01
Dusk
The sky still holds.
Late daylight, a warm sun, pendants present but not yet doing the work.
An imagined lighting atelier
Stay out after the light changes.
Afterlight designs the hour when a terrace becomes the room people actually use. The plot below switches materials, lamps, and the hearth. The schedule is a demo, not a commission.
Three hours.
A terrace fails in the dark more often than it fails at noon. These three settings are the difference between a photograph and a place you can still find your glass.
02
Supper
The table gets its own light.
Evening, dining, and pendants. The hearth stays out so the meal is the event.
03
Late
Paths, uplight, and the hearth.
The full plot. You should be able to cross the terrace without guessing where the step is.
A gathering-sized terrace in charcoal composite, brass frame, louvered roof, lounge in terracotta cloth, an olive and underplanting, pendants, paths, and uplights, with a stone hearth. Shown in evening light.
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Evening · full plot
The plot.
A gathering-sized terrace in charcoal composite, brass frame, louvered roof, lounge in terracotta cloth, an olive and underplanting, pendants, paths, and uplights, with a stone hearth. Shown in evening light.
Hour
Light
Frame
Ground
Roof
Span
Furniture
Cloth
Planting
Demo total$25,800
Evenings worth setting.
01
The long supper
Dining under a linen canopy. Pendants over the table. The hearth stays cold.
02
Conversation
Lounge, louvers, a lit hearth, and path lights for people who stay past the meal.
03
Quiet hour
A smaller frame, a side screen, ivory linen, and low light at the planting.
The schedule.
A gathering-sized terrace in charcoal composite, brass frame, louvered roof, lounge in terracotta cloth, an olive and underplanting, pendants, paths, and uplights, with a stone hearth. Shown in evening light.
- Terrace composition$4,200
- Charcoal composite$700
- Frame · gathering span$7,900
- Louvered roof$2,400
- Lounge · terracotta cloth$3,320
- An olive and underplanting$1,980
- Pendants, paths, and uplights$3,200
- Stone hearth$2,100
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