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Tag: Outdoor Living Space
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June 9, 2017
New Patio for Pond
We installed this swimming pond back in 2013. The client recently decided a patio would be a nice addition to the existing landscape. We used irregular natural cleft bluestone to cover an area of lawn coming from the existing stone slab stairs to the pond....
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October 14, 2016
Big Littleton Fall Foliage
We’re almost a month into Fall and this hilltop home in New Hampshire is looking even more fabulous with foliage! In these photos you can see how a landscape changes not only with the season but also with time of day; here at Landshapes we’re always considering how our work will look year round in...
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October 7, 2016
Morrisville Property Check In!
Remember this Morrisville home? We finished this project in July and recently went back to check how things were doing, and they look great! The lawn is lush and the plants are already filling in the space! We’re so happy to have been able to give this client a beautiful outdoor living space that can...
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September 9, 2016
Big Littleton Project Continued!
Here are some more photos of the Littleton project! Grand views and a grand house inspired us for this massive landscape/hardscape design. Now our installation gets to be the foundation of many memories to come! Once the plants grow and patio furniture is laid out this outdoor living space will have a complete and cozy...
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August 11, 2016
New House Near The Lake
After finishing construction of their house, these clients came to us for an outdoor living space that would complete their new home. With random pattern bluestone patios and fieldstone steps we were able to connect multiple access points along the back side of the house. Lights are integrated into the stone walls for a cozier...
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July 25, 2016
Big Littleton Project Progress!
Sometimes it’s hard to tell with week to week updates just how much progress we are making, but if you look back to where we started, you’ll see how much we’ve done! This was a beautiful house with amazing views, but it sat on top of a barren hill. Our job was to make the...
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May 16, 2016
Little Fenway Gets a Facelift
August 12-14, 2016, marks the 15th year when friends of the Travis Roy Foundation will meet at Little Fenway in Essex, Vermont, to have a backyard WIFFLE Ball tournament. The Travis Roy foundation focuses on shortening the path to a cure for spinal cord injuries and helping spinal cord injured survivors who are in need...
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May 6, 2016
College Maybe out for the Summer but We’re J...
Imagine coming home every day to a beautiful outdoor space where you can entertain a group of friends and family or just simply lay out, soak up some sun and enjoy a good book. Watch your kids splash around in the pool or casually float around for a while. Throw a pool party, host that...
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April 21, 2016
Project Update!
This customer had a 20-year-old landscape that was not well maintained and had failing masonry work. We installed a mortared core wall that will last for hundreds of years, an expansive patio for entertaining friends and family and a 300,000BTU fire pit for roasting marshmallows and taking the chill out of the cool Vermont evenings....
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March 31, 2016
It’s Warming Up! Already Swimming in Mid Mar...
Outdoor living spaces continue to be one of the most popular features that homeowners are requesting and seem to have the best return on their investment. Getting the most out of our somewhat short summer season here in the Northeast is very important to clients that are looking to add a pool or spa to...
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February 5, 2016
Outdoor Living At It’s Finest
The area where this customer wanted to build his outdoor living Space had a 15 foot drop with the potential for flooding from the Mad River. It required the pouring of reinforced concrete walls which where tied into the surrounding ledge. This gave us a a large flat space to work with and no potential of flooding....
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January 26, 2016
Outdoor Living Space
This outdoor living space was built in beautiful Charlotte VT with views out to the Adirondack Mountains. Irregular bluestone was used for the patio. Field stone was used for the grill surround as well as the walls and fire pit. The caps were all custom cut and thermaled 2″ bluestone. The grill insert was a...
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