THE COLLECTIVE OUTDOORS • SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS
Outdoor Living in Southlake, TX
Southlake homeowners hire The Collective Outdoors to design, permit, build and furnish their outdoor living spaces. We are a Fort Worth company, family owned, and a single team stays with your project from the first sketch to the last chair. Every material is on display in our showroom, so you can touch it before you commit.
One Fort Worth team for your whole Southlake backyard
Most outdoor projects go sideways at the handoff. A designer draws one thing, a contractor prices another, and a furniture store sells pieces that never fit the finished space. We built TCO to close those gaps. Designers, project managers, crews and showroom staff all work under one roof at 621 South Freeway, so the person who measured your patio sits down the hall from the person who frames the cover.
That setup pays off in Southlake, where many homes are custom builds with tall rooflines and brick or stone exteriors. A cover, kitchen or fire feature has to look like it shipped with the house. When one company owns the design, the permit set, the build and the furniture order, the details stay consistent from the first meeting to the final walkthrough.
Where our work started: stone, brick and block
Masonry came first for us. Long before outdoor living became our focus, our crews were running large-scale stone and block jobs, and that background still drives how we work. Footings get laid out the way a mason would lay them, mortar color gets real attention, and a stone kitchen island is built as a structure, not a cabinet wearing a veneer.
For a Southlake homeowner, those roots show up in the places guests notice first. Columns that pick up the brick on the front of the house. Fireboxes that pull smoke up and away. Seat walls with clean, level caps. Bring a photo of your exterior, or a spare brick from the garage, and we will pull close matches from the showroom floor.
A decade of building around Fort Worth also taught us something simple: neighbors talk. Plenty of our jobs start with a referral from a past client or the family next door, so we build every job as if the whole street will judge it.
Southlake services we design and build
Shade and structure
Attached or freestanding patio covers for Southlake homes tied into your roofline, and cedar, steel and louvered pergolas that put shade out in the yard where you actually sit.
Cooking and fire
Masonry outdoor kitchens in Southlake built around grills from our showroom, plus fire pits, fireplaces and pizza ovens that keep the evening going after the food is gone.
Ground, walls and edges
The pieces that finish the property: wood and composite decks, gates and fences, patios, driveways and walkways, seat walls and retaining walls, plus putting greens and artificial turf.
Start with a single piece or plan the full yard in phases. Either way, we draw the complete layout up front so later additions slot in without tearing anything out. See more of what we design and build.
How a Southlake project moves from idea to walkthrough
Our five-step process is the same whether you want one fire pit or a full backyard. None of the steps get skipped.
- Free consultation. Pick the spot, your yard or our showroom. We walk the space together and listen to how your family plans to use it.
- Design and renderings. You get 2D plans and 3D renderings from our in-house designers, showing the cover, kitchen and hardscape as they will look from your back door, all before a single item is ordered.
- Permits and HOA drawings. We prepare scaled drawings, material lists and finish selections for your architectural committee and for the City of Southlake.
- Build. Framing, masonry, electrical and finish work go to trade partners who have earned our trust over 15-plus years, working side by side with our own crews.
- Final walkthrough. We check every detail with you and confirm that fans, lights and appliances run the way they should.
Monthly payments are possible through our partner LYON Financial, with credit decisions made by the lender.
Planning around Southlake HOAs, permits and bigger lots
Southlake incorporated in 1956 out of the farming communities of Whites Chapel and Dove, then grew quickly once DFW International Airport opened in the 1970s. Today the city covers about 22 square miles of northeast Tarrant County, and the 2020 census counted 31,265 residents. Homes are mostly single-family, and some newer subdivisions are platted with lots of an acre or more.
Larger lots open up options, but they also mean long stretches of open sun. We place shade where the afternoon light lands, not just where the back door happens to be. Homeowners in Timarron, Southlake Woods, Carillon, Myers Meadow and other neighborhoods often answer to an architectural review committee, and patio covers rank among the permits the city sees most. We assemble the drawing package with both reviews in mind, so you are not scrambling for answers halfway through.
Questions from Southlake homeowners
How far is your showroom from Southlake?
About 23 miles, or roughly 35 minutes in normal traffic. Most Southlake clients take SH 121 southwest and then I-35W south to the South Freeway. Plan on an hour to walk the full floor and sit in a few chairs.
What will I find at the Fort Worth showroom?
Full-scale outdoor kitchens, grills, furniture, fans and shade structures, spread across a floor of over 10,000 square feet. You can open a Hestan, a Big Green Egg or a Twin Eagles, sit on POLYWOOD and stand under Infratech heaters and Big Ass Fans. Five years running, this floor has taken the Best Outdoor Store honor from Fort Worth Magazine. Plan your visit on the showroom page.
Do you handle HOA submissions for Southlake neighborhoods?
Yes. We prepare the drawings, dimensions and finish samples your committee typically asks for, and we help answer any follow-up questions. Once the design is final, city applications are filed with Southlake's building inspections staff.
Do you work in cities near Southlake?
We do. Our crews build across Tarrant County and the surrounding area. You can see the full list on our service areas page.
Tell us what your Southlake backyard needs
Share how you want to use the space, whether that means more shade, a real place to cook or room for a crowd. We will set up a consultation, walk the yard with you and lay out a clear next step.
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