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by VINCE GUERRIERI and photos by DREW JACKSON MEDIA for SUNCREST GARDENS

SPLASH PAD A house with a barn unearths a backyard for entertaining.

T he home moving west for their love of winter sports but opted to stay in their Hudson colo nial home on 8 acres and keep the kids in their schools. To still cater to their active lifestyle, they decided to transform their small, woodsy back yard into a recreation space of their own. owners had considered

“It was way too small and way too rustic for the fam ily’s needs,” says Jeff Conn, the landscape architect with Suncrest Gardens in Peninsula who oversaw the project. In 2019, Suncrest removed their 500-square-foot blue stone patio that connects to a barn, which a previous homeowner had dismantled and moved from Connecticut as an addition to the home’s living space. They installed a new 3,000-square-foot paver patio, incorporating the barn in the design and adding a pool and grill area, as well as what ended up being many amenities for relaxation and entertainment.

“This one evolved,” Conn says. “There were a lot of things that weren’t planned but were suggested by the kids, and like good parents, they said, OK, we’ll do them all. ” Here’s how the Suncrest team opened up an exciting backyard space for activity and fun.

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