This photo series shows some of the work we recently completed t a lovely house in the Lewiston Orchards.

The house a nice, but unremarkable deck leading to a well kept backyard. The home-owners wanted to create of more intimate backyard patio with a shade arbor that might offer some relief from the relentless afternoon sun.

We offered the following idea, to create a new patio and shade structure.

The features of this project include a new concrete patio to coated in a field-stone pattern, and lined with hand trowelled "bricks" which match the existing house; and painted cedar arbor with matching screen panels to provide shade and privacy. The angular pattern of the structure was designed to eliminate the need for supporting post in the center of the patio, and for the entertaining shade patterns it would create. (We also planned on coating to front entry to the home to match.)

The following series of pictures show someof the steps, and the finished results. Click to enlarge.

The round stairs by the small back porch are a change from the original plan, be we think they are an awesome touch!

We would like to thank our friends Brandon Boardman and Josh Wadsworth (Brandon or Josh can be reached at B&B Pool Cleaning & Service 208-743-0116) for their help pouring the new concrete. If you would like more information about this project, please visit our contact page, we'd be happy to discuss the project in more detail