MASTER DESIGN SOLUTIONS
and outdoor shower with easy access to
the pool. The flat-topped brick garage was
painted white to match the house, and the
team planted espaliered fruit trees along
the length of the garage to visually incorporate it into the landscape. "In addition,
we added 18 in. in height to make a
parapet wall and curved it at each end,"
describes Ridley Wills, co-owner and
design director of Wills Co. "All of these
changes turned this wall into an asset and
helped integrate the backyard into one
cohesive whole."
Originally, the courtyard had shrubs
that limited outdoor entertaining. With the
new open grass courtyard, the owners now
have much more flexibility for entertaining
large numbers of guests.
The team increased the depth and
length of the home's outdoor terrace to
more than double its size and covered the
space to create a loggia. The furnished area
includes a fireplace, dining and seating
sections and a painted wood ceiling accentuated by hand-hewn Douglas fir beams.
Retractable screens are cleverly concealed
in the rack above the loggia's openings to
offer protection from insects. The screens
SQUARE FOOTAGE BEFORE REMODEL: 4,569 sq. ft.
SQUARE FOOTAGE AFTER REMODEL: 5,261 sq. ft.
LOCATION: Nashville, Tenn.
REMODELER: The Wills Co., Nashville
ARCHITECT: Wade Weissmann Architecture, Brown Deer, Wis.
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To visually obscure where the offset pool
begins and ends, the plan raised the lawn
and placed the pool two steps down
from the courtyard and further separated
The remodeler
was challenged
to transform a
previously drab
outdoor space
into a cohesive,
inviting area.
FAST FACTS ABOUT THIS PROJECT
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