The backyard of this home was the perfect spot for a large patio for dining and a space for a movable fire pit, created with Willow Creek Cobblestone in Lakeshore blend with a Cobblestone black border to define and enhance the space.

After picture of berm that was created over a new septic tank. We installed a stone retaining wall and boulder accents, along with plantings. We also created a custom metal and cedar hammock stand. David Kopfmann

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Some of the plantings in the backyard echo those in the side yard.
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Photo by Gene Meadows

Backyard Patio
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This new 1,700 sf two-story single family residence for a young couple required a minimum of three bedrooms, two bathrooms, packaged to fit unobtrusively in an older low-key residential neighborhood. The house is located on a small non-conforming lot. In order to get the maximum out of this small footprint, we virtually eliminated areas such as hallways to capture as much living space. We made the house feel larger by giving the ground floor higher ceilings, provided ample natural lighting, captured elongated sight lines out of view windows, and used outdoor areas as extended living spaces. To help the building be a “good neighbor,” we set back the house on the lot to minimize visual volume, creating a friendly, social semi-public front porch. We designed with multiple step-back levels to create an intimacy in scale. The garage is on one level, the main house is on another higher level. The upper floor is set back even further to reduce visual impact. By designing a single car garage with exterior tandem parking, we minimized the amount of yard space taken up with parking. The landscaping and permeable cobblestone walkway up to the house serves double duty as part of the city required parking space. The final building solution incorporated a variety of significant cost saving features, including a floor plan that made the most of the natural topography of the site and allowed access to utilities’ crawl spaces. We avoided expensive excavation by using slab on grade at the ground floor. Retaining walls also doubled as building walls.

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Meditation garden over looking the wetlands. Cobblestone granite pavers with accent boulders, custom metal and stone furniture. David Kopfmann
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Garage / guest house side view of Traditional off-white Georgian Colonial home with green shutters. Expansive property surrounds this equally large home. This classic home is complete with white vinyl siding, white entryway / windows, and red brick chimneys.

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A dramatic rear terrace complete with furnished outdoor kitchen, dining, and living spaces. The dimensional bluestone matches the bluestone cap of the seat wall, made of New England fieldstone. Photo Credit: Linda Oyama Bryan

The walls and kitchen veneer is Boston Blend Ledgestone thin veneer. The wall caps are 2” thick thermal top Woodbury with rock face edges. The countertop is 2” thick honed Woodbury. The patio is full-color natural cleft bluestone with cobblestone edging. The steps going down the walkway are split face.

View of the new addition and bluestone patio.

When incorporating pavers into a building project, you will have many choices for natural stones to pick from. A popular option great for a variety of building projects are granite cobblestones. Granite cobblestone pavers are an extremely versatile building material that can be used in a variety of outdoor applications such as when constructing driveways, walkways, patios, and outdoor dining areas. No matter what project you are attempting to complete on your property, granite cobblestone pavers are a great product that will greatly enhance the final look of your project. Contact us for more information and a quote: https://www.historicalbricks.com/

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