Four people talk beneath steel pergola in gravel backyard with gabion L-shaped bench, firepit, and corrugated metal fencing designed by designed by Ryan McWhirter of Lush GreenScape Design outside architect Karin Scott and Don Doughtery’s gabled, black metal-clad home in Terrell Hills neighborhood of San Antonio, Texas TX.

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The little house has a firepit surrounded by a steel bench that McWhirter designed, and the couple grow vegetables in raised beds. For the corrugated steel fence’s patina, McWhirter says they "sped up the process a little bit" by applying a mixture of hydrogen peroxide, vinegar, and salt.