Two Outdoor Rooms, One Seamless Backyard Build in Oviedo
Most outdoor living projects add one thing — a pergola, a screen, a covered patio. This Oviedo homeowner came to us wanting something different: two distinct rooms, designed to feel like a natural extension of the house, unified into a single cohesive outdoor environment.
The result is a backyard that functions exactly like a well-designed interior. There’s a dining room. There’s a living room. Both are covered, climate-adapted, and finished to the same standard as the home behind them.
What This Backyard Looked Like Before
The before photos tell the story clearly. The bones were already there — a large pool, porcelain pavers, and a small open pergola frame that provided almost no functional coverage. The structure cast striped shadows across the patio but did nothing to block sun, heat, or rain. Furniture was exposed. Entertaining was limited to whatever the weather allowed.
It wasn’t a bad backyard. It was an unfinished one — a home with a strong exterior and an outdoor space that hadn’t caught up yet.
That gap is exactly what this build was designed to close.
Two Zones, One Vision
The design separates into two clearly defined areas, each with its own structure and purpose — but built to read as one.
Zone 1: The Dining Area — StruXure Pivot 6 Pergola
The dining zone sits under a StruXure Pivot 6 motorized louvered pergola spanning 376 square feet. The dark charcoal aluminum frame anchors the space architecturally, creating a bold overhead presence that mirrors the home’s exterior palette. Underneath: a large dining table that seats 10+, ceiling fans with integrated lighting, and recessed LED lights embedded between the louvers.
What makes the Pivot 6 the right structure for a dining zone is the control it gives you. The louvers rotate a full 170° — fully open to the sky for an alfresco experience, partially closed to cut afternoon glare, fully closed when rain moves in. A rain sensor handles the latter automatically. The homeowner never has to think about it.
Zone 2: The Lounge Area — OOL Composite Patio Cover
Adjacent to the pergola, the lounge zone is built under an Orlando Outdoor Living Composite Patio Cover — a white tongue-and-groove insulated ceiling with an integrated gutter system that makes the space feel finished, not utilitarian. This is where the outdoor living room lives: a sectional sofa, a fire pit coffee table, a patterned outdoor rug, and a wall-mounted TV with a white outdoor media console beneath it.
Three ceiling fans run across both zones, moving air through the entire footprint. Recessed LED lighting finishes the patio cover zone the same way the pergola zone is lit — so at night, both spaces feel equally intentional.
The Perimeter: Fenetex Motorized Screens
Overhead coverage solves sun and rain. The Fenetex motorized screening system solves the rest.
Two motorized Fenetex screens — 24 feet and 14 feet wide — enclose the primary zones in No See-Um 17/20 density mesh. When they’re down, the space becomes a fully enclosed outdoor room. When they’re up, it opens completely to the pool and yard. The charcoal mesh and dark hardware disappear against the frame — the screens read as part of the architecture, not an add-on.
Fixed insect screening fills the remaining openings: 274 square feet of fixed panels around the pergola attachment and corner areas, two screen doors, and bronze kick plates at the base. The full perimeter is sealed when needed, fully open when not.
From the exterior, looking back at the house, the combination of the StruXure structure and the dropped screens creates a picture that looks more like an indoor room with floor-to-ceiling glass than a traditional outdoor enclosure.
Why Zones Instead of One
For this design, a single pergola zone over the whole footprint wouldn’t have been right. The StruXure Pivot 6 is the correct structure for the dining zone — its motorized louvers and architectural frame suit a space where the open-sky option matters and where the visual drama of the louver system adds to the experience.
The OOL Composite Patio Cover is the correct structure for the lounge zone — its insulated white ceiling and clean finish create a softer, more interior-feeling environment suited to seating, a TV, and extended time in the space.
Using both creates zones that feel purposeful rather than generic. It’s the difference between designing a backyard and furnishing one.
The Details That Finish It
Beyond the structures and screens, the finish work is what makes this project feel complete:
- Artificial turf in the yard beyond the pool — low maintenance, always green
- Porcelain pavers across the full outdoor footprint
- Super gutter and riser wall integrating the screen perimeter cleanly into the StruXure
frame - Wireless 5-channel remotes and two wall-mounted multi-channel switches controlling
both the pergola louvers and the motorized screens from anywhere in the space - Rain sensor that closes the louvers automatically
The full build — pergola, patio cover, screening, electrical, permitting, and engineering — came in just over a six-figure investment. Site-specific sealed engineering, licensed electrical work, and a certified installation are included and led to the creation of a space that will be used for decades, make family memories, and add value to the home.
Watch the Full Walkthrough
Want to see it in person before you visit the design center? We filmed a complete walkthrough of this Oviedo build and posted it to our Instagram.
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Ready to Design Your Outdoor Space?
This project is a useful reference point for homeowners in Oviedo, Winter Springs, and surrounding areas who are looking at a backyard that has good bones but isn’t delivering the outdoor living experience the home warrants. Two structures. Two rooms. One build. Come see how this and other completed projects look in person at our Hamlin Design Center, or start the conversation at orlandooutdoorliving.com/get-a-quote.