Oakley

The design addresses the brief by creating a sleek, modern, raised porcelain patio that provides a flush access from the new large bay doors that lead out from the rear lounge/games room. This uses London Stone Slab Khaki paving for a crisp, smooth, neutral matt finish, and is also used to form the planters that wrap around the patio and the steps that lead down to a large dining and cooking deck. The deck is made from Millboard Coppered Oak boards with a curved edging, leading down one side to the spacious lawn and on the other linking to the kitchen door by Slab Khaki stepping stones set into gravel. Two large new bespoke metal pergolas provide shade over the two walkways, and provide support for evergreen climbers Trachelospermum jasminoides and Clematis armandii, which provide blossom interest and scent in spring and summer. Beds to each corner of the lawn provide shade-tolerant foliage and flower interest from shrubs, herbaceous plants and grasses, and a row of pleached Photinia ‘Red Robin’ provide privacy screening. Lastly, a new and choice multi-stem Acer is set into the deck to provide seasonal foliage interest to the dining area.