"house" yards, pictures, and ideas...
Pool Area
Owner: Party Pool Area Location: CharlotteWe turned a wooded lot in a wonderful pool area. We built a poolhouse and outdoor cook area. We still have a lot of trees to enjoy and feel like we're on vacation in our own backyard....
Paradise Found
Owner: Paradise Found Location: Lihue, Kauai, HIWe bought this house "on the cliff" to remodel and sell, but after a cosmetic remodel, then a complete demolition,and rebuilt, (yes, in that order?) we then decided to make this our home. This is what we did with the Yard!...
Springtime Indian Hawthornes
Owner: Pats Location:Front yard of pie shaped lot in cul-de-sac; back yard two levels on canal adjacent to lake and harbor. Courtyard on opposite side of house for privacy....
Fire Pit
Owner: qlturner Location:We turned our small and boring backyard into a wonderful, relaxing fire pit area. We had no set design plan when we started out, and decided to utilize what we had the most of - rock! Knowing we had a ton (literally) of rocks buried behind our lot from when the house was built, we dug them up and ...
The Woods People
Owner: jannetie Location:Small yard, about .25 acre, inherited along with the house by my partner in 1999 when his mother died. She had a beautiful garden, but after several years, it had fallen into ruin. The house is surrounded by pine trees and shrubs; it feels as though we're in the woods even though it's in a NY vill...
RWH SYSTEM
Owner: Premium Aquascapes Location: New MilfordThis is a low maintenance eco friendly yard. The main feature is a Rain Water Harvesting system that captures and filters 800 gallons of runoff from the roof. The feature overflows into a rain garden planting area that provides additional filtration prior to excess water running into the public sto...
Cottage Home on Murphy Lake, Remodel
Owner: Karen W Location: Millington, MichiganWe have been doing a whole house remodel, including the yard. Just finished getting the new Trex deck. Still have a lot to do, but it's coming along. We plan to add a paver walkway and pavers from the porch to the deck and the patio by the lake. We also want to cover the patio by the lake with pave...
The Family Yard
Owner: Fred Location: Westminster, COWhen I bought this house my plan was to not plant anything in the ground. Now five years later I am happy to say I have a colorful yard which I like to photograph. None of the plants are particularly special, but I am enamored by the dragonflies that visit....
Grandkids Playhouse
Owner: Alpha Landscape Construction Location: Santa CruzWent to Tucson for a vacation and ended up working for five days....
