The project
Our house was the ugly little duckling in a lovely location. Low set brick house with orange tiled roof and minimal garden, with grass that had turned to weeds. My job was to give our home street appeal, from rendering the front of the house, straightening the brick column so I could stone render, to making an area to sit and enjoy the garden, to building something that I could grow a vine over to provide shade.
I know a lot of people don’t like synthetic grass, but as I am getting older I needed a low maintenance option, and to be honest I hate mowing the lawn. To break up the side fence I painted it Monument, and made a raised garden bed along the fence, and rendered it white. The contrast against the fence and the green of the plants worked well.
At the front of the yard is where I made the garden bed using the Corten steel edging, bending it to give a natural curved look. In the garden bed I used the three round Corten steel planters for a feature.
Our driveway was narrow and a pain when you get out of the car, so I wanted a path to lead to the house. Obviously concrete was way too expensive so I laid the pavers - this was a game changer for getting in and out of the car, and for hubby who has a disability scooter to get in and out.
Before
Preparation for pathway roadbase followed by paver sand
Pathway
Corten steel edging and round planters
Levelling and laying pavers roadbase
Construction of planter boxes
Laying out stone made it so much easier
Completed planter boxes
Getting the post in
Beam set at correct height for beams
Rafters cut and installed
Finished pergola supports across
Tiled over existing tiles used the grinder to level any uneven ones and used a paint designed to give rough finish to assist with laying tile on tile
Column was straightened by a builder construction of stone cladding
Column finished so loving it
View from the street
View from pergola area
Finished view
