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BBQ and Outdoor Kitchen
Contemporary Patio, San Francisco
Michele Lee Willson Photography
A refined material palette modernizes this conventional 60′s ranch-home’s yard. Repetition of materials like stone, ipe and concrete combine beautifully to form a bold and contemporary garden.
Layered walls perform double duty as both sculpture and a way to define gathering spaces. Contrasting leaf textures and hues harmonize with the hardscape, and plant masses add their colorful statement to the canvas.
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blbalmert added this to Backyard IdeasJanuary 24, 2023
Out door kitchen and bar
Countertops and enclosures. You want materials that are meant to weather extreme heat, cold and precipitation, and that...