Kirk Bianchi of Bianchi Design, an award winning phoenix pool builder and landscape designer, brought an intimate and choreographed feel to this otherwise congested narrow space, where front entry, driveway, outdoor dining, and neighbors garage all converged on the "front squeeze" of this cul de sac lot. The stairs from the front sweep and carry through, interlacing with a screen wall that separates the dining are from the driveway that passes just on the other side. A mature ironwood tree creates an overhead sense of intimacy to the patio and front entry, allowing for delightful shadow play by day, and mystifying downlight by night, with fixtures discretely hidden in the tree above. A banco seating wall with outdoor fabric and cushions, flanks a firepit with portal to the space beyond, and beckons those from the indoor dining area to migrate and take in the beautiful outdoors. Michaelwoodall.com