Inspiration for a mid-sized coastal drought-tolerant and full sun hillside decomposed granite garden path in San Diego for summer.

Custom spa spill over with graduated terrace slough Oasis Pools 251 Double Creek Dr. Suite #501 Round Rock, TX 78664 512.246.POOL (7665) www.oasispools.net

View from the bulkhead. Photography by Lucas Henning.
Example of a mid-sized minimalist black three-story metal house exterior design in Seattle with a shed roof and a metal roof

The cottage style offers a sense of place which prevails throughout with the incorporation of large windows and gorgeous views. The variety of the types of volumes of spaces enables the homeowner to connect to the outdoors in different ways. ©Shoot2Sell Photography

Inspiration for a large coastal beige two-story wood house exterior remodel in Boston with a clipped gable roof and a mixed material roof

Example of a mid-sized transitional freestanding desk dark wood floor and brown floor study room design in New York with beige walls and no fireplace

Close up image from the top. If you look closely, you can see the circular opening of the culvert at the end of the ditch.

Notice how the finish grade is superelevated to sheet water to the left, away from the house and into the v-ditch.

Here is the inlet of the culvert that we cleaned out to allow for water flow from the top of the hill to come down into the ditch and flow off the property.

Inspiration for a timeless gray two-story exterior home remodel in Charleston

Finished product with wood chips installed. The v-ditch leading off the bottom-right corner of the picture leads into a drainage culvert that flow off the property.

Inspiration for a cottage exterior home remodel in Charlotte

Views towards the Petaluma slough. Tiny high-efficiency wood burning stove provides a touch of heat - the building's main heating is provided by hydronic heating below the main subfloor. Please note, no impairment of view from the bird-safe glass! Richard Tauber Photography

Looking down from above the fissure. We have started grading and compacting soil into the crag that has formed. Our intent is to create a large v-ditch that directs future mud & rainwater into the culvert that flows off the property (culvert can't be seen in this photo).

Small elegant gray one-story mixed siding gable roof photo in Charleston

Mike Ross
Home design - contemporary home design idea in Denver

A fissure has developed on the hillside above this residence. This long narrow cleft in the ground directs water from up the hill right down into the yard of the house below. In a previous rain event, the retaining wall was overwhelmed, and the house was hit by a mudslide.

The 450 square foot guest house and 750 square foot main house of the contemporary retreat over look a slough of Lake Pend Oreille in Sandpoint, Idaho. Graphite Bega lights illuminate the 6" wide horizontal cedar siding and charcoal colored smooth HardiePanel. Photography by Marie-Dominique Verdier.