At Affordable Hardscapes of Virginia we view ourselves as "Exterior Designers" taking outdoor areas and making them functional, beautiful and pleasurable. Our exciting new approaches to traditional landscaping challenges result in outdoor living areas your family can cherish forever. Affordable Hardscapes of Virginia is a Design-Build company specializing in unique hardscape design and construction. Our Paver Patios, Retaining Walls, Outdoor Kitchens, Outdoor Fireplaces and Fire Pits add value to your property and bring your quality of life to a new level. We are the preeminent outdoor living space contractor in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Proudly serving clients in Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Norfolk, Suffolk, and the surrounding Hampton Roads. Eagle

Three Oaks Vacation Home

SPACE Architects + Planners

Photo of a mid-sized traditional backyard screened-in verandah in Chicago with decking and a roof extension.

Lynnfield Farmhouse - Cummings Architects

Cummings Architecture + Interiors

When Cummings Architects first met with the owners of this understated country farmhouse, the building’s layout and design was an incoherent jumble. The original bones of the building were almost unrecognizable. All of the original windows, doors, flooring, and trims – even the country kitchen – had been removed. Mathew and his team began a thorough design discovery process to find the design solution that would enable them to breathe life back into the old farmhouse in a way that acknowledged the building’s venerable history while also providing for a modern living by a growing family. The redesign included the addition of a new eat-in kitchen, bedrooms, bathrooms, wrap around porch, and stone fireplaces. To begin the transforming restoration, the team designed a generous, twenty-four square foot kitchen addition with custom, farmers-style cabinetry and timber framing. The team walked the homeowners through each detail the cabinetry layout, materials, and finishes. Salvaged materials were used and authentic craftsmanship lent a sense of place and history to the fabric of the space. The new master suite included a cathedral ceiling showcasing beautifully worn salvaged timbers. The team continued with the farm theme, using sliding barn doors to separate the custom-designed master bath and closet. The new second-floor hallway features a bold, red floor while new transoms in each bedroom let in plenty of light. A summer stair, detailed and crafted with authentic details, was added for additional access and charm. Finally, a welcoming farmer’s porch wraps around the side entry, connecting to the rear yard via a gracefully engineered grade. This large outdoor space provides seating for large groups of people to visit and dine next to the beautiful outdoor landscape and the new exterior stone fireplace. Though it had temporarily lost its identity, with the help of the team at Cummings Architects, this lovely farmhouse has regained not only its former charm but also a new life through beautifully integrated modern features designed for today’s family. Photo by Eric Roth

Open Back Porches

Atlanta Decking & Fence Co., Inc.

© 2014 Jan Stittleburg for Atlanta Decking & Fence.
Inspiration for a large transitional backyard screened-in verandah in Atlanta with decking and a roof extension.

Exteriors

Dalrymple | Sallis Architecture

Greg Reigler
Large traditional front yard verandah in Miami with decking and a roof extension.

Hidden Prairie Farm

DeLeers Construction, Inc.

This 3200 square foot home features a maintenance free exterior of LP Smartside, corrugated aluminum roofing, and native prairie landscaping. The design of the structure is intended to mimic the architectural lines of classic farm buildings. The outdoor living areas are as important to this home as the interior spaces; covered and exposed porches, field stone patios and an enclosed screen porch all offer expansive views of the surrounding meadow and tree line. The home’s interior combines rustic timbers and soaring spaces which would have traditionally been reserved for the barn and outbuildings, with classic finishes customarily found in the family homestead. Walls of windows and cathedral ceilings invite the outdoors in. Locally sourced reclaimed posts and beams, wide plank white oak flooring and a Door County fieldstone fireplace juxtapose with classic white cabinetry and millwork, tongue and groove wainscoting and a color palate of softened paint hues, tiles and fabrics to create a completely unique Door County homestead. Mitch Wise Design, Inc. Richard Steinberger Photography

Front Porch Steps with LED Step Lights

TRU Landscape Services

LED step lights add to the safety and presentation of the front porch steps. They are low voltage and long lasting exterior landscape lights. The porch is made of ceramic tile. TRU Landscape Services

Enviable Porch Project

Metamorphosis Design-Build

A one-and-a-half story home in Minneapolis' Hale neighborhood got a whole lot bigger when we helped these clients add on a screened-in porch. Photo by David J. Turner

Brenthaven Screened Porch

Forsythe Home Styling

Custom screened porch with tongue and groove ceiling, 12 X 48 porcelain wood plank floor, stone fireplace, rustic mantel, limestone hearth, outdoor fan, outdoor porch furniture, pendant lights, Paint Rockport Gray HC-105 Benjamin Moore. Location - Brentwood, suburb of Nashville. Forsythe Home Styling Forsythe Home Styling

New Jersey Beach House

Garden State Retractables

This New Jersey Beach house has Motorized retractable Screens and Hurricane Shutters to protect the home from Insects and the weather.
Photo of a mid-sized contemporary backyard screened-in verandah in New York with decking and a roof extension.

Front porch

FineCraft Contractors, Inc.

Front porch as part of a whole house renovation and addition. Architect: GTM Architects Photo: Kenneth M Wyner Photography
Inspiration for a large traditional front yard verandah in DC Metro with natural stone pavers.

Morningside bungalow

Meriwether Inc

This 1919 bungalow was lovingly taken care of but just needed a few things to make it complete. The owner, an avid gardener wanted someplace to bring in plants during the winter months. This small addition accomplishes many things in one small footprint. This potting room, just off the dining room, doubles as a mudroom. Design by Meriwether Felt, Photos by Susan Gilmore

Los Altos Hills Front Entry Garden

Skyline design studio

The front path and steps take you up through a garden defined by several low stone retaining walls. Thick bluestone slabs create the step treads and borders the quartzite landings. The sleek stainless steel cable railing posts echo the silvery quartzite. photo: Diane Hayford

Riverfront

Jenni Leasia Interior Design

This new riverfront townhouse is on three levels. The interiors blend clean contemporary elements with traditional cottage architecture. It is luxurious, yet very relaxed. Project by Portland interior design studio Jenni Leasia Interior Design. Also serving Lake Oswego, West Linn, Vancouver, Sherwood, Camas, Oregon City, Beaverton, and the whole of Greater Portland. For more about Jenni Leasia Interior Design, click here: https://www.jennileasiadesign.com/ To learn more about this project, click here: https://www.jennileasiadesign.com/lakeoswegoriverfront

Arcure

Archaeo Architects

The clients wanted a “solid, old-world feel”, like an old Mexican hacienda, small yet energy-efficient. They wanted a house that was warm and comfortable, with monastic simplicity; the sense of a house as a haven, a retreat. The project’s design origins come from a combination of the traditional Mexican hacienda and the regional Northern New Mexican style. Room proportions, sizes and volume were determined by assessing traditional homes of this character. This was combined with a more contemporary geometric clarity of rooms and their interrelationship. The overall intent was to achieve what Mario Botta called “A newness of the old and an archaeology of the new…a sense both of historic continuity and of present day innovation”.

IRB House Restoration

J. S. Perry & Co., Inc.

Design Styles Architecure, Inc. Automatic screens were installed to give privacy and fredom from flying insects Demolition was no foregone conclusion when this oceanfront beach home was purchased by in New England business owner with the vision. His early childhood dream was brought to fruition as we meticulously restored and rebuilt to current standards this 1919 vintage Beach bungalow. Reset it completely with new systems and electronics, this award-winning home had its original charm returned to it in spades. This unpretentious masterpiece exudes understated elegance, exceptional livability and warmth.

Porch

Studio Kohlhaas

New screened porch added to old Austin home. Outdoor gas fireplace.
Design ideas for a mid-sized country side yard verandah in Austin with a fire feature, natural stone pavers and a roof extension.

Bretland Road, Camano Island WA

Dan Nelson, Designs Northwest Architects

Waterside porch off kitchen - dining space. Photography by Ian Gleadle.
Mid-sized eclectic backyard verandah in Seattle with with columns and a roof extension.