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Sudbury Design GroupLocated in one on the country’s most desirable vacation destinations, this vacation home blends seamlessly into the natural landscape of this unique location. The property includes a crushed stone entry drive with cobble accents, guest house, tennis court, swimming pool with stone deck, pool house with exterior fireplace for those cool summer eves, putting green, lush gardens, and a meandering boardwalk access through the dunes to the beautiful sandy beach.
Photography: Richard Mandelkorn Photography
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Golightly Landscape ArchitectureThis Craftsman-style bungalow in the heart of Birmingham's historic Forest Park neighborhood got a big-time makeover by Golightly Landscape Architecture. John Wilson, principle of GLA, describes this project as "a treat," saying the homeowners gave him ample opportunities to return the landscape to its historic roots. The plan's diagonal layout relieves the planting beds of a sometimes stale symmetrical aesthetic.
Using native Alabama bluestone, John created a new walk that meanders throughout the property—replacing the old concrete path. The new walk gives way to an existing beautiful chert retaining wall and pier at the corner of the property. Meanwhile, lawn and concrete give way to an ever-changing tapestry, woven together with perennials and ornamental grasses that "pop" against the stone walk's subtle blue and gray hues.
A spacious terrace complete with Craftsman detailing now stands at the back of the home where a dilapidated wood deck once sat. Native moss rock stone paths—accented by boldly romantic drifts of asters, geraniums, carex, and eupatorium and punctuated with trees and flowering shrubs—connect the wood terrace to the rest of the garden, detached garage, and alleyway.
Penza Bailey ArchitectsA shell of a house with mismatched materials and more unfinished spaces than finished ones was a one and a half story structure with uncomfortable, oddly shaped rooms and awkward circulation spaces. To call this renovation a “dramatic transformation” is an understatement. With the exception of the screened porch addition, the original footprint was kept intact; and it is now a beautiful two and a half story, three-bedroom home with rich nautical character.
The home now features a generous master suite with the highlight being a crow’s nest and widow’s walk to view the expanse of the Chesapeake. In addition to the exquisite views from the crow’s nest and balcony, the new bluestone terrace and screened porch on the south bring the outdoors fully inside. This project was used in a feature segment of HGTV’s “Generation Renovation” program.
Anne Gummerson Photography
CDC StudioContemporary extension, kitchen, living dining space with sliding rooflight
Photographs by Hufton and Crow
Dear Garden Associates, Inc.A slightly more formal garden layout was included to accentuate this section of the house. The boxwood hedge surrounds a garden space kept in scale with this façade. The yellow cast to the leaves of the Spirea compliments the colour of the window trim and the creamy colour of the stucco.
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