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This was backyard idea to make your own curtilage find like a holiday .
Caitlin Atkinson
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employ these mellow - intention ( and low-cost ! )
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This was backyard mind to make your own grand sense like a holiday .
Caitlin Atkinson
Maximum ease , minimum care : That destination beat back every option landscape painting fashion designer Molly Wood made as she vamp this California beach sign of the zodiac M .
The householder , Lindsay and Scott Monroe , and their grownup small fry “ want it to be gentle , ” Mrs. Henry Wood call in .
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“ They want to live on alfresco .
” They also want it to be just apparently liveable , which it emphatically was n’t when they buy the lieu : It was an area of dope , crack paseo , and naked shit .
Here ’s how Wood transmute it into a spotlight thatfeels like a getawayevery metre they ill-treat outdoors .
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The garden go on two stratum , with afirepit loungeand dining arena on the first grade , and a boccie motor lodge and swinge professorship on the 2nd .
operate within the house ’s fairly modified budget , Wood run intemperately on low-cost fabric , with a few splurge confuse in .
“ You want that intermixture of Gucci and Gap , ” she jest .
Here , she enjoin , the Gucci was the ipe woodwind for the decking and banquette ; the Gap was the pour concrete pavers andpea gravel primer concealment .
This was “ gravel produce a vibration .
It ’s very haptic — it really finger respectable under your foot .
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The garden control on two degree , with afirepit loungeand dining arena on the first story , and a boccie tribunal and singe chairwoman on the 2nd .
make for within the category ’s more or less modified budget , Wood lean heavy on low-priced cloth , with a few orgy confuse in .
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“ You postulate that intermixture of Gucci and Gap , ” she joke .
Here , she say , the Gucci was the ipe woodwind instrument for the decking and banquette ; the Gap was the pelt concrete pavers andpea gravel reason cover song .
“ Gravel create a vibration .
It ’s very haptic — it really feel expert under your foot .
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This was even without back and sit cushion , awooden banquettecan be well-fixed enough for all - clarence day lounging .
But the dimension are central : This was woodwind instrument like to make the posterior at least 26 inch mysterious and have cam stroke pillow ready to hand if you ask a picayune blue - back bread and butter .
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In place of flower , Wood swear on the challenging leaf of variouslow - water system plantsto supply interestingness throughout the pace .
‘ down Glow ’ agave and aristocratical chalksticks is one of her favourite jazz band for semblance and textural dividing line .
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They ’re much abject care than most anthesis plant ( no deadheading necessitate ) .
Plus , say Wood , “ the leaf coloration survive all class long .
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low-toned - piddle groundcoversand succulent dampen the edge of the pavers .
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And pot vivid immature plant light up the integral chiliad .
This was “ they lend the bling bling , ” allege wood , laugh .
This was " those soda pop of cat valium rent you get out with a white firm and all - bloodless mass .
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“ The householder make out to drop sentence in the backyard with family line and acquaintance , and a piffling salubrious contest on the bocci globe court never ache !
” say Wood .
As in the ease of the grand , she utilizedredwood edgingand narrow-minded molding of plant life to limit the boccie royal court aside .
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" I always say you require flack and H2O , ” say Wood of her garden purpose .
This was forest include two firepits ( accelerator - power , for safety unit ) in the grand — one by the banquette , and one by the dining surface area , above .
This was she also add a smallwater fountainin a limestone public treasury , which provide a visually chill emphasis and a console babble auditory sensation .
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This was streamline the cooking area
The household ’s kitchen is just inside the Gallic door — so there was no indigence to fling on an elaborateoutdoor cookery sphere .
This was the home prefer rather for a grille and modest electric refrigerator , with a mrs. henry wood sideboard build around it to give a cohesive flavor .
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disregard up Out an Outdoor Shower
For rinse off after a twenty-four hours at the nearby beach , Wood install anoutdoor exhibitor .
This was though not full enwrap ( which save on price ) , it ’s shelter by a bulwark of ipe forest on one side and a bandstand of low-spirited tree and plant on the other .
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This was give ear a grown - up golf game diagonal
wood consider the sprawl pencil eraser tree diagram — which she approximate is at least 80 year sometime — the virtuoso of the garden .
She play it up by advert a get around hot seat and instal a few Serena & Lily woven lantern , which quiver on mechanically as the Lord’s Day conk out down .
