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by Shades Of Green Landscape Architecture
Sausalito, CA, US 94965 · 406 photos
Front Yard Retreat
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This expansive suburban front lawn required a lot of water and maintenance to keep up. We gave it an updated and more sustainable style with Bunny Tail grasses and Kangaroo paws. Sleek new entrance stairs lead to the front door and a walled circular patio under an existing shade tree has become a favorite hang-out place. Random bands of concrete act as an informal path tying the spaces together. Best of all the deer in the neighborhood are not tempted.

 
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gregandcaro wrote:
love the stair lights! where can i buy them and are they set in place before you pour the conrete? »
· Comment · 7 months ago
Shades Of Green Landscape Architecture These are called the Margin Wall SS LED lights.
They are from Lightology. www.lightology.com.
7 months ago · ·
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ttdesigns wrote:
What are the grasses on each side of the steps? »
· Comment · 8 weeks ago
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even tho it's tiered, the front of the house can have a long, low look
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Front yard modern stair
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steps
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Deck stair lights
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front porch
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Lighted steps
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Lights in stairs
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knee wall
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Kangaroo paw
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Steps
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grasses
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Step lights
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configuration
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not straight stairs
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Stairs
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Béton rafraîchit
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Nice, the concrete look
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front of house landscaping
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kangaroo plants in yellow
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Like the lights
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Nice
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Lights in the steps
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Steps, lighting and landscaping
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Steps
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Steps-wall design
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Smooth concrete and illuminated steps
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Lights in steps
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lighting in steps at front door, east patio, and hot tub steps?
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Stairs from playroom.
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concrete entry
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Más escaleras sencillas
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Lights on steps...use colored concrete
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front porch steps modern house concrete
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Love the bright yellow kangaroo paws
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lit steps.
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Matériaux escaliers
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Steps lights
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Step lights and staggered steps.
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Bahce
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stairs light
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Aime lumières encastrées dans les marches
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But stone steps
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Grass
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Always good for geriatrics. You'd really wanna see where you're stepping at night.
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Like these grasses, and the lighting in the steps
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Stair Lighting
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Lights
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cement wall-front yard?
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Front door
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concrete steps
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steps, lights in steps
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Lighting
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Door color
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Luz escalones
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Concrete retaining wall
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Step lights
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Repetition of plantings
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Landscape
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Lights is steps
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lights in concrete
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Concrete
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yellow plants
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Stairs
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modern landscaping on a non-modern house
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Good!
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Lights on steps
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traditional home with modern front landscape
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lights
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Steps details
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nature intersects with building, naturally.
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Tuin
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台阶
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Me gustan las plantas
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Light in the stairs
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tread lights
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landscape lighting
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Modern elements on a not so modern house.
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Lights in the steps
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Step lights
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Stair lights
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front yard steps
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Escaleras
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I like the outdoor mood lighting underneath the steps.
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Step lights for front stairs to front door
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Steps and wall
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Luces en escalera
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lights
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the stairs lights
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house front
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front steps
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lights on stairs
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Simple repetition n nice tree
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Lighting and Terracing
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Kangaroo
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Steps and entry
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Lightology. www.lightology.com
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Colour of plantings with grey shades
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Landscape
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Grasses
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Entry axis.
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entry staircase lighting
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Patio
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Bunny Tails
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lights
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Luz escalones
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Step Lighting
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Walls and steps
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Lights
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Lighting
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ingreso
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Lights in steps
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House in Everett entrance
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step lighting
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Escaleras
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σκαλια
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BUNNYTAIL GRASS AND KANGAROO PAWS
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lighting built into concrete stairs
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Walkway, retaining wall, and plant selection
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clean lines
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instead of terrace
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love the lights on the stairs
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lights in the concrete
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lights in steps
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Lights on stairs
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landscaping
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إضاءات الدرج
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Lighting on steps
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lights on stairs
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lights on the stairs
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Lights in stairs
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Like the lite steps
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Steps
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éclairages dans les marches
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light in stairs
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Lights and retaining wall with plants
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Steps lighting
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Front entrace
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Exterior stair lights
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lighting could be incorporated into bottom of walls and even walls of the house - lighting doesn't always have to come down from the top.
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stair lights
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Walls
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Outside/steps
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Steps
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FRONT LAWN IDEA
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Lumiere dans les marches
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Lights on steps.
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Front door
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Like the lights on steps
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stair lights
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Step lights
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Foyer 5&6
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interesantna ideja za stepenice
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Steps intersected with walls
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Lights set in concrete stairs
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إضاءات في السلالم خارجية
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lights on stairs
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Grasses
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Lights on steps
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Lit up from steps
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Like stone front
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zig-zagging steps
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Serpentine stairway
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צורת המדרגות
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escalones lucesita
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landing and lateral shift of direction
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conc steps with walls
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landscape
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lights in steps