This Brooklyn backyard features a bluestone patio, horizontal knotty cedar fencing, a custom L-shaped sectional bench, a built-in jacuzzi, and contemporary plantings. A built-in jacuzzi is a great alternative to a pre-fab unit. It looks very high-end, and it doesn’t require craning it over the brownstone to get it into the backyard, which would cost thousands of dollars and require permits. Our design for the plantings included a European hornbeam tree in a black fiberglass cube container, a red weeping Japanese maple, maiden grasses, schip cherry laurels, and boxwoods.