Hardscapes
PAVERS•MASONRY•BLOCKS•ROCKS
Outdoor Living
Project by Pavestone
New Life Outdoors (NLO) is a design/build firm that calls
Duluth, Ga., home. Owner and operator Brian Smith and
his team have been making dreams come true for Southern homeowners since 1998. With great weather for 8-10
months of the year in the southern regions of the United
States, opportunities for outdoor living improvements are
ripe for Georgia builders.
"The majority of my customers are looking for a space
where they can unwind and recharge from their busy lives,"
Smith said. "Our clients are typically interested in bringing
indoor functions to their outdoor spaces."
The King family brought a vision of more living space in
the style of a mountain retreat for their Roswell, Ga., home
to Smith and his NLO team. The existing pool and deck,
built in 1980 with red bullnose coping and concrete plaster,
needed a renovation, and the rest of the yard was not much
better. "This was not a very inviting space, with all the cracking and rough surfaces," said Mrs. King, who renovated the
space in honor of her late husband, who had the original vision for a mountain estate-style refuge in the backyard.
Top: Two months of work in this Roswell, Ga., backyard by New Life Outdoors converted a cracked concrete space stuck in the 1980s into a functional outdoor
living room with a fireplace, hot tub, outdoor kitchen and renovated pool. A mountain retreat theme envisioned by the homeowners was realized with stonework,
evergreen plantings and a waterfall.
Left: A stone wall was constructed at the same time as the new hot tub, and a dry-stacked boulder wall was incorporated for structural support and tiered
planting space in front of a new privacy fence. Pathway lights illuminate steps leading to a new "tanning shelf" between the hot tub and the boulder wall.
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