From the June/July 2025 Issue
Expanded Horizons-Backyard
Sliders at the back of the house seamlessly connect the family/playroom to the outdoors, allowing the kids to move effortlessly between the two spaces, designer Anna McCusker says. An expandable […]
From the October/November 2024 Issue
An Englewood Split Level Gets a Makeover-Exterior
“The massing of the house is very horizontal,” architect Robert Gross says. “Outside, we featured gray wood siding treated using the Shou Sugi Ban method, a Japanese process for scorching […]
From the August/September 2024 Issue
Boosting the function and beauty of a backyard-Walkway
Designer and company owner Mitch Knapp installed a classic bluestone-and-brick walkway under the pergola that connects the kitchen cabana on the left and changing-room cabana on the right. The walkway […]
From the August/September 2024 Issue
Boosting the function and beauty of a backyard-Pool-Edge Seating
Lush hydrangeas behind the new bluestone and Karney stone retaining wall add definition and help to further screen the property from another house farther up the hill. The sitting area […]
From the August/September 2024 Issue
Boosting the function and beauty of a backyard-Seating by Pool
An updated seating area on one end of the swimming pool and two cabanas at the other end ramp up the function as well as the beauty of this redesigned […]
From the August/September 2024 Issue
Outdoor oasis at a country estate-Lawn
A planting bed of hydrangeas outlines one of the retaining walls that were added to make more of the sloping property usable.
From the August/September 2024 Issue
Outdoor oasis at a country estate-Pavilion
Entertaining is in order thanks to a pavilion equipped with an outdoor kitchen, dining table and sitting area in front of a fireplace topped with a television.
From the August/September 2024 Issue
Boosting the function and beauty of a backyard-Poolside Dining
“I wanted the backyard to complement the home, which is very traditional. I even wanted a bluestone patio, even though people say it gets hot. But this isn’t Texas,” owner […]
From the August/September 2024 Issue
Outdoor oasis at a country estate-Backyard
Stone retaining walls define different areas of the backyard and also accommodate the property’s sloped terrain.