Custom outdoor living · Northwest Arkansas

The best room in your home is the one outside it.

Outdoor kitchens, screen rooms, decks and fireplaces, individually designed and built for how your family lives, on your land, in your style.

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1962
Family founded
40,000+
Projects delivered
60 yrs
Of local trust
Built on the Mel Harris name since 1962.
  • Serving Northwest Arkansas
  • River Valley
  • Eastern Oklahoma
  • Licensed & insured
  • In-house crews, no kits
Individually designed & built

Not a kit. Not a bolt-on. A room that is uniquely…yours.

Anyone can drop a factory-made porch onto a slab. We design an addition that fits your property, matches your rooflines and materials, and reads like it was always meant to be there.

Every Harris Outdoor Living project starts with how you actually want to use the space, from morning coffee, Friday-night grilling, or a bug-free evening with the ceiling fans running. Then our team designs the size, shape, features and finishes around that, and our own carpenters build it to last through Arkansas summers and winters alike.

Every build includes
  • ✓ A design matched to your home, with the same roofline, same materials
  • ✓ Your choice of layout, colors, shape and finishes
  • ✓ Wiring, fans, lighting and heat sources built in from the start
  • ✓ Proper flashing, fasteners and drainage for a long life
  • ✓ A finished project on-budget, built by trained crews we supervise
What we build

Six service areas with one team that can do it all.

From the cook space to the roof over it, we design and build every element so it works together, and looks like it.

Stone outdoor kitchen island with built-in grill and bar seatingOutdoor kitchen

Outdoor Kitchens

Expand your entertaining with a built-in grill, refrigerator, warming drawer, sink and counters, all rated for the weather and built for real cooking.

Built-in grillGranite topsStorage & sink
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Screened porch overlooking the lawn at sunsetScreen room

Screen Rooms

Let the outdoors in and keep the bugs out. Add ceiling fans, lighting and retractable screens to merge indoor comfort with fresh Arkansas air.

Retractable screensFans & lightingAll-season
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Custom wood deck with wide steps, covered lounge area and dining spaceCustom deck

Decks, Railings & Stairs

The foundation of great outdoor living on any terrain. Durable low-maintenance decking, built with the flashing and fasteners that keep a deck standing for decades.

Composite or cedarUnder-deck drainageCustom railings
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Covered patio with cedar ceiling, dining set and a modern gas fire featureCovered patio

Covered Patios

More than a slab. Stamped concrete, lighting, water features and shade turn a patio into a room you'll use from spring through fall.

Stamped concreteLightingWater features
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Cedar pergola over an outdoor kitchen and dining table with bench seatingPergola

Pergolas

Diffused light and a defined space, perfect for climbing plants or simply framing a favorite corner of the yard.

Cedar or compositeCustom spansShade
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Outdoor stone fireplace and gas fire-pit table under a pergola at duskFireplace & fire pit

Fireplaces & Fire Pits

A warm focal point in custom masonry, wood-burning for the ritual, or gas for a fire at the flip of a switch.

Masonry surroundWood or gasFire pits
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Credentials you can count on

Backed by six decades of Mel Harris accreditations.

Harris Outdoor Living carries the same memberships and accreditations the Harris family has earned across Northwest Arkansas.

BBB Accredited BusinessBBBAccredited Business
National Association of Home Builders memberNAHBNational Association of Home Builders
Northwest Arkansas Home Builders Association memberNWA HBANW Arkansas Home Builders Assn.
Greater Fort Smith Association of Home Builders memberFort SmithAssn. of Home Builders
ENERGY STAR PartnerENERGY STARPartner
Design & build process

You're four easy steps away from your first hangout.

01

We walk your space

We visit your home, learn how you want to use the space, and talk through terrain, budget and possibilities, at no charge and no pressure.

02

Your custom plan

Together we settle the size, shape, features, materials and colors, tailored to your home's architecture and your lifestyle.

03

Our crews get to work

Trained carpenters and tradesmen, supervised by a seasoned pro, build it right, with the details that make it last.

04

Walkthrough & warranty

We finish on-budget, walk the project with you, and stand behind the work with the reputation our family has earned since 1962.

The Harris familyThe Harris family · since 1962
The family behind the work

Three generations. One standard.

Mel and Sue Harris started their home-improvement business in Fort Smith, Arkansas in 1962. Over six decades, that family commitment to doing right by the customer earned the trust of homeowners across the River Valley, Eastern Oklahoma and Northwest Arkansas, with more than 40,000 projects and counting.

Harris Outdoor Living carries that name outdoors. Same family, same standard, now focused on the kitchens, screen rooms, decks and fire features that turn a backyard into your favorite room.

We do things differently around here. Customer satisfaction isn't just our commitment, it's what this company was built on. The Harris Family

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Let's build it

Your outdoor room is one conversation away.

Tell us what you're dreaming up. We'll bring 60 years of building know-how and a free, no-obligation design consult.

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