This sophisticated design masterfully balances historic architectural charm with bold, contemporary outdoor living. The natural stone patio serves as a sun-bathed lounge and dining retreat, perfect for daytime relaxation. A striking corten steel staircase effortlessly carves into the sloped terrain, guiding guests down to a secluded fire pit. Surrounded by lush, softly textured perennial garden beds, the entire space feels beautifully integrated into the surrounding rural landscape.
Tucked behind a lushly landscaped front entrance, this complete retreat showcases a total property transformation that includes welcoming curb appeal and a private backyard sanctuary. Around back, the property opens up into a resort-style oasis featuring a sleek plunge pool framed by massive stone pavers. The elevated composite deck with its integrated spa flows seamlessly into the dark-toned sunroom lounge, offering the ultimate year-round entertainment space for family and guests.
Living in the country does not necessarily mean doing without. This property brings luxury home with a deep front porch, a private golf course, a large spa with surrounding deck space, an outdoor dining patio, as well as spaces for lounging and entertaining. Finally, for extending the evening, there is a generous outdoor fire pit, perfect for star gazing from. To top it all off, it is artfully lit with simple, modern fixtures.
The Quarry Frame subverts expectations starting right at the street entry. A custom minimalist monolith grounds a crisp concrete driveway, cutting cleanly through wild ornamental grasses and rugged boulders. This juxtaposition deepens along a side walkway, where a rugged flagstone path is softened by thick mats of vibrant green moss growing through the stone joints. The journey culminates in a backyard resort featuring a linear pool and an expansive outdoor kitchen and eating area.
A modern masterpiece, this well considered Georgian Bay home required a thoughtful landscape to match. From the sweeping entry drive and front step, to the outdoor stone fireplace with covered lounge, as well as the private spa and protected dining courtyard, this landscape design compliments this modern home and provides seamless outdoor living.
To maximize the usable space in this sloped lakefront property, three tiers were carved out of the hill with armour stone retaining walls and finished with stone slabs and garden plantings. The tiers were then connected with a generous stone walkway, creating flow from the top tier’s shaded dining and cooking area to the cozy fire pit tier and finally the large sun drenched patio and dock lakeside.
Who says you can’t have the rustic log cabin in the woods with all the modern comforts? This property is the perfect combination of both, with a cozy log home surrounded by forest and a luxurious landscape sure to please. There is a spa connected to a deck for outdoor dining, a generous private pool with an extensive cabana containing both a lounge and a bar, as well as a fire bowl replete with a circle of modern Muskoka chairs.
For a great first impression of this luxurious landscape, we created a custom timber bench at the front entrance. The inground pool and pool-side bar with shaded lounge area feels like a private resort. The full-sun lounge area finished with flagstone transitions nicely to the fire pit area where family and guests can enjoy into the nighttime. The upper patio has access to the master bedroom and includes a dining area.
Tucked back into the trees, this remarkable cottage required lake access beyond the ordinary. By using armour stone retaining walls, large stone slabs, extensive plantings and well placed lighting we were able to turn a walk to the lake into a journey to remember. The journey finishes at a stone patio, with private lounge area and cozy fire pit for those cool autumn days.
Working with the contours of the existing landscape, we finished the existing pool area, added stone steps for easy access, created a stone patio in the back and added a lush quiet and sunken garden with unique features. We also created a warm, spacious and considered front entry to the property. Great effort was put in to make sure that the end result was effortless and respected the surrounding natural beauty.
This sloped site on Lake Eugenia provided challenges due to the severity of the grading, but the finished project was worth the effort. We built multiple seating and lounging areas for our clients with a custom cabana. The defining feature of this project is the winding stone steps from the water up to the house. We were even able to repurpose some of the existing flagstone to create a dry-stack stone seat wall on the property.
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