Shawn and Tiffany Danley's
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When Shawn and Tiffany Danley purchased their 1955 Ralph Haver home in Windemere, it was in typically unremarkable shape with strange terracotta roof tiles, disheveled hardscape and a truly bland color scheme. After making impressive progress on the interior and exterior for nearly a year, it was time to take the plunge with a dramatic new landscape that utilized the whole property. The couple wanted an open, inviting landscape that blurred the line between indoor and out. With so many windows facing the street there were plenty of opportunities to create dramatic entryways for both the side gate on the left and entry porch on the right. A heavy and rectangular wooden door was replaced with a custom glass entryway that followed the slope of the clerestory windows on the right. "I love being able to peer through people's front windows along the street," said Tiffany. "I wanted our home to have that same open quality where neighbors could look in and see what was going on." |
Artweld Gabion walls, constructed from a DIY kit by Hilfiker, frame the front of the property and are joined by a formal bed of river rock embedded in new charcoal-pigmented concrete. The walls are easy to assemble and come with all the necessary tools and hardware in the kit, shipped flat-packed just like IKEA. Unfold and assemble! Once mature, the ornamental grasses and new trees out front will provide a soft but permeable barrier between street and lawn. |
A perforated steel grill us used underfoot on the sitting porch out front. The design was Tiffany's, inspired by Ten Eyck Landscape Architecture's entry bridge of the Desert Botanical Garden. It was built over two weekends by Shawn, ASU Architecture Student Juan Rivas & the craftsmanship of Juan's expert welding father, Miguel Rivas. |
Out back, one of Edgar Blazona's MD 100 structures will be used as a cabana to the right of the deck. |
The multi-level deck provides interesting relief and plenty of seating in the formerly level landscape. Shawn and Tiffany laid out the curvaceous design using a construction crayon wrapped with a string attached to a nail in two 8' long 2x4's. It was the only way they could scribe the angles, arcs, & radii while still having to work around an existing pool. Shawn actually fell in the pool twice in an attempt to lay the design out! The existing palms were was buried knee-deep with earth and salvaged concrete, then topped |
The side yard used to be a crumbling sliver of hardscape. The new deck to the right of the dining area extends the range for entertaining. A gentle bubbling water feature drowns out the traffic from Indian School Road. |
Horsetail reed wil thrive in this shady oasis on the deck. Sal Madris of SM Landscape & Design was the key ingredient in bringing the Danley's dream to |
Design reproduced with permission of David Kenyon, Plan*it Compared to where the Danleys were a year ago, this is astounding progress! How'd they do it? Check out the process photos! |
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