Shading visitors at the Denver Botanical Gardens with Parasoleil panels

Old Veranda overlooking Serra de Sintra transformed into a sunroom for a retirement home. Sitting area for visitors and reading and tables for playing cards and games.

This look into the well-detailed open kitchen from the foyer shows the beautiful view that greets visitors when they enter the home.
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This look into the well-detailed open kitchen from the foyer shows the beautiful view that greets visitors when they enter the home.
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Found along the Emerald Coast of Northwest Florida, Seagrove Beach is a mile-and-a-half beach that encircles a small cove and lures visitors with its beauty and serenity. Watercolor was named for the thick grove of windswept trees that surround it.

Found along the Emerald Coast of Northwest Florida, Seagrove Beach is a mile-and-a-half beach that encircles a small cove and lures visitors with its beauty and serenity. Watercolor was named for the thick grove of windswept trees that surround it.

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This multi-tiered fountain is equipped with color changing LED lights to create dramatic effects for visitors entering the driveway.
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A playful fish pond welcomes visitors to the home.
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Old Veranda overlooking Serra de Sintra transformed into a sunroom for a retirement home. Sitting area for visitors and reading and tables for playing cards and games.

Old Veranda overlooking Serra de Sintra transformed into a sunroom for a retirement home. Sitting area for visitors and reading and tables for playing cards and games.

The focal point of the dramatic formal entryway is the double staircase, which was completely refinished. The wrought iron railing was a custom design and finished with a special hand-applied blacking. A gray pedestal table with a gracefully curved base and brass accents greets visitors. A pair of large scale wooden chadeliers add an organic touch. Heidi Zeiger

To anchor a modern house, designed by Frederick Fisher & Partners, Campion Walker brought in a mature oak grove that at first frames the home and then invites the visitor to explore the grounds including an intimate culinary garden and stone fruit orchard. The neglected hillside on the back of the property once overgrown with ivy was transformed into a California native oak woodland, with under-planting of ceanothus and manzanitas. We used recycled water to create a dramatic water feature cut directly into the limestone entranceway framed by a cacti and succulent garden.

Old Veranda overlooking Serra de Sintra transformed into a sunroom for a retirement home. Sitting area for visitors and reading and tables for playing cards and games.

Old Veranda overlooking Serra de Sintra transformed into a sunroom for a retirement home. Sitting area for visitors and reading and tables for playing cards and games.

This look into the well-detailed open kitchen from the foyer shows the beautiful view that greets visitors when they enter the home.
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Old Veranda overlooking Serra de Sintra transformed into a sunroom for a retirement home. Sitting area for visitors and reading and tables for playing cards and games.

The entry gate into Greer Ranch offers security to residences and visitors, alike, and represents the architecture within the community.
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Double doors lead visitors into the large two-story entry dominated by the modern mono-beam staircase.
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