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After: The new full-range, natural cleft bluestone patio is 500 square feet, including the portion under the pavilion. This material plays nicely off the blue siding on the house. The new pavilion is 19 by 15 feet, providing 285 square feet of covered space for an outdoor kitchen and dining area.
“The architecture of the house was quite traditional and it was important to us to make the landscape cohesive with the house,” Algozzini says. “There are multiple ways you can install a gaucho grill, and it can be a standalone piece. But after looking through images with my clients to see what they liked, I proposed we move it into a fireplace that would be integrated into a pavilion.”
Gaucho, or Argentine-style, grills use traditional cooking methods to produce foods with rich, smoky flavor. Typically, meat is grilled on a grate over wood embers or charcoal. The signature wheel or crank allows you to adjust the grate’s height to control cooking temperature and time.
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The vine growing up the corner of the house and along the entry overhang was another priority within the design. “This is a hop vine [Humulus lupulus, zones 4 to 8] that the homeowner has been growing for many years. He had trained it across the overhang, and it was important to him that we protect it,” Galante says.
Galante reports that the homeowners love their pots and planters. She filled the built-in brick planters around the patio with ‘EverColor Everest’ Japanese sedge (Carex oshimensis EverColor Everest ’Carfit01’, zones 5 to 9), which adds soft color and texture against the fence. The pot on the right has autumn fern (Dryopteris erythrosora, zones 5 to 8) and creeping jenny (Lysimachia nummularia, zones 3 to 9).