Daylight basement surrounded on all sides by a verticle garden planted with Coreopsis, 'Purple Emperor' Sedum, and Arctostaphylos uva-ursi. The stone steps framed by a butterfly bush and birch tree lead up to the back yard.

Floating dark walnut vanity with flat-panel cabinetry and linear brass pulls. Wall-mounted antique brass plumbing fixtures are installed directly into the hexagon marble mosaic backsplash. The floor showcases Calacatta Picasso marble cut into a geometric, crazy paving/Palladiana layout.

Environmental Construction Inc. - Kirkland, WA designed and built this backyard landscaping which allows for easy access to outdoor eating area and spa. The backyard landscape includes brick patio, slate patio, and outdoor lighting that compliments a northwest landscape.

This secret garden is actually called a “Mary Garden”. It is a sacred place for the religious homeowners as it is dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Originally the plans called for a small chapel space in the home as one of the owner’s sons is a priest. When we were going in this direction we had it so the plumbing from the sink of the priests bathroom would actually filter through the plants so they would drink from the Holy Water left behind. I feel the whole idea of this space is very moving and spiritual. From the viewpoint of someone that didn’t know the history of the space though I’d imagine they’d fine it at the least a romantic space.

All photos by Linda Oyama Bryan. Home restoration by Von Dreele-Freerksen Construction
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Floating dark walnut vanity with flat-panel cabinetry and linear brass pulls. Wall-mounted antique brass plumbing fixtures are installed directly into the hexagon marble mosaic backsplash. The floor showcases Calacatta Picasso marble cut into a geometric, crazy paving/Palladiana layout.

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The back porch is essentially a second living room — just one with better air. Cedar walls and ceiling, flagstone floors, and open-air archways that frame the backyard like a painting. A full outdoor kitchen runs along one wall, stone-clad with a built-in grill, refrigerator, and sink. On the other end, a floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace anchors a proper seating area with a ceiling fan overhead for the warmer months. Accordion doors connect it directly to the living room, and custom phantom screens mean you can close it off without losing the feeling of being outside. The whole space was designed to be used — not just admired from the inside.

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For this contemporary, Japanese-style residence sitting high on a hill in southern Vermont, JMMDS created a simple, clean-lined design using stone pavers, retaining walls, and geometric beds to define the area around the house. The house is composed of two long offset barn buildings with eaves that are joined in the middle around an exterior stone courtyard. JMMDS’s design holds up the steep surrounding slopes with a long stone retaining wall bordering a rectangular quartzite terrace with a beautiful view out to the surrounding landscape. The wall encloses a level grass shelf around the house; outside the wall, less manicured turf drops away quickly down the slope. Ledges on the hillside that parallels the house are exposed as an asset. On the entry side of the house, JMMDS designed a wall that retains the slope between garage and house, accessed by a set of broad stone steps and linear pavers that take a visitor straight to the front door. Plantings in geometric beds surround more quartzite pavers that form a terrace for the guest wing of the house. The drip space under the eaves is filled with black washed river stone. Photo: Scott Wunderle

Matched vein-cut travertine paving covers the floor and seamlessly continues through the living room and out onto the exterior sundeck, terminating at the swimming pool which is completely bordered by travertine coping containing slots for drainage that allow the top edge of the pool’s water to become perfectly aligned with the top edge of the adjacent travertine paving, thus creating a level surface from the kitchen to the infinity edge of the pool.

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