In this project the home owner was a furniture importer, so she had an amazing array of decorative elements to add to the design. After spending years traveling through Indonesia and India on buying trips, she wanted a taste of the tropics in her own back yard. We worked together to incorporate her beautiful objects into an undeniably tropical-feeling space. By carefully selecting plants and their placement, we were able to achieve the lush green feel of Bali or Hawaii in the Southern California climate without using a lot of water. After installation, this oasis is alive with birds and dragonflies. Lush green plantings create microclimates around the house that help cool the property on hot days. Integrating edible trees provides the homeowner with pomegranates, several types of guavas, lemons, limes, and bananas. Today, the homeowner rents out her home and garden for photo shoots and weddings.

Photo of a mid-sized tropical drought-tolerant and full sun backyard concrete paver landscaping in San Diego.

Cloudland is a dreamy depiction of an abstract, mountainous landscape.With blue and pink skies set ablaze above a beautiful earthtone mountain with a green valley and lazy river, this stunning original painting will invite you to relax with every glance. Handpainted on metal, this is truly a one of a kind piece. Number of Pieces: 1 Dimensions: 48" x 24" x 2" off the wall Care & Cleaning: Clean with a soft cloth and plain soap & water Other Features: Hardware is pre-installed for simple hanging and art will “float” 2” off the wall

It is story book made by marble.

In this project the home owner was a furniture importer, so she had an amazing array of decorative elements to add to the design. After spending years traveling through Indonesia and India on buying trips, she wanted a taste of the tropics in her own back yard. We worked together to incorporate her beautiful objects into an undeniably tropical-feeling space. By carefully selecting plants and their placement, we were able to achieve the lush green feel of Bali or Hawaii in the Southern California climate without using a lot of water. After installation, this oasis is alive with birds and dragonflies. Lush green plantings create microclimates around the house that help cool the property on hot days. Integrating edible trees provides the homeowner with pomegranates, several types of guavas, lemons, limes, and bananas. Today, the homeowner rents out her home and garden for photo shoots and weddings.

Outdoor lighting can be very dramatic in winter. Up lighting shows the branching structure of a beautiful sycamore.
Inspiration for a mid-sized traditional backyard stone retaining wall landscape for winter.

Inspiration for a coastal bedroom remodel in New York

Example of a 1950s vaulted ceiling bathroom design in Denver

Example of a large classic backyard stone patio kitchen design in Raleigh with no cover

When this homeowner’s neighbor removed two, two- story-high Ficus trees, her side-yard became baron and sunbaked. Concrete covers virtually the whole area from the house to the property line, but because the side-yard has a lot of foot traffic and serves as a sitting area to the basement apartment, the owner did not want to remove any of the concrete. The solution was to put up fencing to block the view of the neighbor’s house, then upcycle wine barrels and 55-gallon drums into huge planters. The drums are large enough to accommodate a full-sized tree and provide the added advantage of giving height to smaller trees to provide further screening of the neighbor’s house. Everything was painted in bright colors to give the space a cheery Caribbean feel. The neighbor’s tree removal ended up as a blessing in disguise, because what had been a drab trough-way was transformed into a happy patio.

Example of a mountain style home bar design in Austin

Stair rail made from beaver dam wood found on the client's property. The wood was taken from an abandoned beaver dam, dried in our millwork shop, sanded with a wire brush to remove bark and mud. The beaver teeth marks remain. Photo: Mishka Cole

Inspiration for a traditional landscaping in Boston.

Photo of a traditional landscaping in Los Angeles.

detail of dry stacked stone wall and inset landscape light fixture images | kurt jordan photography design collaboration | scott menzel landscape architect

Avesha Michael
Mid-sized eclectic blue tile and porcelain tile mosaic tile floor and multicolored floor doorless shower photo in Los Angeles with a two-piece toilet, white walls, a pedestal sink and white countertops

Rustic Limestone plaster application
Mountain style bedroom photo in Las Vegas