HARDSCAPING AND A GREAT DESIGN TIED IT ALL TOGETHER!

In mid September, I was called by a new client who needed a rush job at their home in Middlesex County, Virginia on the Middle Peninsula. Seems that their house addition/renovation project by wonderful builder, Randy Randolph , was finally coming to an end and they needed a hardscaping design to tie together the old with the new and make the front entrance inviting. More pressing was the fact that a wedding was happening there in Mid October... so the rush was on.

After meeting with my lovely new clients, they indicated that they were open to whatever I designed. Initially they had thoughts of just a side walk going from the garage parking to the front door. I felt like the site needed more of a "statement" and suggested that we create a "courtyard" effect at the entrance. In addition to a statement, there were a number of entries to the house and side yard and they needed to be "tied together". A single walkway would have looked confusing and not really done the job. They loved the courtyard idea, so we moved forward to the design and selecting the product for the hardscaping. There were suggestions of concrete pavers, blue stone, brick.

Since we were already dealing with a number of products used on the house--ipe, brick, green painted wood siding, we wanted to choose something that would compliment the existing without "fighting" with it. In the end, Williams Landscaping did a fabulous job of installing a bluestone terrace with circular brick inserts in a herringbone pattern. Not only was it top notch in quality, but they did it on very short notice. I designed the terrace with the circle inserts to brick up the massive area and make it feel cozier.

The next stage was installing the plant material which was also done by Williams Landscaping. We will have photos of that at a later date.

We love winters for planning and installing hardscaping projects. If you are staying at home more this year, why not have a new terrace designed and installed for enjoying your "outside" home?

Get out and Garden! :) Katherine