These homeowners took on a major architectural renovation of their lake-front home.
Clearly the husband and wife team share different tastes in terms of styles as evidenced by the Country Styling of the Front of the home and Contemporary Styling of the Rear of the Home.
Indeed as lovely as the renovation is, the abundance and assortment of hardsape material needed to be pulled together.
We suggested a wet laid blue stone front walkway and adjoining patios that tied the front, side and back areas of the home together in a pattern that suited both country and contemporary styling.
A stone retaining wall was constructed and river stone added at lake-side to provide a neat yet natural transition from lawn to lake.
With the assistance of our associate, Marty Carson of Three Seasons Inc., a planting plan was designed to soften the hard edges of the retaining walls and walkways at the same time offer all-season interest of colors and textures.
In order
to improve the "sitting in a hole" site of view from the street,
large shrubs were strategically situated to add a dimension of height
to the front of the home.
A distinctive stainless steel deck rail was designed to compliment the unique angles of the deck while limiting the interference of views of the lake. (Deck Rail by Armindo Garcia of Euro-Tech Metal Creations)
As with most lake front homes, property and parking space is limited. An auxiliary parking area was created using turf stone which allows grass to grow through thereby lessening the impact of more hardcape.
Final
Lanscape Design:
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Stone Associates Landscape Design & Consulting managed the complete landscape installation including irrigation and ongoing lawn & bed maintenance. See our section on Project Management for more details. Note: After
pictures were taken only two months after the installation. In a
few years the landscape will be filled in beautifully |
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