THE COLLECTIVE OUTDOORS • GRAPEVINE, TEXAS
Outdoor Living in Grapevine, TX
Grapevine backyards tend to come with tall shade trees, generous lots and brick houses that have held up for decades. The Collective Outdoors designs, permits and builds the covers, kitchens, fire and hardscape that make those yards fit the way your family lives now.
The same company draws it, builds it and furnishes it
On a typical backyard job, three or four businesses take turns. One firm handles the drawings, another pours and frames, a retailer delivers the chairs, and you end up refereeing between them for months. We started TCO so that never happens. Designers, permit staff, crews and showroom staff all get their paychecks from the same family-owned Fort Worth company. Whoever puts your plan on paper stays accountable for how it turns out.
That pays off on established Grapevine lots. The original slab behind a house built in the late 1980s has often settled. A tree planted by the first owner may now shade half the yard. When design and construction share a roof, those details get solved on paper instead of halfway through the build.
Inside a recent Grapevine build
The photo above is a TCO job in Grapevine. It shows how several of our services can live inside one structure. Here is what the finished space includes.
A gabled roof with a warm wood ceiling
The cover has a stained tongue and groove ceiling, recessed lights and an oversized ceiling fan that keeps air moving on still afternoons. Stained posts sit on cream stone bases, and a cedar plank wall closes off the back. Read more about how we plan structures like this on our Grapevine patio cover page.
A ventless fireplace built into stone
A long, low ventless fireplace sits in a cut stone surround with a raised ledge across the front. A wall mount above it is ready for a screen. Our Grapevine fire features page has a second view of this firebox.
Stamped concrete underfoot
The floor is stamped concrete in a stone pattern, poured across the full footprint so the space reads as one room from the back door to the fireplace.
Pick the part of your Grapevine yard to start with
Some families start with a single cover and add a kitchen two summers later. Others want the whole plan drawn at once. Either way, each service below has its own page with Grapevine details.
Shade overhead
Patio covers in Grapevine tie into your roofline for full shade. Grapevine pergolas give filtered light and can go anywhere on the lot.
Places to cook and gather
Outdoor kitchens for Grapevine homes, fire pits and fireplaces, and wood or composite decks for a level step out the back door.
Ground, grade and boundary
Start at the property line with fences and gates for Grapevine lots. Then add seating and retaining walls where the ground shifts, synthetic turf for kids or the dog, and new patios, paths and drives.
Why Grapevine homeowners make the drive to our showroom
Over 10,000 square feet of displays fill our space at 621 South Freeway. Full kitchens, grills, fans, furniture and complete structures stand at true size, so you can test a lounge chair, lift a grill lid and feel the shade under a cover before you sign anything. Look for Sonos audio, Infratech heaters and Big Ass Fans overhead, POLYWOOD and Ledge Lounger seating, and cooking gear from Hestan, Big Green Egg and Twin Eagles.
Expect a 30 to 35 minute drive from most of Grapevine when traffic is light. For five straight years, the people who read Fort Worth Magazine have picked our showroom as their Best Outdoor Store, and TCO also made the Star-Telegram DFW Favorites list among patio builders. Plan your visit on the Fort Worth showroom page.
How a Grapevine project moves from idea to walkthrough
- Free consultation. We look at your yard, your house and how you want to use the space.
- Design. You review 2D layouts and 3D renderings from our own designers before any work starts.
- Permits and HOA drawings. Grapevine permits run through the Building Inspection Department, part of Building Services at City Hall on South Main Street. We prepare the drawings for the city and for your HOA.
- Build. TCO crews do the work alongside subcontractors who have been on our jobs for 15 plus years.
- Final walkthrough. You and your project lead inspect the finished space together, and we fix anything on the list before we sign off.
Paying over time is an option. Qualified Grapevine homeowners can apply for a project loan with LYON Financial, and the lender makes the final call on approval. Read how each stage works on the TCO process page, or rough out a plan of your own on our build page.
Grapevine questions answered
How far is the showroom from Grapevine?
Plan on 30 to 35 minutes outside rush hour. Head southwest on SH 121, the Airport Freeway, then take I-35W south to 621 South Freeway.
Will my project need a city permit or HOA approval?
Structures like patio covers usually go through building permit review with the City of Grapevine, and the city has its own fence permit application. If your neighborhood has an HOA, its approval is a separate step. We prepare drawings for both.
Can you work around the big trees on my lot?
Yes. We locate footings and slabs to protect roots where we can, and we use the shade those trees already cast to decide where a cover or pergola earns its keep.
Which Grapevine neighborhoods do you work in?
All of them. We plan projects in areas such as Glade Crossing, Dove Crossing, Parra Linda Estates, Winding Creek and Countryside Estates, along with the rest of the city. See every city we cover on our service areas page.
Let's sketch your Grapevine backyard
Bring photos of your yard or invite us out to see it. Having been founded in 2016 and built across the Fort Worth area since, odds are we have handled a yard much like yours. Many new clients find us through someone we already built for, often the family next door.
Request a Free ConsultationVisit the Fort Worth showroom
621 South Freeway
Fort Worth, TX 76104
Monday to Friday, 10 AM to 6 PM
Saturday by appointment
Sunday closed