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Enhance the beauty and durability of your outdoor or indoor spaces with our Veneer Granite Steps. Crafted from premium, natural granite, these steps offer a perfect blend of elegance and strength. Ideal for walkways, entrances, or landscaping, our granite steps are designed to withstand the elements while providing a timeless, luxurious look for any setting.

Enhance the beauty and durability of your outdoor or indoor spaces with our Veneer Granite Steps. Crafted from premium, natural granite, these steps offer a perfect blend of elegance and strength. Ideal for walkways, entrances, or landscaping, our granite steps are designed to withstand the elements while providing a timeless, luxurious look for any setting.

4 sections step chest, teak wood.
Inspiration for a staircase remodel in San Francisco
Inspiration for a staircase remodel in San Francisco
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Granite Steps
This is an example of a traditional backyard landscaping in Boston.
This is an example of a traditional backyard landscaping in Boston.

Aged Granite Steps in Lawn
This is an example of a traditional backyard landscaping in Boston.
This is an example of a traditional backyard landscaping in Boston.

Aged Granite Steps with Boulder Cheeks
Inspiration for a traditional backyard landscaping in Boston.
Inspiration for a traditional backyard landscaping in Boston.

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Westerville, OH
Custom Home Works
Franklin County's Award-Winning Design, Build and Remodeling Expert

Small single front door photo in Minneapolis with beige walls and a white front door

Granite Steps set in Slope with Boulder Cheeks
This is an example of a traditional backyard landscaping in Boston.
This is an example of a traditional backyard landscaping in Boston.

Aged Granite Steps with Boulder Cheeks
This is an example of a traditional backyard landscaping in Boston.
This is an example of a traditional backyard landscaping in Boston.

Architect: Sarah Susanka, AIA
Photography: Jim Westphalen
A seamless flow of overlapping color, textures and patterns guides you from one outdoor space to another. An integrated mix of local stone throughout: Vermont red and green slate patios, fieldstone walls and stepping stone paths, granite boulder sculptures from the land, river rock-lined drip edges. Low sculpted wood-stemmed plants and lush groundcovers, mostly cultivars of indigenous species. Moss-filled joints in the patios, groundcover draping over stone, thyme along edges of walls.

Walkway at the front entrance of the house is made from large slabs of black slate. The Landscape Architect is Akiko Iwata and the plant installer is Landco. Waterfalls Fountains & Gardens designed and installed the flagstone, slate, stepping stone walkway.

Eric Parnell with www.thenwcollective.com/
Example of a large mountain style entryway design in Portland with a light wood front door
Example of a large mountain style entryway design in Portland with a light wood front door

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Columbus, OH
Hope Restoration & General Contracting
Columbus Design-Build, Kitchen & Bath Remodeling, Historic Renovations

Our clients came to us looking for a complete renovation of the rear facade of their Atlanta home and attached deck. Their wish list included a contemporary, functional design that would create spaces for various uses, both for small family gatherings and entertaining larger parties. The result is a stunning, custom outdoor living area with a wealth of options for relaxing and socializing. The upper deck is the central dining and entertaining area and includes a custom cantilevered aluminum pergola, a covered grill and prep area, and gorgeous concrete fire table and floating wooden bench. As you step down to the lower deck you are welcomed by the peaceful sound of cascading water from the custom concrete water feature creating a Zen atmosphere for the entire deck. This feature is a gorgeous focal point from inside the house as well. To define the different outdoor rooms and also provide passive seating opportunities, the steps have built-in recessed lighting so that the space is well-defined in the evening as well as the daytime. The landscaping is modern and low-maintenance and is composed of tight, linear plantings that feature complimentary hues of green and provides privacy from neighboring properties.

Step up in style with beautiful paver steps.
This is an example of a small traditional front yard concrete paver garden path in Los Angeles.
This is an example of a small traditional front yard concrete paver garden path in Los Angeles.

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Design ideas for a large rustic partial sun hillside stone garden path in Boston for summer.
Design ideas for a large rustic partial sun hillside stone garden path in Boston for summer.

The subtle changes begin as soon as you walk out the back door of the house. The existing decking had a lot of what we call "tweeners"; areas that are overly generous walkways, yet not large enough to house furniture. The awkwardly small bluestone patio was expanded to accommodate a generous seating area. This was done by pushing the step-down closer to the pool.
Our talented stone mason carefully married the new bluestone into the existing portion of the patio, resulting in an imperceptible difference between the two.
As you descend the new bluestone steps to the pool level, your bare feet will be thankful for the new smooth-finished, limestone-colored concrete, with a hand cut pattern carefully etched into it's surface.
The old red brick decking was so hot that the owners could not walk around the pool with their bare feet. The brick coping was also replaced with an eased edge, Pennsylvania Premier Stone which matches the new step treads throughout the project.
Between the house and the pool, a large raised planter was reconfigured, giving additional space to the pool deck for a shaded lounge chair area. Across the pool, a bank of rather tall painted brick retaining walls were cut down, shortened and moved. This lessened the visual impact of the walls (which were overwhelming in the space) and also opened up a new seating area, nestled under the arms of the massive Pecan tree at the back of the property.
Rather than continuing solid decking around the entire pool, the area near these walls has been transformed to large stone stepper pads set in a sea of beautiful St. Augustine lawn. This creates a visually softened area that is still suited to setting tables and chairs when the guest list calls for additional seating.
The spa area is possibly the most dramatic change on this project. Yet more raised planter walls divided this area into awkward spaces, unsuited for proper furniture placement. The planters were removed, new stone decks added, and once again expertly married into the existing decks, opening the area to house a large dining table and a newly built-in BBQ area.
The spa itself was re-imagined with the bluestone coping and painted brick veneer. The most impressive addition though is the new handmade glazed tiles that surround the existing cast stone water feature. This water feature was almost unnoticeable against the painted brick wall, but now the dramatic arch and pop of color draw the eye to this quaint little corner of the property.
Originally designed by one of the most notable landscape architects in town, this once impressive project had faltered in recent years. The pool and spa still functioned well, and the client wanted to keep it intact. In addition, they wanted to keep as much of the existing landscape as possible. But, the surrounding decks, walls and steps were fair game.
At first glance, one might think that our changes were simple material changes. However, upon closer inspection, one can see the subtle-yet-transformative changes that came together to update this classic pool in a tasteful, timeless manner, as well as to improve the flow and usability of the deck areas, while softening the feel of this massive hardscape.

The client’s request was quite common - a typical 2800 sf builder home with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, living space, and den. However, their desire was for this to be “anything but common.” The result is an innovative update on the production home for the modern era, and serves as a direct counterpoint to the neighborhood and its more conventional suburban housing stock, which focus views to the backyard and seeks to nullify the unique qualities and challenges of topography and the natural environment.
The Terraced House cautiously steps down the site’s steep topography, resulting in a more nuanced approach to site development than cutting and filling that is so common in the builder homes of the area. The compact house opens up in very focused views that capture the natural wooded setting, while masking the sounds and views of the directly adjacent roadway. The main living spaces face this major roadway, effectively flipping the typical orientation of a suburban home, and the main entrance pulls visitors up to the second floor and halfway through the site, providing a sense of procession and privacy absent in the typical suburban home.
Clad in a custom rain screen that reflects the wood of the surrounding landscape - while providing a glimpse into the interior tones that are used. The stepping “wood boxes” rest on a series of concrete walls that organize the site, retain the earth, and - in conjunction with the wood veneer panels - provide a subtle organic texture to the composition.
The interior spaces wrap around an interior knuckle that houses public zones and vertical circulation - allowing more private spaces to exist at the edges of the building. The windows get larger and more frequent as they ascend the building, culminating in the upstairs bedrooms that occupy the site like a tree house - giving views in all directions.
The Terraced House imports urban qualities to the suburban neighborhood and seeks to elevate the typical approach to production home construction, while being more in tune with modern family living patterns.
Overview:
Elm Grove
Size:
2,800 sf,
3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
Completion Date:
September 2014
Services:
Architecture, Landscape Architecture
Interior Consultants: Amy Carman Design

Enhance the beauty and durability of your outdoor or indoor spaces with our Veneer Granite Steps. Crafted from premium, natural granite, these steps offer a perfect blend of elegance and strength. Ideal for walkways, entrances, or landscaping, our granite steps are designed to withstand the elements while providing a timeless, luxurious look for any setting.
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