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Rocks at the edge could give extra seating

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Is the patio more of a solid space and the path leads to it like this? I think this is too solid, but still…

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Too formal?

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Build a little mound by path?

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Maybe if you flipped mondo grass away from house on other side of walkway, or planted something else along the path on the non-house side?

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Dark green with slate: too dark?

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Mulch in the middle, river rock on sides?

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Pattern

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I like the way the rectangles are offset and follow the landscape

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Everything is a little samey in the rock pattern, but the shape is nice and I like the lighting

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Given current lumber prices, I'm almost certainly not going to do a wooden fence, but I love this one.

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Materials. A little orangey, but it's natural and pretty

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These big rock chunks

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These steps and stones are cool

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I could live with these materials for the retaining wall—not faux/cast imitations, though

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Pretty

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Plants, wall material

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Maybe replace planter w this

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Pink cone flowers

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Stair edge, scale of everything.

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Light

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Retaining wall with plants

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Color, shape, not that planter

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Colors

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Rocks, pink

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I love these steps, and the way it doesn't require any other structures around it. If we do not do a retaining wall, can we possibly do something that still adds steps and incorporates rocks to frame it?

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