Blue Hills Haven - Welcome Home!
A beautiful chip & seal driveway with lush perimeter plantings welcomes one home.
-Driveway Redesign:
Our driveway redesign consisted of two reclaimed granite aprons at both the entry into the driveway and garage, two reclaimed granite blocks to be used as entry posts, a Chip & Seal Driveway with granite edging to contain the pea gravel and finished off with a wonderful border of Liriope, a variety of Daffodils and Cavatine Dwarf Andromeda.
Before photo of driveway prior to renovation
We removed the bit of parking at the front left of the home and moved it to the front right of the carriage house. This allowed us to create a bit more privacy for the front of the home while also retaining an equal amount of parking and convenient turn around space. There were existing boulders built into the slope along the right corner of the carriage house to help retain the driveway edge which were removed, and a proper radius wall was installed to retain the new turn around.
Thousands of daffodils envelope the driveway in early spring
Before photo of carriage house
Mockup for the retaining wall to be built over the next 4 months
Progress shot of the radius retaining wall
Completed radius retaining wall below driveway turnout
Completed radius retaining wall for new driveway turnout with rustic cedar split rail set on top.
Shrub installation has begun around the radius wall.
Before photo of the original side turn off on the driveway.
Original side turn off has been removed and new plantings and lawn pathway now lead to the side yard beyond.
Engraving of entry post
Chip & Seal being applied to driveway
Another shot of the Chip & Seal driveway installation process
Autumn view of the new perimeter walls along the street.
Driveway entry showing reclaimed granite entry apron, granite gate posts, dry-stacked stone walls, chip & seal driveway and lush perimeter plantings.