Page 11 - Klahanie May-June, 2019 Issue

When Klahanie residents, John choosing to make the retaining wall always stays dry enough that when
and Shirley Murphy decided that approximately 18" in height it gave not putting, it serves as a soft carpet
they wanted to be able to make the us a sitting bench that spanned the and the maintenance is zero.
most of their small backyard, space whole back yard.
This final design allowed for H O M E A N D G A R D E N
management was critical to making all
Wanting both a fire feature that they entertaining capacity of over 1,000
of their goals a reality.
could sit around and also having a sq. ft. with very little need for seating
Their goals included: water feature, we decided to combine with the retaining wall acting as built
both into the same space and were in seats.
1. Covered patio area
also able to make the fire aspect a
The Murphy’s love their new outdoor
2. Fire and water features surprise until the gas was lit. Having
space and related “Not many people
it be gas also kept it clean and usable
3. Putting green can say that working with their
12 months of the year. This double
contractor is a complete joy from the
4. A large entertaining feature was also placed to be the
beginning to end of a project. After
capacity centerpiece of the entire backyard
working with Jeff and his team, John
to take advantage of the views from
5. Low maintenance and I absolutely can. Jeff’s vision
inside the home as well
for our yard was better than we
6. Make all elements flow
The roof structure was designed to could have imagined ourselves. He
and connect to the home and
look like it always had been part of listened to our wish list of things we
surroundings
the house design. This was the critical were looking for in our yard. He then
With those pieces of the puzzle piece to enable the Murphy’s to enjoy added his creativity and developed
established, and through a series of their outdoor space throughout the a working plan. Now we have an
design meetings with John and Shirley year. oasis that we use every day. The new
we were able to make it all happen! backyard has become the favorite
The final piece of the puzzle was
room in the Murphy household.”
The backyard had a hill side that the putting green. By going with a
sloped into the home and by synthetic putting green our surface

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