Molly Wood Garden Design
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Trina Roberts
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Small traditional backyard pool in Los Angeles.
Small traditional backyard pool in Los Angeles.
Anders Lasater Architects
"Built in 1920 as a summer cottage-by-the-sea, this classic, north Laguna cottage long outlived its original owners. Now, refreshed and restored, the home echos with the soul of the early 20th century, while giving its surf-focused family the essence of 21st century modern living.
Timeless textures of cedar shingles and wood windows frame the modern interior, itself accented with steel, stone, and sunlight. The best of yesterday and the sensibility of today brought together thoughtfully in a good marriage."
Photo by Chad Mellon
All Backyard Fun
The Oriflamme Hammered Copper gas fire pit includes a metal lid, fire glass and a propane tank. Not only is this gas fire table beautiful, it is also functional with its unique height and burner style that allows this table to sit at standard coffee table height and burn up to 64,000 btus with the hidden propane tank or up to 90,000 BTUs with natural gas. This gas fire pit is truly unique and sets itself apart from the rest.
New Eco Landscapes
Photos by Lori Cannava
Small contemporary backyard patio in New York with no cover, a container garden and concrete pavers.
Small contemporary backyard patio in New York with no cover, a container garden and concrete pavers.
MHK Architecture & Planning
This is an example of a small beach style backyard rectangular pool in Miami.
Cultivart Landscape Design
subtropical contemporary courtyards
Perth Australian
photos Peta North
Photo of a small contemporary courtyard partial sun garden in Perth with a water feature and decking.
Photo of a small contemporary courtyard partial sun garden in Perth with a water feature and decking.
Robert Kaner Interior Design
Photo of a small tropical backyard rectangular lap pool in Miami with concrete pavers and a water feature.
Hey Nice Garden
In Oakland we designed a small front yard that packs a lot of color. This new perennial garden is low-water and provides a lush setting in contrast to the wide open walkway to the front porch. The clean symmetry of the poured concrete path is offset by the wild display of flowering plants.
vaso peritos interior design
Small contemporary backyard formal garden in San Francisco with a container garden.
Jacalyn Gould Landscape Architect
urban rooftop garden
Design ideas for a small transitional deck in Boston.
Design ideas for a small transitional deck in Boston.
Terra Ferma Landscapes
The custom designed garden gate carries the design intent throughout the whole garden.
Inspiration for a small traditional backyard formal garden in San Francisco with natural stone pavers.
Inspiration for a small traditional backyard formal garden in San Francisco with natural stone pavers.
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Custom designed retirement home on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia.
Ryan Nelson Photography © 2012 Houzz
Inspiration for a small transitional backyard garden in Vancouver with natural stone pavers.
Inspiration for a small transitional backyard garden in Vancouver with natural stone pavers.
Gilbertson Photography
Gilbertson Photography
This is an example of a small transitional verandah in Minneapolis with decking.
This is an example of a small transitional verandah in Minneapolis with decking.
Linden L.A.N.D. Group
Rebecca Lindenmeyr
Design ideas for a small traditional front yard verandah in Burlington with decking and a roof extension.
Design ideas for a small traditional front yard verandah in Burlington with decking and a roof extension.
Creative Arch
Jim Janse
Inspiration for a small contemporary side yard deck in Auckland with no cover.
Inspiration for a small contemporary side yard deck in Auckland with no cover.
Acre
Derek Swalwell
Design ideas for a small contemporary backyard rectangular lap pool in Other with concrete slab.
Design ideas for a small contemporary backyard rectangular lap pool in Other with concrete slab.
Graham Atkins-Hughes Photography
Graham Atkins-Hughes
Inspiration for a small beach style backyard patio in New York with brick pavers and no cover.
Inspiration for a small beach style backyard patio in New York with brick pavers and no cover.
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Photo of a small asian courtyard garden in Other with a container garden and gravel.
Beertje Vonk
Topiary is a fantastic way of adding evergreen structure to a garden. You may think that you won't be able to or can't get the budget together for an amazing garden like this with no budget to speak of.But you can plant your own -( free-) box parterre- by taking box cuttings, either from a friend who is trimming their box plants, or by going into the forest and taking some cuttings.Box is a tree that grows in the wild in many forests.Box cuttings taken in late summer or early autumn will root quickly and be ready for planting out the following spring.
Exterior Worlds Landscaping & Design
A family in West University contacted us to design a contemporary Houston landscape for them. They live on a double lot, which is large for that neighborhood. They had built a custom home on the property, and they wanted a unique indoor-outdoor living experience that integrated a modern pool into the aesthetic of their home interior.
This was made possible by the design of the home itself. The living room can be fully opened to the yard by sliding glass doors. The pool we built is actually a lap swimming pool that measures a full 65 feet in length. Not only is this pool unique in size and design, but it is also unique in how it ties into the home. The patio literally connects the living room to the edge of the water. There is no coping, so you can literally walk across the patio into the water and start your swim in the heated, lighted interior of the pool.
Even for guests who do not swim, the proximity of the water to the living room makes the entire pool-patio layout part of the exterior design. This is a common theme in modern pool design.
The patio is also notable because it is constructed from stones that fit so tightly together the joints seem to disappear. Although the linear edges of the stones are faintly visible, the surface is one contiguous whole whose linear seamlessness supports both the linearity of the home and the lengthwise expanse of the pool.
While the patio design is strictly linear to tie the form of the home to that of the pool, our modern pool is decorated with a running bond pattern of tile work. Running bond is a design pattern that uses staggered stone, brick, or tile layouts to create something of a linear puzzle board effect that captures the eye. We created this pattern to compliment the brick work of the home exterior wall, thus aesthetically tying fine details of the pool to home architecture.
At the opposite end of the pool, we built a fountain into the side of the home's perimeter wall. The fountain head is actually square, mirroring the bricks in the wall. Unlike a typical fountain, the water here pours out in a horizontal plane which even more reinforces the theme of the quadrilateral geometry and linear movement of the modern pool.
We decorated the front of the home with a custom garden consisting of small ground cover plant species. We had to be very cautious around the trees due to West U’s strict tree preservation policies. In order to avoid damaging tree roots, we had to avoid digging too deep into the earth.
The species used in this garden—Japanese Ardesia, foxtail ferns, and dwarf mondo not only avoid disturbing tree roots, but they are low-growth by nature and highly shade resistant. We also built a gravel driveway that provides natural water drainage and preserves the root zone for trees. Concrete pads cross the driveway to give the homeowners a sure-footing for walking to and from their vehicles.
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