Checkerboard patio

Our new outdoor renovation includes the most gorgeous checkerboard concrete pavers that were laid right over our concrete slab.

Our new outdoor renovation includes the most gorgeous checkerboard concrete pavers that were laid right over our concrete slab.

I painted my ENTIRE pool deck in a checkerboard pattern! It took me awhile to figure out a method (and a week and a half to get it done), but hey, now I can share the easiest way to paint a checkered floor without tape! This looks like a completely different lanai. I first had… Read More Painting checkerboard floor without tape

A checkerboard patio garden can provide a distinct French look to an otherwise tired-looking garden. See how you can do this...

This post is a DOOZY. We dreamed up a way to create a (heated!!) harlequin patterned patio floor for our conservatory and brought it to life in about three weeks. Carl and Peter started by ripping out the deck, digging and digging the frozen ground until it was level, digging trenches around the pe

Here’s the thing about outdoor furniture that no one tells you: No matter how nice it is, or how much you spend on it, that gorgeous furniture can’t save an ugly or run-down patio. Case in point: This outdoor space from the home of Deema Lopez (Pretty on Fridays). “Our house was built in 1950 and I don’t think anyone had done anything to the patio since then,” Deema says, calling the stained and cracked patio a “filthy disaster.

In nearly every design article, you read the phrase “Classic design with a modern twist.” That look is what every client seems to be gunning for. Certainly no homeowner wants a room that will be out of style in a season, but how do you attain that balance? That’s where builders (and visionaries) like The […]

Yard landscaping and garden design are creative art projects