Formal garden design complements a haunted home
There’s talk of tombstones, creaking floors, scary ghost stories and frightened children in Madeira. Is the town getting ready for Halloween? Perhaps. However, these tales are not centered around late…
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Patio ideas combine beauty and technology
Villa Linda is the perfect name for this exceptional five-bedroom, 8,700-square-foot, single-story Tuscan residence. Perfect because “linda” means “pretty” in Spanish—and this home is indeed pleasing to the eye—but also…
Patio design blends with Mother Nature
After living in this brick, Georgian-style home for over 20 years, this South Tampa couple was ready for a landscape change. “It was just weeds and grass back there and…
Patio design is all about details, details, details
Four walls and a ceiling no longer define a living space. When Alex Hay and Krista Widmeyer of Fort Thomas wanted to bring nature into their living space and expand…
Picture perfect patio
Shortly after purchasing a vintage home near Xavier University, newlywed Susan Kenford took some visiting family members on a tour. “You could see the looks of disbelief on my parents’…
Landscaping rocks turn a back yard into resort living
Randy Beals’ business is seasonal. It keeps him busy seven days a week, ten hours a day from May through August. Randy appreciates the value of coming home to an…
Glitter and shine in a pool design
With its shimmering azure surface that camouflages into the Intracoastal Waterway behind it, Greg and Traci Nelson’s pool design in Bellair is the height of cutting-edge glamour. At 28 feet…
Delicious details offered in custom home plans
One of the unique characteristics of the American culture is individualism. There do exist many upscale, gated developments wherein the architecture and exterior coloration of all homes are so close…
Top trends in outdoor kitchens
Homeowners are spending more and more time in their back yards, so it is no wonder they are looking for ways to make it easier to entertain outdoors. Rather than…
Patio esplndido
The new outdoor living space behind an historic home in the Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff neighborhood has several dramatic features: a large tiered pergola, a striking flagstone patio and a two-sided…
Back yard is as pretty as a picture
Mike and Jeanette Preston’s wish list for redesigning the back yard of their charming Tudor-style home was short: Mike favored a water feature and a replacement for an outdated awning…
The six secrets of a container garden
Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? If Mary has a container garden, the answer to this question is: With research, precision and beauty. Container gardening is a…