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In this West Hollywood garden , Southern California - free-base landscape designerLaura Mortontook a minute driveway littered with pool equipment and turned it into an outdoor kitchen and dining terrace , inspire by the house ’s Moresque details and Spanish Revival computer architecture , with seating for 12 . With a budget of around $ 10,000 , Morton encase the equipment in a custom - built streak whose cabinetry provided soft accession to the syndicate equipment . Completing the transformation from eyesore to a romantic out-of-door entertaining expanse , Morton set up a fretwork like front to what had been the service department structure and painted it , as well as the neighboring fencing ametallic , Venetian blue , sum up potted plants brimming with edibles , and hand - score , artisanal stone work on the primer .
The proprietor of a 1934 Spanish Colonial Revival domicile in West Hollywood take professional landscape painting designer Laura Morton to recreate their holding incorporating sustainable practices and the California intent . Inspired by original architectural details , Morton smartly integrated an outdoor kitchen and dining sphere as part of the program where a seldom - used private road fly the coop down the side of the house . Photo by : ( c ) Laura Morton Design , 2010.SEE MORE picture OF THIS GARDEN
Q : What were your clients ’ objective ?
A : hide the pool equipment was the top token on the list . Since this domain was near the side step into their home ’s kitchen , there was n’t a need for a refrigerator or other appliances . The goal was for Dad to have an surface area for grilling and counter space for his two teenage girls to sit at or service themselves buffet - trend .
Q : What are the kitchen ’s chief features ?
A : A grill with plentiful replication distance and a deep sink to double as an ice chest or a place to arrange deletion efflorescence .
Lighting creates a magical environs . Amber minilights were wander along the live but newly espaliered bougainvillea , and subtle uplighting of the two olive standards added a silvery glow . photograph by : ( c ) Laura Morton Design , 2010.SEE MORE photo OF THIS GARDEN
Q : Where is the kitchen post within the context of use of the garden ?
A : The kitchen is along the drive and the dining terrace is in front of the service department doorway ( this social system is now an office ) . The rest of the driveway was plough into a kitchen garden with transportable planter containing edible like alpine strawberries , basil and garden rocket . Fruit tree ( including a Meyer lemon yellow and plait plum tree diagram ) trace the driveway ; a shallow taproom ledge that caps the backsplash effect features small , glazed pots filled with succulent ; and the pool area is separated by an archway ofPodocarpus henkeliitrees .
Q : How did you parcel out with the fixed pool equipment ?
A : The equipment was an eyesore , especially because the sign of the zodiac windows alongside the drive looked out onto this area . I created a multifunctional structure that “ float ” around the puddle equipment , then created some frame and volume to moderate the boxiness of it . It ’s completely open on the tail and the front has two door . A special “ turban ” was built by a carpenter to vacate the filter and an old molded - smoothing iron grill was used to " cage in " the bullet .
The residue of the private road was turned into a kitchen garden with transferrable planters contain edibles and fruit trees that draw the drive . The blue kitty balance the aristocratic fencing and the colorful concrete paving was scored by hand and antique to summate an artisanal flavor . exposure by : ( c ) Laura Morton Design , 2010.SEE MORE photo OF THIS GARDEN
Q : What stigma of contrivance did you use ?
A : The grille is from local Los Angeles shopBarbeques Galore .
Q : Were there any additional element that you customise or retrofitted to solve for this outdoor kitchen design ?
A : The cesspool and counters were poured into place with colored concrete that coordinate with the unexampled driveway paving , and gave the space a warm , terra cotta and artisanal notion , which helped integrate the bombastic surface area into a usable , attractive characteristic . I also added electric outlets to use for appliances .
Q : Were there any other trappings / décor used to complete the place ?
I chose courteous computer hardware for the various node and handles that open up the inspection and repair areas to give it an “ always been there ” visual aspect . We used lighting to bestow ambiance to the quad , including wild-eyed minilights that light up the side of the mansion . The custom table was also scale for the space and has two removable half - moon terminal that bestow distance . The workbench provide more seating than chairs would .
See more of Morton ’s employment atlauramortondesign.com .
