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Good fountain. This backyard in Menlo Park, California (also shown in the previous photo), by Kikuchi + Kankel Design Group, packs a lot of features into a 1,800-square-foot space, including a plunge pool, a covered dining patio, a fireplace, a private lounge area, a fountain and an outdoor shower. A well-thought-out master plan was key in creating a cohesive landscape design and successfully installing all the elements without having much wiggle room for navigating heavy equipment.
chose this arrangement because the larger shower volume made sense at the far end, rather than at the entrance to the room. “If you put a full-height volume, something that goes floor-to-ceiling, at the entry, it’s going to make the space feel more confined,” she says. “When you walk in and there’s a tub, the open volume of space above it makes the room feel more spacious.”
Bathroom floorplan
What to invest in re landscaping: Master plan, 4. At Least 1 High-Impact Feature
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