Landscaping Project Part 2: Removing the Goat Hill Phase 2

Next came the design phase which the LOML and I thoroughly enjoy. Perhaps a bit too much. We can obsess for hours over design details, but we like to think we add value to the design process and the final product is better as a result of thoughtful collaboration.

Design Sketch 1 Original

Design Sketch 1 Revised
We contracted with Katherine Prideaux of Prideaux Design. We had seen some of Katherine's work when we met her on a design tour. Plus, Patty Warren, of Warren Architecture, whose professional opinion we admire, also had good things to say about her.

Because of the goat hill incline, there's no question that this area was a design challenge. Several times we needed to revisit a concept because what worked on paper just didn't work in this space.

The original sketches here are actually revisions over the very first drafts which didn't take into account the fabulous views of the city at night. This rendering includes a seating area around a fire bowl to take in those nighttime views.

Design Sketch 2 Original

Design Sketch 2 Revised
Additional changes have been made to cut some cost. Since this is our second major landscape project, we have (hopefully) learned to spend money on the things that will be most meaningful to us. Plants? Yes. Fancy landscape lighting? Not so much. The pleasure of living out this far is the amazingly dark night skies!

The challenge now will be to make this a unique space that doesn't just mimic every other contemporary patio!

Design Sketch 3 Original

Design Sketch 3 Revised
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