Pea Gravel Patio Designs & Ideas

Landscape Design by Garden of Eva, www.garden-of-eva.com

French inspired garden home by landscape architect David Gibson. Architectural & Interior Design Photography by http://www.daveadamsphotography.com

Create the illusion of space - Great things come in small packages, but this cosy little garden dining area feels bigger than it is thanks to the mirror next the the table. - teachinglandscape

Jeffrey Gordon Smith Landscape Architecture

Photography Michelle Litvin

Buff and peach Arizona sandstone, laid on an aggregate bed, create the informal elegance of this large dining patio. Space was created in the adjacent garden for the homeowner's large existing sculpture, surrounded by chartreuse Euphorbia and Spanish lavender for contrast.

Reverse Shed Eichler This project is part tear-down, part remodel. The original L-shaped plan allowed the living/ dining/ kitchen wing to be completely re-built while retaining the shell of the bedroom wing virtually intact. The rebuilt entertainment wing was enlarged 50% and covered with a low-slope reverse-shed roof sloping from eleven to thirteen feet. The shed roof floats on a continuous glass clerestory with eight foot transom. Cantilevered steel frames support wood roof beams with eaves of up to ten feet. An interior glass clerestory separates the kitchen and livingroom for sound control. A wall-to-wall skylight illuminates the north wall of the kitchen/family room. New additions at the back of the house add several “sliding” wall planes, where interior walls continue past full-height windows to the exterior, complimenting the typical Eichler indoor-outdoor ceiling and floor planes. The existing bedroom wing has been re-configured on the interior, changing three small bedrooms into two larger ones, and adding a guest suite in part of the original garage. A previous den addition provided the perfect spot for a large master ensuite bath and walk-in closet. Natural materials predominate, with fir ceilings, limestone veneer fireplace walls, anigre veneer cabinets, fir sliding windows and interior doors, bamboo floors, and concrete patios and walks. Landscape design by Bernard Trainor: www.bernardtrainor.com (see “Concrete Jungle” in April 2014 edition of Dwell magazine). Microsoft Media Center installation of the Year, 2008: www.cybermanor.com/ultimate_install.html (automated shades, radiant heating system, and lights, as well as security & sound).

Linda Oyama Bryan
Backyard sitting - soumya_mukherjee93

Designed by Heidekat Design

Photo by Linda Oyama Bryan
For backyard - deepthi_kd