiane

Yes would be nice to include. I was thinking putting things that have height and can block the view at the ends and not the middle of the covered area. This way as someone walks up from house the view is not blocked and they can see down to the river. Tables or chairs can be anywhere. But solid structures like storage or cabinets etc at the ends so not restricting view. The elements are harsh here things used have to be able to handle the outside. Being a covered area it will help some of course. Some of the pics I am attaching are for ideas only as the structure has walls but appears the walls could be removed to keep the roof features and frames. The structure is long and may need a few columns in the center also or it will look like a top hat.

A water feature that looks nice when not running would be more practical but it would be nice to have a design that could accommodate a fireplace incase we were able to add it. A bonfire is not allowed in city limits so can not do a bonfire

what is the distance between gazebo and river

and water feature as a plunge pool or water fountain kind of ?

I would estimate 40 to 50 feet. It is a drop off and a gradual incline down to the river that may not be appreciated in the pictures. The covered area is sitting on a bluff and comes up to the edge of where a slow drop off starts. The side of the hills are not normally developed other than perhaps steps which right now are not a priority for the project

See replay below, it attached to wrong area. Sorry

I think a water feature would add alot. Ideally something that could be turned off most of time and we turn it own when we come out

More practical would be a gas fire pit table. Not this style but this idea. See attached pic

This will be a space that will be connected by a stone pavers pathway. It will be 50 feet away from house. I imagine using the width of the yard as much as possible so perhaps a rectangle gazebo that is 35 feet wide or so that spans most of the yard in width up against where the bluff starts to drop off the the river. This area starts 12 feet past a facet in the yard. I imagine the gazebo being around 12 feet deep or a depth that looks to scale for the width. We are making it long to make it where all the seating is facing the river. An idea we had also is that the current shed is turned into an open garage and when we have a party it could also be an area in addition to the gazebo area that has people and the yard in between is open. The water line already in place allows us to consider a water feature also. For materials a metal roof that looks like Cooper is ok. The footings can be stone or bases of columns etc but for the structure to blend into the house would best be wood. The idea is the front gazebo area would be used along 90% of the time but it makes it possible to blend into the back yard and it flow all the way to the building that is currently yhr shed we could make into a small two car garage with open sides. Removing the cars when needed and this area doubles as a pavilion and people could go back and forth between the two areas. $ 50,000 to 100,000. We will not include a path to the pier or change the pier at this time but perhaps in the future

thanks for your informative reply, and your time