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tion of blocks to the importation and distribution of products. Each month, they manufacture over 500,000 square feet of tiles, slabs, pavers, coping, veneer, and cut-to-size products. Scenic Landscaping from Haskell, N.J., has 40 years of award-winning experience and caters to every type of lifestyle. Their team of over 100 landscape architects, designers, project managers, masons, and horticulturists work with clients, found mostly through a referral base and their website, to carefully plan every landscape - from distinctive outdoor living spaces to creative private garden areas for homeowners and business owners alike. According to Juan Ospina, a landscape architect at Scenic and this project's manager, Sherry Robbins of SDR Designs created the conceptual design and then Scenic was responsible for the working drawings and specifications, the LED lighting design, and almost all of the build including the patios, court- yard, walls, driveways, stairs, drainage, lighting and landscape. The Outcome Approaching the house, you are welcomed by a custom me- dallion set in the front walkway, created using the marble pav- ers in different finishes. The medallion is then repeated after stepping out the back door onto the rear patio. This patio includes an outdoor kitchen with a refrig- erator, ice machine, barbecue, side burner, cocktail station, dishwasher, beer cooler, and sink from Lynx, and a pizza oven from Kalamazoo. Westchester Granite supplied the granite countertops. A seating area is next to the main feature: the custom made fireplace. This structure features Crema Eda® Splitface marble veneer, to complement the color from the pavers, along with Terra Splitface travertine veneer to create a beautiful blend of earth tones. As a fire is burning, guests can watch movies on the flat screen TV from Skyvues mounted directly above. Surround sound speakers are built into the pergola columns wrapped in the same matching veneer as the fireplace. Just a few steps be- low, guests can relax in the Prisco spa while watching another flat screen TV, positioned directly on the wall next to it. The project also included many small embellishments such as bullnose edging on all of the wall caps and treads, and 4"x4" stone borders and trims around the entire perimeter of the house. Unique low voltage lighting provides the illumination. Left: The fireplace was a custom-built, wet-laid masonry unit that was then faced with Crema Eda® Splitface marble veneer, to complement the color from the pavers, along with Terra Splitface travertine veneer. The mantelpiece, shelves and benches are sandblasted marble, 2 ¼"-thick with bullnose edges. Three Skyvues flat screen TVs were installed at strategic viewing areas. Surround sound speakers are built into the pergola columns that are wrapped in the same matching veneer as the fireplace. Middle: One of the viewing areas is next to the Prisco spa on the patio's lower level. The TVs are outdoor rated but they came with a protection cover to safeguard them from the elements, The railings were custom made out of wrought iron by Tri-State Fence. Bottom: The barbecue and dining area features granite countertops from Westchester Granite. Most of the appliances are from Lynx. Warm Preference (Continued from page 44) 46 LC DBM (Continued on page 48)