The Lawrence Residence

Having settled on that, we needed to create a functional yet gorgeous way to connect their upper patio to their proposed fire-pit patio. Our client had a beautiful old juniper tree in their backyard, which we chose to highlight by making it the center of a circular radius for an elegant system of steps leading from the upper patio down to the new fire pit patio. We chose sand finish concrete for that part of the project, both for its raw beauty and its slip resistance.

We enclosed the stamped concrete fire pit patio with an 18″ seat wall that we faced with stucco to match our client’s house, and capped the wall with fossilized sandstone. Subtle lighting was hidden under the wall caps. For the fire pit, we ordered a custom-made pit from Concrete Creations, and finished off the patio with a Polaris octagon patio umbrella from Shademaker. An automatic irrigation and drainage system was installed for the flowerpots, and a putting green was added around the patio to enhance the location’s elegance.

For the hot tub, we chose a Bullfrog model due to its strong reputation for building spas suited to cold-weather climates. We surrounded the partially sunken hot tub with Timbertech decking and enclosed the space with lighted glass railings from Regan Ideas.