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T E RR AC E S : A new patio connects a screened-in porch room in the back of the house to the new tiered ter races KGK constructed. The 2.5-foot-tall din ing terrace features a table with wicker chairs and a stainless-steel grill, and below it, the 1-foot-tall fire pit ter race with Adirondack chairs is wedged into the sloped lawn. Both terraces are enclosed in vertical walls faced with Pennsylvania bluestone that has size variations and rugged textures. The horizontal bases

of each terrace and the patio are made from smooth rectangular pav ers, a look that repeats in the pathways around the home to set a cool toned color palette. “They had blue accents in the house. They wanted to pick up that softness,” Kuryla says. The bluestone continues in steps down to the lawn and smooth step pingstone paths leading to both sides of the fire pit. “That was an easy way for us to create an informal access to the back,” he says.

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