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Expert tip: If you do go with a rubber liner, Leidner recommends buying a few bags of concrete, poking holes in them and using the bags to line the hole. Then spray the bags with water and put the rubber liner on top. The bag will dissolve and the concrete will harden, creating a barrier that rodents can’t get through. Premade plastic tubs are a good alternative. They start at around $800 but come in limited shapes and sizes.
below-grade cisterns will be capped by a lawn. While they're fitting for a suburban or rural site, the major amount of excavation required is a downside. As well, any future maintenance will require ripping up the lawn. One needs to balance these various concerns when considering rainwater collection
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The fence behind this row of trees makes them stand out all the more. Not all fences have to be natural unstained or unpainted wood. The contrast of the dark painted fence against the bark of the trees ties in with the color of the flagstone path.
The front-and-back duplex is designed to allow for maximum privacy between the homes. Here, frameless solar modules produce solar energy and double as a waterproof canopy and shade on the rooftop terraces. "The panels are laminated to glass so you can see some diffused light coming through the panels," says Pollard.
Grasses are a perfect choice for planting landscape rivers. Choose grasses that don't grow straight up, such as a Red Fescue or Festuca rubra, seen here. These grasses wave in the wind, almost looking like water as you walk through the path.
a lake of purple with a single bridge across it, made by planting waves of purple on either side of the path. Again, notice the grasses dotted throughout, giving structure to the planting. Without these accents, a mass planting simply looks like a formal mass of plants as opposed to a more natural and flowing form.
And don't think of front porches as something that only traditionally designed homes can have. A modern aesthetic can celebrate community engagement just as well as any foursquare does.
blocks dolled up with a coat of burnt yellow serve the dual function of planter and room divider.
This collection of planters adds a breath of design to an otherwise blank fence. The divergent shapes are unified by the white color.
Aluminum water troughs make perfect raised beds with no building required
Cinder blocks are ugly. These cinder blocks, arranged to form a geometric planter, are modern and brilliant. And the whole thing goes so well with succulents, which have a sort of geometry to them too
Prefabricated panels in various materials and sizes are visible in this shot of PLACE's prefabricated home design. ****Driveway****
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dedicated such a large part of their patio space
Coffee cans. Different degrees of fading color make this weathered wall of metal coffee tins even more interesting.
Narrow-Leaf Milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis
Purple Sage (Salvia 'Celestial Blue'). This hybrid loves extreme heat and is great for the sunny areas of your garden. In addition to butterflies, swallowtails adore the nectar of its amazing blue blooms.
A quaint, brick pavilion with vines winding up along the roofline creates a lovely garden spot. A fireplace provides cozy warmth. Absolutely charming!
seamless "beach entry" pool. The stone colors of the pool walls complement the burnt orange, brown and green landscape; the pool looks like a small oasis, a liquid mirror reflecting the beauty that surrounds it.
something very Zen and slightly aquarium-like about this pool, with its glass surround and stone and pebble flooring. Walking from one end to the other must feel like getting a gentle foot massage.
Here we're transported to Kerala, India, where a seamless edge and sand-colored stone fool us into thinking that we're at the beach instead of poolside.
built right above a koi pond, with bridges allowing you to see down into the pond from many vantage points.
love colors and siding style
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