Outdoor kitchens and grill counters | Thornbury Landscape Co., Franklin TN

Ask anyone who cooks outside a lot: the grill brand matters less than the walk. We put the counter close enough to the back door for a quick trip to the fridge, turn it so the evening breeze takes the smoke away from the table, and leave room for guests to stand without crowding the cook.

Every kitchen sits on its own footing, not just on patio base, because a ton of block and stone will find any soft spot. Gas, power and water get sleeved under the terrace before the pavers go down. Most kitchens run $25,000–$80,000 and take two to four weeks.

Sample-site photos, for illustration.

A Brentwood terrace ready for a grill counter

After: paver terrace with a stone fire ring

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Terrace and fire ringBrentwood · brick ranch, built 1994

Old concrete pad broken out and hauled off. New paver terrace with a contrasting edge, a round stone fire ring, low path lights and fresh beds.

On site: Ten working days
Photo: Early evening

Four steps, start to finish

Step 1 of 4

01

Walk the yard

A designer spends about an hour on site with you, checking grades, soil, sun and where the water runs, and hearing how you want to use the space. The first visit is free.

About an hourNo charge

02

Plan at your table

Right there at your table, the designer sketches the layout to scale, then comes back with a material board of real stone, brick and plant picks you can hold.

Drawn to scaleReal samples

03

Fixed price

We adjust the plan until it fits how you live and what you want to spend, then send one fixed price that lists every material and quantity.

Changes welcomeEvery quantity listed

04

Build and hand-over

One crew lead runs the job from first stake to last plant, and a photo update lands in your inbox every Friday. Hardscape is covered for 5 years, plants for 1.

One crew lead5-year hardscape warranty

Dining table under a cedar pergola on a stone terrace — Rated 4.9 on Google

Our back lawn used to drain like a bathtub. Thornbury fixed the grade first, then laid the terrace and new sod, and it matches the plan we signed off on at our own table. Same crew every morning, and they swept up before they left.
Marisol T.Terrace and sod · Google review

Nobody could use our hillside. Graham sketched a terrace and a low wall right there on the patio, Luis ran the job, and the photos came every Friday. Three weeks later we were sitting around the fire.
Dev and Hannah R.Terrace, wall and fire pit · Google review

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Outdoor kitchen questions

Who buys the grill and appliances?

Either of us. You can buy your own and we build the cutouts to the spec sheets, or we order through our supplier and include them in the fixed price.

Can you add a kitchen to the patio I have?

Sometimes. We pull a paver or core the slab to see what is underneath. If the base is thin, the kitchen gets its own footing poured beside or through it.

Other work we do

All services

Design-buildPlanned at your table, built by our own crews

Patios & hardscapeTerraces, paths and steps in paver, flagstone or bluestone

Fire pits & fireplacesWood or gas, from a simple ring to a full chimney

Pergolas & shade structuresCedar and steel shade over the places you sit

Stone steps and planted terraces lit at dusk in front of a stone house — Steps, walls and path lights, planned on a design walk

The design walk

Start with the yard you have.

Choose what is on your list. A designer walks the property with you, sketches it to scale and gives you one fixed price. The first visit is free.

Plan my design walk

Prefer the phone?(615) 555-0172

Have your yard planned on site.