A better deck begins with a better plan

Make room
for outside.

A place to shape your deck idea, find the right plan, and connect with builders who know your corner of the Northeast.

View deck ideas ↗Custom decks: 732-556-7388

✳Design inspiration to build-ready details
One deck, thought through.

CAD DETAIL PREVIEWCONNECTION 01

Black-and-white CAD detail showing a deck beam, post, joist, and connection

BEAM + POSTView detail gallery ↗

DESIGN WITH PURPOSE✳PLAN WITH CONFIDENCE✳BUILD WITH THE RIGHT TEAM✳MAKE ROOM OUTSIDE✳

01 / THE IDEA

Your deck is more than square footage

It’s where the day
opens up.

Whether you’re starting with a rough sketch or ready to break ground, we bring the pieces together—design, plans, details, products, and local builders.

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Ten OnlyDecks concept renderings

From simple starts
to landscape features.

Deck ideas shown on homes and in their gardens, ordered from a clean first step to more involved layouts. These are visual concepts, not completed projects.

Simple low wood deck with two chairs, steps, lawn, and planted border beside a light-sided home — SIMPLE
Easy entry
A low platform, wide step, and a little room to sit.

L-shaped cottage deck with built-in corner bench, broad stairs, hydrangeas, and garden path — GARDEN EDGE
Cottage corner
An L-shaped deck nestles into layered garden planting.

Compact urban deck attached to a brick rowhouse, with privacy screen, planters, built-in seating, and a small lawn — COMPACT LOT
Urban retreat
Privacy, planters, and seating make a narrow yard work harder.

Wraparound farmhouse deck with dining and lounge areas, wide low steps, native flowers, and a stone garden walk — CONNECTED ZONES
Wraparound living
Two sides of the home share a continuous outdoor room.

Clean-lined deck connecting a modern home to a small garden pool, lawn, and ornamental grasses — GARDEN + WATER
Poolside line
A simple deck edge carries the house out toward the yard.

Composite deck with separate dining and lounge areas, dark railing, broad stairs, and colorful planting — TWO USES
Dining + lounge
Distinct gathering spaces with a broad garden stair.

Elevated deck on a colonial home with side staircase, covered lower patio, shrubs, and lawn — ELEVATED
Raised terrace
A second-level platform with a stair route into the garden.

Craftsman home deck with partial pergola, dining area, lounge space, stairs, and lush planting — COVERED ZONE
Pergola room
A slatted canopy shades dining while the deck stays open.

Large multi-zone deck with pergola, outdoor kitchen, built-in lounge, wide lit stairs, and detailed landscape — SIGNATURE
Outdoor gathering
Pergola, dining, built-in seating, and an outdoor kitchen counter.

Two-level hillside deck with broad connecting stairs, lower lounge, stone garden walls, and woodland planting — COMPLEX SITE
Stepped hillside
Two deck levels connect the home to a sloped, planted yard.

All ten images are illustrative OnlyDecks concept renderings. Actual design, materials, site conditions, and construction will vary.

Matched concept plan studies

From rendering
to drawing set.

Black-and-white CAD-style JPEG sheets align with ideas 01, 07, and 10. Each includes a plan view, elevation, section, detail callouts, diagrammatic dimensions, and OnlyDecks title block.

Black-and-white CAD-style OnlyDecks A-101 preliminary deck plan with elevation, sections, dimensions, details, and title block

A-101 · IDEA 01

Garden entry

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Black-and-white CAD-style OnlyDecks A-201 preliminary raised-deck plan with elevation, sections, dimensions, details, and title block

A-201 · IDEA 07

Raised terrace

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Black-and-white CAD-style OnlyDecks A-301 preliminary hillside-deck plan with elevation, sections, dimensions, details, and title block

A-301 · IDEA 10

Woodland levels

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Custom deck plan delivery: 24–48 hours. Advanced designs may require additional time.

These CAD-style JPEG sheets are preliminary design studies—not permit or construction documents. Dimensions and framing are diagrammatic. Final plans need measured site information, jurisdictional review, and project-specific structural design.

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OnlyDecks CAD detail library

Details, organized
by category.

Browse close-up CAD examples for deck connections and framing. Each detail links to a related sample plan sheet, so you can move from an individual connection to its larger plan context.

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Monochrome CAD detail of a wall ledger, blocking, and bolted connection

LEDGER + WALL

Ledger attachment

Wall ledger, blocking, and fastener layout.

Monochrome CAD detail of a deck beam, post, joists, and metal connectors

BEAM + FRAMING

Beam / post connection

Joists, beam, post, and bracing in axonometric view.

GUARD + BLOCKING

Guard post blocking

Connection locations at the deck edge and guard posts.

CAD product detail drawings for stair, joist, beam, and post connectors

STAIRS + CONNECTORS

Stair / framing hardware

Examples for stringers, joists, beams, and posts.

Monochrome CAD plan detail showing deck post and footing layout

FOOTINGS + SUPPORT

Post / footing layout

Post locations coordinated with the deck framing plan.

Monochrome axonometric CAD model showing deck boards, guard, stairs, beams, and footings

FRAMING ASSEMBLY

Coordinated deck model

Deck surface, guard, stair, beam, and footing assembly.

The detail images are cropped from the supplied drawing set; its project title block and address are omitted. They are examples, not universal specifications. Final connections, products, and dimensions must be verified for each site.

OnlyDecks tree-home collection

Live among
the branches.

Ten distinct tree-home and deck concepts, from a quiet canopy nook to a full woodland retreat. People appear in the scenes to show scale and everyday use.

Compact maple canopy tree home with a small deck and people enjoying the garden — SIMPLE
Maple nook
A small cabin, a quiet deck, and a place to pause in the leaves.
Matching CAD-style concept plan JPEG ↗

Gabled tree home with a deck that wraps around a mature oak, with people seated outside — WRAP DECK
Oak wrap
A gabled retreat with an outdoor edge that follows the canopy.
Matching CAD-style concept plan JPEG ↗

A-frame tree cabin with a front deck high among trees, with two people taking in the view — CANOPY CABIN
A-frame canopy
A compact silhouette opens toward a forest view.
Matching CAD-style concept plan JPEG ↗

Two-level tree home connected by broad deck stairs with a family using the lower terrace — TWO LEVELS
Canopy steps
Two outdoor rooms join through a broad, garden-facing stair.
Matching CAD-style concept plan JPEG ↗

Modern glass-front tree cabin with a long deck among hardwoods and people relaxing outside — MODERN
Glass + timber
Quiet lines, wide doors, and an elevated outdoor room.
Matching CAD-style concept plan JPEG ↗

Octagonal tree home and faceted deck in a landscaped woodland garden, with people for scale — FACETED PLAN
Oakleaf room
A geometric cabin and deck make a small clearing feel special.
Matching CAD-style concept plan JPEG ↗

Screened tree-home porch with adjoining open deck, garden steps, and people having a quiet afternoon — SCREENED LIVING
Porch in the trees
A sheltered sitting room flows out to an open deck.
Matching CAD-style concept plan JPEG ↗

Two small tree homes connected by a shared curved deck with people walking between them — CONNECTED PODS
Two in the canopy
Separate cabins share one curved outdoor gathering deck.
Matching CAD-style concept plan JPEG ↗

Small lookout tree cabin with a long viewing deck and people looking into a woodland clearing — LOOKOUT
Garden lookout
A narrow deck draws the eye toward a clearing in the trees.
Matching CAD-style concept plan JPEG ↗

Large woodland tree-home retreat with two deck levels, landscaped steps, and people gathered outdoors — ADVANCED
Woodland retreat
A layered retreat brings canopy, garden, and gathering together.
Matching CAD-style concept plan JPEG ↗

These are concept visualizations, not completed homes or construction documents. Real tree-home projects require site-specific review of tree health, structure, access, utilities, and local requirements.

Built projects · source linked

Tree-home ideas
from around the world.

Real built work offers a useful look at how designers shape outdoor rooms around trees, terrain, climate, and the daily life inside.

SWEDEN · TREEHOTEL

Mirrorcube

A compact mirrored cabin set among the northern pines, with a discreet outdoor perch.

Visit source ↗ SWEDEN · TREEHOTEL

Bird’s Nest

An expressive, branch-like exterior wraps a distinct treetop guest room.

Visit source ↗ ENGLAND · ALNWICK GARDEN

The Treehouse

A large timber gathering place woven into a mature lime-tree garden.

Visit source ↗ COSTA RICA · OLSON KUNDIG

Costa Rica Treehouse

A three-level home that connects forest floor, canopy, and open-air living.

Visit source ↗ GERMANY · BAUMRAUM

World of Living

An elliptical tree-home concept shaped with careful arborist input and a linked terrace.

Visit source ↗ DENMARK · SIGURD LARSEN

Løvtag Treetop Hotel

Minimal treetop cabins bring a quiet architectural language to a forest setting.

Visit source ↗ BALI · IBUKU

Tree House at Bambu Indah

A distinctive stay set high in the branches above a tropical valley.

Visit source ↗ NORWAY · HELEN & HARD

Woodnest

Compact timber treehouses look out across the wooded hillsides of Odda.

Visit source ↗ COSTA RICA · FINCA BELLAVISTA

Rainforest treehouse community

A network of tree homes and trails in a tropical forest landscape.

Visit source ↗

These links lead to the project owners’ or designers’ own pages. OnlyDecks does not claim affiliation with these projects.

01 / DESIGN

Design the
good life.

Start with a space that feels like yours.

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02 / CUSTOM PLANS

SECTION B—B

LEVEL 01 · PLANILLUSTRATIVE PLAN SHEET

Plans made
for your place.

Custom layouts, clear scope, thoughtful details.

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03 / CONSTRUCTION

BUILT AROUND YOU

Build with
the right team.

Deck builders, directory-first.

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02 / THE PLAN

A good plan makes room for the details

Built around
your real life.

Custom deck plans can start with a simple footprint and grow into coordinated elevations and detail studies. Call to discuss your home, yard, and scope.

Call 732-556-7388 ↗

CUSTOM PLAN STUDIES

DESIGN THAT STARTS WITH YOUR SITE→

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Made for the Northeast.
Layouts and details shaped around your home, your yard, and how you want to use the space.

03 / THE DETAILS

The small things do big work

Details that
hold it together.

Explore the choices that shape a deck’s look, feel, and everyday performance.

01Boards & finishesCompare the character of wood and composite.↗02Railing & edgesGive the perimeter a clean, considered finish.↗03Stairs & transitionsMake the move from house to yard feel natural.↗04Lighting & comfortThoughtful touches for longer evenings outside.↗

04 / THE PEOPLE

Local knowledge makes a difference

Find your
deck people.

A focused directory for professionals who design and build decks—not a general contractor list. We’re starting close to home, with New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York.

New Jersey 01Pennsylvania 02New York 03

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Builder listings are opening soon.
We’re shaping a useful directory and will add verified deck builders as they join. No listings are published yet.

THE NORTHEAST40° 13′ N

✳Build decks in NJ, PA, or NY?
Get in touch to be considered for a future directory listing.

05 / THE MATERIALS

Good materials. Better choices.

Know what goes
into your deck.

Explore the products and components that bring a deck together. We’re developing a practical guide to help you compare options before you build.

THE FOUNDATION

Decking

Natural warmth or low-maintenance finish.

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THE FRAME

Railing

Open views, defined edges, confident lines.

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THE FINISH

Lighting

Small details that change the atmosphere.

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THE CONNECTION

Hardware

Joinery and fasteners, made to work hard.

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Start your OnlyDecks project

Tell us about
your outside.

Share your deck idea, site location, and the help you need. Custom deck plans are typically delivered in 24–48 hours; advanced designs take additional time.

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Have a deck on your mind?

Let’s get
it outside.

Call to discuss a custom deck plan. Our tri-state builder directory and product guide are also taking shape.

Custom decks · 732-556-7388 ↗Browse the plan studies →

Make roomfor outside.

It’s where the dayopens up.

From simple startsto landscape features.

Easy entry

Cottage corner

Urban retreat

Wraparound living

Poolside line

Dining + lounge

Raised terrace

Pergola room

Outdoor gathering

Stepped hillside

From renderingto drawing set.

Garden entry

Raised terrace

Woodland levels

Details, organizedby category.

Ledger attachment

Beam / post connection

Guard post blocking

Stair / framing hardware

Post / footing layout

Coordinated deck model

Live amongthe branches.

Maple nook

Oak wrap

A-frame canopy

Canopy steps

Glass + timber

Oakleaf room

Porch in the trees

Two in the canopy

Garden lookout

Woodland retreat

Tree-home ideasfrom around the world.

Mirrorcube

Bird’s Nest

The Treehouse

Costa Rica Treehouse

World of Living

Løvtag Treetop Hotel

Tree House at Bambu Indah

Woodnest

Rainforest treehouse community

Design thegood life.

Plans madefor your place.

Build withthe right team.

Built aroundyour real life.

Details thathold it together.

Find yourdeck people.

Know what goesinto your deck.

Decking

Railing

Lighting

Hardware

Tell us aboutyour outside.

A little more outside.

Let’s getit outside.

Make room
for outside.

It’s where the day
opens up.

From simple starts
to landscape features.

From rendering
to drawing set.

Details, organized
by category.

Live among
the branches.

Tree-home ideas
from around the world.

Design the
good life.

Plans made
for your place.

Build with
the right team.

Built around
your real life.

Details that
hold it together.

Find your
deck people.

Know what goes
into your deck.

Tell us about
your outside.

Let’s get
it outside.