To create some height in the otherwise flat garden, native Redbud trees were planted at the center of each square, and small step-stones were laid for easier access to care for the plantings within the boxwood-hedged flower beds. The pattern of the step-stones helped to reinforce the idea of quilted patches stitched into old-fashioned quilts.

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Vintage Village Carriage House – Ipswich, MA What do you need if you own a first period home in Ipswich? A carriage house to match it to hold all of your modern day amenities! From the cobblestone pavers to the custom made transom window this veritable carriage house as garage fits in its space and place in history like no other. A handily made roof over the garage door was constructed to look as if it holds barn door tracks rather than a convenient garage door. The vertical shiplap siding and white cedar shingles; the antique hardware, sourced from the original home, and handmade historic strap hinges on the passage door; the vintage looking casement windows with fifteen simulated divided lights and oversized muntins; and the handsome period color on the shiplap…all nods to the past to make this carriage house fit seamlessly into its surroundings. Eric Roth

White walls in a powder bath just wouldn't do for the homeowner who loves drama and color. The results were a geometric wallpaper that give life to the space.

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The back wall of the bar corner was sided in reclaimed barnwood. The crew carefully selected boards with nail holes to the give the wall more character. Some boards were turned on their side to create floating shelves.

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.

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Interior Designer: Rini Kundu Contractor: RJ Smith Collaborating Architect: Doug Leach Landscape: Jones Landscape LA Photos: Ryan Garvin
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This was a dilapidated historic barn that was restored to become the living space of a families home. New timber trusses support a structurally insulated roof that bears on existing repointed stone walls. A light and spacious, but cozy room.

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design: Studio TOOP, 2010 location: Soest, NL status: built 2011 - garden: Visser Groen, veranda: Stephen McConnell (Designed In) photo: Jolanthe Lalkens, 2013 On the top of the list of wishes for this design was a large veranda that would serve as the focus of the garden. Situated in the back and spanning the full width of the garden the veranda we wound up building definitely fit the bill. When you walk into the garden, but even from inside the house, it is the first thing you notice. Beyond the veranda, the rest of the design is kept fairly simple. A grass field around the pre-existing Magnolia (what luck to have that!) and four box-lined beds with cottage flower cut in a classical pattern into the terrace of natural stone.