It’s amazing what you can do with a couple of iPads, a laser and the right software, in this case Morpholio Trace and AutoCAD. These are examples of past consults for projects of different styles
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All grown in!
Time flies when you’re hiding from covid! It’s been four years since this project was installed, and things have grown in. They’re now in the maintenance period, keeping everything looking good.
Did we become snotty tree huggers? Or just insist on designing for the future?
California is in a drought, and it looks like this is not going to be a rare event going forward. So we’re getting selective. This means losing potential clients, who may not share these values. “I don’t want your values in my backyard!” anonymus caller No, that did not go well. Never mind that they’reContinue reading “Did we become snotty tree huggers? Or just insist on designing for the future?”
Glitz it up
A landscape remodel brings luxurious outdoor rooms, transforming a back yard
Mid-century patio gardens, 2008.
Sometimes everything has to follow one theme. Sometimes, not so much. This design created transitions between outdoor rooms, each with its own character. Arrive, entertain, relax Arrival The entire front, including the home’s façade and garage door, got a redo. The biggest issue was that once you were in the entry patio, you were basicallyContinue reading “Mid-century patio gardens, 2008.”
Australian garden by the sea, 2005.
A water conserving exotic garden in Oceano attracts hummingbirds
Patio garden with a view. 2002
A patio garden and water feature front a spectacular view of Sutter Buttes in Northern California
Rocking it, 2002
This project from 2002 uses stone to fit into its environment
Retrospective: An early design
Endings. Beginnings. New Year. Time to run a retrospective series, telling stories of design across a not-so-epic scale. Hopefully you’ll be amused, entertained and enlightened. It started with a party in 2000 We came into this project after meeting an architect at a party, who was working on a custom house, very clean, very chic.Continue reading “Retrospective: An early design”
So long, Houz2. It was fun.
Houz used to be a great design resource. They even wanted us to upload images and tell stories. We even got badges for good work. Then the badges became more and more scarce, the sales calls more frequent. There was less and less reward for adding content to their site and more demand for “upgrades”.Continue reading “So long, Houz2. It was fun.”