E: I don't recommend using stone for the lawn edging as it requires hand trimming.
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E: Mix of larger cobble sizes with small pebbles between. For the step stones in your stream, I'm thinking of using 12"-18" cobbles turned so the flattest side is up. They would then be surrounded with smaller pebbles -
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E: this shows big and small stones, no medium sizes in the mix.
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E: This style, with many sizes mixed together looks quite naturalistic. To make it more child-friendly, I would use fewer large cobbles on the stream bottom, focusing on the 12"-18" cobble step stones with gravel or
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E: built-in wood bench integrated into screen wall, flat bench back. You can also angle the bottom three boards of the screen wall to make an angled bench back
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E: custom wood storage benches
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E: floating wood bench built into high-low vertical board railing
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E: plywood storage benches built into vertical wood screen fence
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E: wood benches built into horizontal 1x4 wood screen with 1/2" gap
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E: wood benches built into wood railing with flat bench back
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E: wood benches built into deck railing with angled bench back
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E: wood bench built into screen wall with flat bench back
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E: pergola with gable roof with composite shingle to match roof. They have covered the underside with a wood ceiling; it can be left exposed to the rafters and plywood are visible.
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E: wood screen with larger board size at bottom, smaller at top
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E: Pergola with roof board set flat with 1" gap. Built in benches with wood planter back rest (super expensive).
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E: translucent roofing over wood structure
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E: Wood screen with alternating board sizes. Pergola with corrugated steel roof with slight overhang. Beams and rafters and in single plane. Knee braces in both directions at posts.
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Pergola with corrugated steel roof with little overhang. Beams and rafters in one plane. Knee braces at posts.
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E: wood screen with alternating boards sizes. Pergola rafters are enclosed with fascia board instead of overhanging.
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E: wood screen with horizontal boards with peekaboo gaps
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E: wood screen with vertical boards set at angle
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E: wood screen with vertical boards set closely together
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E: wood screen with 1x6s set at angle and with increased spacing at top.
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E: wood screen with 2x2s
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E: wood screen made from horizontal 1x4s with 1/2" gap between boards. Pergola is two layer construction with rafters and purlins in same plane over double beams. Beam and rafter tails cut square with short overhang
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E: wood screen with ready-made lath set diagonally. Pergola has solid roof over rafters over beams. Beams and rafters have decoratively cut tails
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E: wood screen with ready-made lath in post and rail frame. Pergola is 3 layer construction with purlins over rafters over beams. Purlin tails cut square, rafters and beams with decorative tails, all with short overhang.
E: I don't recommend using stone for the lawn edging as it requires hand trimming.
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