Saturday, October 15, 2011

A new look in Outdoor Living ----- Let's see what granite can really do!

This client wasn't afraid to try something so new....it's hard to find pictures even on the internet for it!

A big thing in the 90's was concrete counter tops.  Both for indoor and outdoor use....the problem is that 10 years later, they are cracking all over the place.  Let's face it....concrete is going to crack, its just a matter of time folks.

We here at Family Leisure have a competitor to concrete that will look and last soooooooo much longer.  It's called "honed" and "chiseled" granite......we dull it down, and chisel the edges to give the look of concrete without all of the problems of cracking. 

This client said, " I smoke and grill and need both in my custom kitchen."

We said, "No problem.....let's do both for this custom piece of outdoor living."

Well, what do you think here???????

Before....what a nice looking stamp here! Something is missing though.....

Little bit more of the view....now let's fill it with something special.

And voila.......

Chiseled and Honed Granite island!

Interior Granite View

Profile View......we just had to move that other grill off the space for this one!

Ice Chest built right into the bar!

Now that is some concrete looking granite that takes the worry out of your counter top!
More to come......but another custom outdoor client satisfied!

Outdoor Room ---- let's take it "up" a notch shall we????

Here is an exposed agg. concrete slab.....after we looked at the space we decided to take it "up" by adding a 15 x 15 extended height (that's right almost 12 feet of MORE pergola).......I think I see an outdoor fan in the future here don't you????

So let's take a look at the before pics shall we????

Great space potential!

Great backyard view!

More great space with more view

This grill is trying to hide from me....but I see you in the corner!!!

After some Family Leisure custom magic we took this backyard space and took it up........waaaaaaayyyyy up.

Great Pergola that frames the space nicely!


Outdoor Kitchen w/ dining height fire pit!
Now THAT is a pergola....rough cut cedar with 20' stone bases for that little extra!
A great look that will just keep getting better with time!!!!! 

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Custom Backyard Brilliance

This is an example of where we took a backyard with an old 80's built in Jacuzzi, a rotting deck, and with some creative magic......produced a space with 3 times the square footage and 10 times the fun!

Before Side View

Before Side View

Before Yard View

Before Jacuzzi View

What we did was tear out it all out! Add 1200 square feet of  beautiful stamp concrete AS WELL AS some stained exposed agg. concrete and stained it brown to tie it together!  Now, that was just the start of the project:  We then designed an outdoor bar island with some Aspen stacked country ledgestone, a huge wood burning fire pit, and then veneered the underside of the trim of their 3 seasons room with the same stone as a complete finishing touch.......look at the results!!!!!

Stamped concrete off the 3 seasons room

Stamped Concrete sidewalk where the Jacuzzi used to be!

Stamped and Exposed Agg. brought together for the space!

Oh, that's not all folks.......let's dress this up a bit shall we.....custom Family Leisure style.......

Bam - Now a bar island sits!

Bar island long view

Bam...now a breathtaking wood burning fire pit for some S'mores?????

Bar View Close up!

Another Family Leisure Custom Outdoor Living Space! 

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Concept to Reality - Bar Island!

Here was a project we completed.  The owner wanted a fire pit to match the shape of his pool.....smells like custom to me?????


How did we do?
cad drawing

Dimensions
full view

lit view...to the pool

broad view