Design ideas for a small asian stone garden path in Philadelphia.

This is an example of a large transitional backyard stone garden path in Seattle.

Inspiration for a small eclectic partial sun stone landscaping in Tampa.

Built from the ground up on 80 acres outside Dallas, Oregon, this new modern ranch house is a balanced blend of natural and industrial elements. The custom home beautifully combines various materials, unique lines and angles, and attractive finishes throughout. The property owners wanted to create a living space with a strong indoor-outdoor connection. We integrated built-in sky lights, floor-to-ceiling windows and vaulted ceilings to attract ample, natural lighting. The master bathroom is spacious and features an open shower room with soaking tub and natural pebble tiling. There is custom-built cabinetry throughout the home, including extensive closet space, library shelving, and floating side tables in the master bedroom. The home flows easily from one room to the next and features a covered walkway between the garage and house. One of our favorite features in the home is the two-sided fireplace – one side facing the living room and the other facing the outdoor space. In addition to the fireplace, the homeowners can enjoy an outdoor living space including a seating area, in-ground fire pit and soaking tub.

This is an example of a mid-sized southwestern full sun backyard brick water fountain landscape in San Diego.

Electric design at it's best with amazing stone work, custom iron work on doors, balconies and features followed up with great lighting landscaping and custom doors.

Photo of a small asian stone garden path in Philadelphia.

Inspiration for a large traditional full sun front yard concrete paver landscaping in Houston.

Design ideas for a small asian stone garden path in Philadelphia.

Design ideas for a mid-sized traditional partial sun front yard pond in New York.

Redesigning front yards are often driven by clients desire to remove old grass, update sprinklers, reduce their overall water use. What we find however, is that we are able to help clients rethink how they want to use their front yard space. Your front entry creates the initial design statement about your home. Attention to color, design and styling should be just as important, and reflective, of your interior design choices and styling.

water features, bubbler, flagstone hardscaping, rock garden, outdoor seating, outdoor living space
Photo of a traditional backyard river rock landscaping in Portland.

Design ideas for a small asian river rock garden path in Philadelphia.

My clients had outgrown their builder’s basic home and had plenty of room to expand on their 10 acres. Working with a local architect and a talented contractor, we designed an addition to create 3 new bedrooms, a bathroom scaled for all 3 girls, a playroom and a master retreat including 3 fireplaces, sauna, steam shower, office or “creative room”, and large bedroom with folding glass wall to capitalize on their view. The master suite, gym, pool and tennis courts are still under construction, but the girls’ suite and living room space are complete and dust free. Each child’s room was designed around their preference of color scheme and each girl has a unique feature that makes their room truly their own. The oldest daughter has a secret passage hidden behind what looks like built in cabinetry. The youngest daughter wanted to “swing”, so we outfitted her with a hanging bed set in front of a custom mural created by a Spanish artist. The middle daughter is an elite gymnast, so we added monkey bars so she can cruise her room in style. The girls’ bathroom suite has 3 identical “stations” with abundant storage. Cabinetry in black walnut and peacock blue and white quartz counters with white marble backsplash are durable and beautiful. Two shower stalls, designed with a colorful and intricate tile design, prevent bathroom wait times and a custom wall mural brings a little of the outdoors in. Photos by Mike Martin www.martinvisualtours.com

James Hanselman
Inspiration for a small asian stone garden path in Philadelphia.

This is an example of a large traditional full sun backyard mulch landscaping in Portland Maine for summer.

Front side of the makeover includes concrete porch, rain chain, ribbon windows, rock landscape and a tall planter which transformed the house to a completely new building.

photo by Jon Reece
Example of a large country white two-story mixed siding gable roof design in Portland Maine

Design ideas for a mid-sized transitional drought-tolerant front yard mulch landscaping in Other.