330 Homes Fall 2023

space lift | fresh design | dream house | open air

by VINCE GUERRIERI and photos provided by LANDSCAPE DESIGN ASSOCIATES

CLEAN SLATE A backyard gets a fresh outdoor living area to match a colonial home.

W hen Ken Kushmider, a Landscape Design Associates licensed landscape architect and contractor, had an initial meeting with a Wadsworth homeowner, the potential client had an ambitious plan in mind. The homeowner envisioned modi fying a quarter of his acre prop erty, removing a wooden deck and screened-in gazebo off the back of the house and replacing it with a 2,000-square-foot-plus patio. He said the new patio had to be large enough to accommo date a 30-by-30-foot tent for big gatherings, a new 18-by-30-foot pavilion and a new 16-by-16-foot card house while complementing his brick colonial home. “He wanted to remove the old deck and take everything off the back of the house and start over,” Kushmider says. “The home owner wanted a refined look and wanted it to match the house.” Kushmider brought that grand vision to life with a stone paver patio, a pavilion with a full com plement of kitchen appliances, space for a small wrought-iron patio dining set, a three-season card house and raised garden beds to grow vegetables. There’s a red brick walkway to the patio as well as walls and accents of red brick — all selected to match the brick home. Here are some highlights of the complete overhaul.

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