Balcones Exterior Renovation
Directly outside the master bedroom and living room sits the real charm of this project on Balcones Drive. Once just a rotting wooden deck now lies an outdoor retreat complete with a custom fireplace, designed by Realty Restoration. Made of brick and massive floating slabs of concrete for the hearth and mantel, continuing the house’s linear theme, this fireplace was designed in 3-dimension to help the client visualize what the final project would be, and then built to exact dimensions. Leaving nothing undone, a unique storage space was designed in conjunction with the fireplace to keep wood dry and readily available.

The direct relationship of this expansive patio to the house and the series of French doors in both the master bedroom and living room, allows these rooms to be transformed into a continuation of the outdoors.

Where once a backyard was just leftover undeveloped space on this sloping lot, now a flat landscaped retreat extends the usable area of the lot, allowing one to relax in the lush green grass, or watch the client’s grandchild play in the nearby playscape.