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1. Elegant Entertaining Destination
Yard at a Glance
Who lives here: A family of four, including two young children
Location: Brookline, Massachusetts
Lot size: Nine-tenths of an acre (about 3,642 square meters)
Landscape architect: Zen Associates
Before: The homeowners already had a vision for the backyard of their newly built home in Brookline, Massachusetts, when they hired Zen Associates to redesign the lawn-filled landscape. “The client is in the hospitality industry, and his desire was for an outdoor space which he could use to entertain large groups of guests and family when visiting, but that also would feel intimate when his family was just relaxing at home,” company principal Peter White says.
The homeowners, who are originally from South America, wanted to comfortably host groups of different sizes and have better flow between their home’s indoor and outdoor spaces. White responded with a design that expanded the entertaining space outside and created comfortable areas for both large and small outdoor gatherings.
1. Elegant Entertaining Destination
Yard at a Glance
Who lives here: A family of four, including two young children
Location: Brookline, Massachusetts
Lot size: Nine-tenths of an acre (about 3,642 square meters)
Landscape architect: Zen Associates
Before: The homeowners already had a vision for the backyard of their newly built home in Brookline, Massachusetts, when they hired Zen Associates to redesign the lawn-filled landscape. “The client is in the hospitality industry, and his desire was for an outdoor space which he could use to entertain large groups of guests and family when visiting, but that also would feel intimate when his family was just relaxing at home,” company principal Peter White says.
The homeowners, who are originally from South America, wanted to comfortably host groups of different sizes and have better flow between their home’s indoor and outdoor spaces. White responded with a design that expanded the entertaining space outside and created comfortable areas for both large and small outdoor gatherings.