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Ward Jewell, AIA was asked to design a comfortable one-story stone and wood pool house that was "barn-like" in keeping with the owner’s gentleman farmer concept. Thus, Mr. Jewell was inspired to create an elegant New England Stone Farm House designed to provide an exceptional environment for them to live, entertain, cook and swim in the large reflection lap pool. Mr. Jewell envisioned a dramatic vaulted great room with hand selected 200 year old reclaimed wood beams and 10 foot tall pocketing French doors that would connect the house to a pool, deck areas, loggia and lush garden spaces, thus bringing the outdoors in. A large cupola “lantern clerestory” in the main vaulted ceiling casts a natural warm light over the graceful room below. The rustic walk-in stone fireplace provides a central focal point for the inviting living room lounge. Important to the functionality of the pool house are a chef’s working farm kitchen with open cabinetry, free-standing stove and a soapstone topped central island with bar height seating. Grey washed barn doors glide open to reveal a vaulted and beamed quilting room with full bath and a vaulted and beamed library/guest room with full bath that bookend the main space. The private garden expanded and evolved over time. After purchasing two adjacent lots, the owners decided to redesign the garden and unify it by eliminating the tennis court, relocating the pool and building an inspired "barn". The concept behind the garden’s new design came from Thomas Jefferson’s home at Monticello with its wandering paths, orchards, and experimental vegetable garden. As a result this small organic farm, was born. Today the farm produces more than fifty varieties of vegetables, herbs, and edible flowers; many of which are rare and hard to find locally. The farm also grows a wide variety of fruits including plums, pluots, nectarines, apricots, apples, figs, peaches, guavas, avocados (Haas, Fuerte and Reed), olives, pomegranates, persimmons, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, and ten different types of citrus. The remaining areas consist of drought-tolerant sweeps of rosemary, lavender, rockrose, and sage all of which attract butterflies and dueling hummingbirds. Photo Credit: Laura Hull Photography. Interior Design: Jeffrey Hitchcock. Landscape Design: Laurie Lewis Design. General Contractor: Martin Perry Premier General Contractors

A colorful mixed border of deer resistant plants including annuals and perennials. Some of the plants included are: Allium 'Millennium', Ageratum, Argyranthemum 'Butterfly', Helenium 'Mardi Gras', Agastache 'Purple Haze', Annual Cleome, Echinacea 'Hot Papaya', Coreopsis 'Zagreb', and New Guinea Impatiens. Specialty Gardens LLC, Grand Haven, MI

APLD 2021 Silver Award Winning Landscape Design. An expansive back yard landscape with several mature oak trees and a stunning Golden Locust tree has been transformed into a welcoming outdoor retreat. The renovations include a wraparound deck, an expansive travertine natural stone patio, stairways and pathways along with concrete retaining walls and column accents with dramatic planters. The pathways meander throughout the landscape... some with travertine stepping stones and gravel and those below the majestic oaks left natural with fallen leaves. Raised vegetable beds and fruit trees occupy some of the sunniest areas of the landscape. A variety of low-water and low-maintenance plants for both sunny and shady areas include several succulents, grasses, CA natives and other site-appropriate Mediterranean plants complimented by a variety of boulders. Dramatic white pots provide architectural accents, filled with succulents and citrus trees. Design, Photos, Drawings © Eileen Kelly, Dig Your Garden Landscape Design

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Variety Blinds and Shutters also does custom eyebrow arches. Hunter Douglas provided a beautiful light-filtering Applause Honeycomb Semi-Opaque shade for this bedroom. The blackout cellular shades, also by Hunter Douglas, are stacked up into the tops of the windows below the arch to grant the couple the splendid Texas hill country view. Photo by Marissa of Variety Blinds and Shutters.

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Hunter Douglas designer roller shades match the modern/contemporary feel of this home in Austin. Roller shades come in a variety of colors and light-filtering options, and still allow for a great view by rolling up into the cassette (see picture). Photo by Marissa of Variety Blinds and Shutters.

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The elegance of this dining room is complimented by the Graber faux wood blind in Walnut with cloth tape featured here. These premium faux wood blinds were created to match the natural wood tones of the home. Fabric tape comes in a variety of custom styles. Photo by Variety Blinds and Shutters.

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