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Unique HomestaysLarge rural back rectangular lengths swimming pool in Essex with a pool house and natural stone paving.
Verdance Landscape ArchitectureA stepping stone path meanders through drought-tolerant plantings including Dymondia, Rosemary 'Barbeque', and Euryops. The owner's favorite roses are integrated with Penstemon 'Apple Blossom' and variegated Tulbaghia 'Silver Lace' to provide color and contrast. Photo © Jude Parkinson-Morgan.
Amanda ShipmanAmanda Shipman
Small country back full sun garden for summer in Hertfordshire with a garden path and brick paving.
Small country back full sun garden for summer in Hertfordshire with a garden path and brick paving.
Ross Land StudioAn unused area of lawn has been repurposed as a meditation garden. The meandering path of limestone step stones weaves through a birch grove. The matrix planting of carex grasses is interspersed with flowering natives throughout the season. Fall is spectacular with the blooming of aromatic asters.
Margie Grace - Grace Design Associatesceramic pots, grasses, gravel path, outdoor furniture, succulents, tuscan
Inspiration for a mediterranean partial sun garden in Santa Barbara with a garden path and gravel.
Inspiration for a mediterranean partial sun garden in Santa Barbara with a garden path and gravel.
Exterior Worlds Landscaping & DesignWe were contacted by a family named Pesek who lived near Memorial Drive on the West side of Houston. They lived in a stately home built in the late 1950’s. Many years back, they had contracted a local pool company to install an old lagoon-style pool, which they had since grown tired of. When they initially called us, they wanted to know if we could build them an outdoor room at the far end of the swimming pool. We scheduled a free consultation at a time convenient to them, and we drove out to their residence to take a look at the property.
After a quick survey of the back yard, rear of the home, and the swimming pool, we determined that building an outdoor room as an addition to their existing landscaping design would not bring them the results they expected. The pool was visibly dated with an early “70’s” look, which not only clashed with the late 50’s style of home architecture, but guaranteed an even greater clash with any modern-style outdoor room we constructed. Luckily for the Peseks, we offered an even better landscaping plan than the one they had hoped for.
We proposed the construction of a new outdoor room and an entirely new swimming pool. Both of these new structures would be built around the classical geometry of proportional right angles. This would allow a very modern design to compliment an older home, because basic geometric patterns are universal in many architectural designs used throughout history. In this case, both the swimming pool and the outdoor rooms were designed as interrelated quadrilateral forms with proportional right angles that created the illusion of lengthened distance and a sense of Classical elegance. This proved a perfect complement to a house that had originally been built as a symbolic emblem of a simpler, more rugged and absolute era.
Though reminiscent of classical design and complimentary to the conservative design of the home, the interior of the outdoor room was ultra-modern in its array of comfort and convenience. The Peseks felt this would be a great place to hold birthday parties for their child. With this new outdoor room, the Peseks could take the party outside at any time of day or night, and at any time of year. We also built the structure to be fully functional as an outdoor kitchen as well as an outdoor entertainment area. There was a smoker, a refrigerator, an ice maker, and a water heater—all intended to eliminate any need to return to the house once the party began. Seating and entertainment systems were also added to provide state of the art fun for adults and children alike. We installed a flat-screen plasma TV, and we wired it for cable.
The swimming pool was built between the outdoor room and the rear entrance to the house. We got rid of the old lagoon-pool design which geometrically clashed with the right angles of the house and outdoor room. We then had a completely new pool built, in the shape of a rectangle, with a rather innovative coping design.
We showcased the pool with a coping that rose perpendicular to the ground out of the stone patio surface. This reinforced our blend of contemporary look with classical right angles. We saved the client an enormous amount of money on travertine by setting the coping so that it does not overhang with the tile. Because the ground between the house and the outdoor room gradually dropped in grade, we used the natural slope of the ground to create another perpendicular right angle at the end of the pool. Here, we installed a waterfall which spilled over into a heated spa. Although the spa was fed from within itself, it was built to look as though water was coming from within the pool.
The ultimate result of all of this is a new sense of visual “ebb and flow,” so to speak. When Mr. Pesek sits in his couch facing his house, the earth appears to rise up first into an illuminated pool which leads the way up the steps to his home. When he sits in his spa facing the other direction, the earth rises up like a doorway to his outdoor room, where he can comfortably relax in the water while he watches TV. For more the 20 years Exterior Worlds has specialized in servicing many of Houston's fine neighborhoods.
Outside CollectiveChristel Leung
Small modern back formal full sun garden in San Francisco with a garden path and concrete paving.
Small modern back formal full sun garden in San Francisco with a garden path and concrete paving.
Pedersen AssociatesBarbara Ries
This is an example of a traditional partial sun pergola in San Francisco with a garden path and natural stone paving.
This is an example of a traditional partial sun pergola in San Francisco with a garden path and natural stone paving.
WINN Design+BuildInspiration for a large back rectangular swimming pool in DC Metro with a pool house and concrete paving.
Boyce Design + BuildThis stunning pool has an Antigua Pebble finish, tanning ledge and 5 bar seats. The L-shaped, open-air cabana houses an outdoor living room with a custom fire table, a large kitchen with stainless steel appliances including a sink, refrigerator, wine cooler and grill, a spacious dining and bar area with leathered granite counter tops and a spa like bathroom with an outdoor shower making it perfect for entertaining both small family cookouts and large parties.
Landsburg Landscape NurseryThis is an example of a traditional full sun garden in Minneapolis with a garden path and brick paving.
American LandscapeHeucherella Pumpkin Spice used as entrance plant on both ends of the walkway, Star Magnolia visually separates the driveway space from the intimate space; limestone sundial was gift from parents.
Ginkgo Leaf StudioA dry creek bed snakes through the planted area and is functional - taking rainwater from the front yard and funneling it under the driveway.
Renn Kuhnen Photography
Ketti Kupper Conscious Life DesignDecomposed Granite path between Giant Sequoias leads to repurposed, reshaped and stained rear concrete slab. Micro-climate appropriate plants complete the picture. Photo by Ketti Kupper.
Neave Group Outdoor SolutionsNeave Group Outdoor Solutions
Design ideas for a large classic back driveway full sun garden in New York with a garden path and gravel.
Design ideas for a large classic back driveway full sun garden in New York with a garden path and gravel.
Windscapes LandscapingPhoto of a medium sized traditional back formal full sun garden in Grand Rapids with a garden path and natural stone paving.
Studio BalconesConcrete stepping stones act as both entry path and an extra parking space. Photography by Lars Frazer
Photo of a medium sized retro front driveway partial sun garden in Austin with a garden path and concrete paving.
Photo of a medium sized retro front driveway partial sun garden in Austin with a garden path and concrete paving.
Small modern front full sun garden for autumn in San Francisco with a garden path and concrete paving.
WINN Design+BuildThis is an example of a large back rectangular swimming pool in DC Metro with a pool house and concrete paving.
Platinum Landscape & PoolsGeometric concrete slabs pave the lowest level of the landscape. Natural grass, flanked by bamboo and hosts softens the slabs.
Medium sized contemporary back garden in Salt Lake City with a garden path and concrete paving.
Medium sized contemporary back garden in Salt Lake City with a garden path and concrete paving.
Garden Path with a Pool House Ideas and Designs
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