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The home’s exterior went from beige to dark green, and a new matching fence encloses a patio. The house numbers are from HEWI.

Fence on Dune

gardens with cedar fence

Trees create beautiful shadows on the slatted courtyard fence.

The little house has a firepit surrounded by a steel bench that McWhirter designed, and the couple grow vegetables in raised beds. They “sped up the process a little bit,” McWhirter says, on the corrugated steel fence’s patina by using hydrogen peroxide, vinegar, and salt.

Massive wooden fence, which is a stripe, is on the background of a brick house, which is a square.

Sheltered behind the fence that runs along the sidewalk, the plantings give the courtyard the feeling of an urban oasis.

Stepstone's narrow concrete pavers add a graphic touch to the garden.

Whether it’s cross-country skiing in the winter or trail running in the summer, the 330-foot home’s minimalist design encourages Catherine to be outside in the surrounding landscape throughout the year.

The stairs also double as a seating platform.

Upper Tree House floor plan

Portrait of David Barsoum and Niky Sampedro in their store Carefully Picked in Chicago, Illinois IL, with light wood floor and white podiums holding curving blue and red chairs, a light wood chair with green cushion, and a set of nesting coffee tables.

This 460 square foot addition to a Cape Cod home houses adds much needed space for additional family members.

The discreet wooden closet matches the flooring.

The designer-builders chose white oak in a Cathedral cut, embracing its more rustic quality compared to riff-sawn white oak.