Recent content by Matrix311

looks great

looks great! How deep did you go with your baja shelf? 12" or 18"?

Thanks :) Pool temp is up to 63 degrees! Just a few more months and we will be swimming.

bump for update!

Thanks. That was my wife's song choice! A perfect fit indeed.

Hello all! Our backyard is now complete and so is the time-lapse video of the landscape crew doing it all! Very fun and cool video to watch. Enjoy the transformation of our yard. http://youtu.be/9XyHs5jCoD4

Very valid point! We did think about the chimney placement and the edge of the pergola placement. They are aligned just perfectly enough where the smoke should avoid the lattice bars on the pergola. We didnt want to go any higher on the flume portion of the chimney because we really liked the...

Couldn't finish today but will certainly finish tomorrow. Just need to finish laying and fluffing the turf and then do a final spray down and cleanup of everything. Time to burn fire tomorrow night.

Almost turf time!

Should be done Thursday they said. Here is today's progress. The inside of the fireplace is complete and the outside will be finished tomorrow. Getting oh so close to completion.

Pavers are going in right now. Once against the fireplace they will finish facing the lower front of it. Coming along nicely.

Home Depot here sells colored wood chips so we will probably do that in a black color to go over top.

Coming along nicely. Today they finished most of the interior of the fireplace. Stucco'd the small new retaining wall to hide the pool equipment. Finished the planter and capped it with the travertine. All new electrical and plumbing to the planter was completed. A new outlet was ran to the back...

Thanks were very happy with the stonework and color choice. Yes the fireplace will be covered with the same stone. The top of the planter and mantle/hearth on the fireplace will all be travertine. The inside of the fireplace has firebrick and it just helps with high temp heat. Here is the...

Starting to look amazing. Should be done next week with everything. Have pavers and synthetic turf to put down yet.