This landscape renovation came on the heels of a massive indoor modernization of this inner north Portland craftsman home by local design collaborator, Bright Design Lab. Our intention was to maintain the design language of the classic architecture with some distinctly modern accents.

The front yard features a new sand-finish poured concrete wall and stairs, with an eclectic planting pallete of chartreuse and deep green foliage that complements the bold new color of the house. Plants include Smokebush 'Golden Spirit,' Farfugium gigante, Carax 'Bowels golden' and Ostrich fern.

In the backyard, we continued the design thread of the sand finished concrete wall, with a re-imagined backyard entryway. A custom cedar fence and pergola with integrated landscape lighting, gridded architectural paver transition to back patio, and a spaceous, open-air ipe deck and stairway with stainless steel railing come together to create an inhabitable outdoor living space surrounded by plantings.