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Deck & Porch Design and Construction

Connect Your Home to Your Yard Seamlessly

Stunning Custom-Built Decks & Porches for Your Dream Backyard

Your deck or porch should feel like a natural extension of your home. It’s where you gather with a cup of warm morning coffee. It's where friends and family lounge. It's more than just a transitional space: it's a gateway to memory-making.

Outdoor Innovations designs and builds decks and porches that are engineered for a Midwestern climate and built to stay solid year after year.

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Choosing the Right Structure for Your Home

Decks, porches, and patios each serve a different purpose. The right choice depends on how you want to use the space, how it connects to your home, and how your yard is laid out. 

Our team helps you think through these options early so the final design fits your home, functions well, and supports how you plan to use your outdoor space long-term.

Design-Build Decks

Best for extending living space directly from the home, especially when elevation changes are involved. Decks create a natural transition between indoors and outdoors and work well for seating, dining, and gathering areas connected to the house. Most of our deck builds include staircase builds as well, and we balance safety with aesthetic needs.

Personalized Porches

Porches offer a covered outdoor space attached to the home, providing protection from sun and rain while still allowing you to enjoy the outdoors. They’re often used as front or rear entry spaces or as comfortable areas for relaxing across multiple seasons.

Purpose-Built Patios

Patios are ground-level spaces that form the foundation of many outdoor living areas. They work well for seating, dining, outdoor kitchens, and fire features and are often designed as part of a larger backyard layout. 

Patio design and construction is covered in more detail on our Patios page.

What You Build Today Becomes Tomorrow’s Favorite Story

A deck or porch should feel natural, solid, and easy to use. When it’s designed and built right, it becomes one of the most used spaces around your home.

Let’s talk about what makes sense for your property and how to build it the right way.

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Why Homeowners Choose Outdoor Innovations Landscaping

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Asher Judd with Outdoor Innovations created an exceptional landscape design of the pool placement and subsequent hardscape that organically flowed with our home, deck, and yard. Whether it was pavers, coping, or boulders, Asher’s teams thoughtfully, artistically, and precisely placed each piece with great care. We are thrilled with the result, a perfectly sized pool deck that is beautiful and meets all our entertaining needs.
Catherine Jons
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We just finished a backyard pool project with Outdoor Innovations and it turned out absolutely beautiful! We highly recommend Craig Palmer and his crew. The process was smooth and moved efficiently. We appreciate Craig’s attention to detail and responsiveness. Thank you!!
Catherine Robinson
a pergola in a backyard
Craig and his team did an outstanding job creating a backyard oasis for us. From the initial design to completion, the professionalism and expertise were evident every step of the way. The attention to detail and commitment to our vision truly set them apart. We highly recommend Craig and Outdoor Innovations for your landscape and backyard remodel needs.
Karen Montour
a cabana covering an outdoor living room

We worked with Outdoor Innovations adding a pool to our sloped yard last spring.  I can't say enough about what a great experience this was,  Asher helped us translate our vague idea into a vision and a plan.    

The project moved along smoothly and on schedule.  Asher worked with us where we wanted changes and  did a great job communicating.  All of the people we dealt with on their crews were very professional and friendly.  

Barry Wallen

Inspiration Gallery

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modern circular chairs on a deck
a cabana with a built-in bathroom
a deck with string lights surrounding it
birdseye view of a luxurious mansion, with a wraparound porch
close up view of a luxurious mansion, with a wraparound porch
aerial view of a deck next to a pool
sideview of a deck

Frequently Asked Questions

Do decks and porches require permits in Minnesota?

Typically, yes. Requirements vary by city and project scope. We handle permit review and submissions as part of our design-build process.

Timelines depend on size, design complexity, and site conditions. Most projects take a few weeks from final design approval through construction. We outline timing early so expectations are clear. 

Most of our customers undertake a deck or porch project as part of a larger backyard makeover. For bigger projects, the overall timeline will be longer.

Yes. Many decks connect directly to the home. However, it might make more sense for your layout to do a freestanding deck. We work with you to determine the best option.

 

Some disruption is unavoidable, but crews keep the site organized and communication clear throughout the project to minimize inconvenience.

 

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Our Service Areas

Dellwood
North Oaks
Grant
Eagan
Hudson, WI
Orono
Lake Elmo
Saint Paul
Stillwater
Mendota Heights
Minnetonka
Woodbury

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