Backyard with custom pergola and built in grill in Geneva, Illinois.

Photo credit: Laurey W. Glenn/Southern Living

Another view encompasses the kitchen area.

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Ed Gohlich

Rob Karosis: Photographer

Rick Bethem

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The design intent for this modest home and garden, located on a tree-lined street in Culver City, was to create a family-friendly, versatile, sustainable outdoor environment that grew with the rapidly changing needs of the owners, their three children and their close-knit community. This became the site of the "Neighborhood Film Festival" where family and friends could settle into the oversized sofa, warm themselves by the outdoor firepit/coffee table, and enjoy a movie under the stars.

LaCantina Doors Wood bi-folding door system