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After: “To achieve the space and the kind of openness they wanted, we used steel for the new deck structure,” Shoup says. The deck required only two posts, which were welded to the beams for an elegant and simple design. “This structure is a movement-resistant frame, because this is earthquake country,” Shoup says. The new deck measures 26½ by 14 feet, and the covered patio measures 20 by 16 feet.
Look closely at the left side of this photo, where the original siding meets the new fiber cement siding, to see a thoughtful detail. The new siding juts out from the rest of the facade. “This added a thickness and clearly defined the entry and the area underneath the deck,” Shoup says.
This is an “upside-down” house, meaning the bedrooms are on the ground floor, and the living room opens onto the deck. The deck also can be viewed from the kitchen, as the floor plan is open. It’s easy for the homeowners to pour themselves a cup of coffee in the morning and then enjoy it outside among the tree canopies.
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A two-seater swing is just the right size for the couple who own this Austin, Texas, ranch house to sit in comfort and wave to neighbors passing by. Kaelee Pearson of CG&S Design-Build expanded and redid the old front porch with stained Douglas fir framing to match the new front door. Also part of the front-of-house makeover: a new walkway, siding, paint for the brick and landscaping that belies the urban setting.
As they swing in the fresh air, the couple can gaze out at both the street happenings and the plants in their front yard, which include ‘Natchez’ crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia ‘Natchez’, USDA zones 6 to 9; find your zone), bamboo muhly (Muhlenbergia dumosa, zones 8 to 10) and aromatic aster (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium, zones 3 to 9).
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