In this our 4th design collaboration with Bryan Pulte Interiors, we were asked to make use of leftover outdoor pockets in a tight, urban Denver lot. The initial design on Forest Street Parkway in the Parkhill neighborhood, created two outdoor living spaces, each cozy in their own right. The upper [...]]]>

Firepit Seating Area

In this our 4th design collaboration with Bryan Pulte Interiors, we were asked to make use of leftover outdoor pockets in a tight, urban Denver lot. The initial design on Forest Street Parkway in the Parkhill neighborhood, created two outdoor living spaces, each cozy in their own right. The upper patio was re-configured to allow a more flowing, graceful access down into the garden while also hosting a large outdoor dining area, a wall fountain framed by multistem, flowering trees and vines, and a BBQ grill. The two courtyards where brought together by a meandering sandstone pathway which transitions through evergreen foundation shrubs, flowering, low-water perennials and groundcovers, and moss rock boulders of the same neutral color scheme.

The lower patio was created more as a destination area with a firepit as the focal point, and a sitting wall enclosing the space. The lower patio was built with recycled old sandstone pavers from the site and integrated with precast concrete pavers used in bands.  The final step was to ensure the landscape spaces created echoed such a large house. This was accomplished by matching fabrics and colors used of the awnings and window treatments located on the house to the outdoor furnishings used in the landscape.

An entry landscape design that draws the eye to the front door making use of both a small water feature and  a spiraling paving pattern constructed out of both a precaste concerte paver and slabs of sandstone, in a context of boulders, perennials and other plantings.