11/08/2026
There’s a lot of pics here. People have been asking me to post some pictures of a big project we have been working on all summer. Actually we started last October, but couldn’t resume until late May due to other trades being in our way. We are still working at this site but after this week we will have the majority completed. We still have to build 2 gas fire pits and some minor tweaking, and then once the material comes in we will be doing a stone veneer on the exposed foundation. Then the last thing will be the outdoor kitchen, which is still in the design phase and might be this fall or next spring. We have done some other projects concurrently, but East Gull Lake drive has been our base of operations for weeks.
We did some major earth moving/excavating last October along with field stone boulder seawall, retaining walls, and bluestone steps. The 2500 sqft patio is Unilock Bristol Valley ‘Steel Mountain’ with Unilock Copthorne ‘Steel Blue’ border. Extra parking was achieved by installing Unilock Turfstone that will look like green space once the grass fills in. A complete new irrigation system was installed and we laid sod a couple weeks ago. A concrete path to the lake was added for barrier free access to the boat docks. Many plants including Blushing Pink roses, Tuff Stuff hydrangea, Dianthus, Astilbe, Hellebores, Nepeta, Rozanne Geranium, Sky Pencil Japanese holly, Little Bunny dwf fountain grass, Hibiscus, and many others are highlighted with low volt path and spot lights.
We are currently building vegetable planters out of Unilock Brussels Dimensional in Limestone color that will have Unilock Ledgestone caps.
This is what we can do for you too, however, it would probably be 2027. I’m not sure how much we can fit in yet this year, depending on late fall weather.
On a side note, I have healed from my surgery and am almost back to normal now. A HUGE pat on the back to our crew, who continued to work on this project while I was recovering. Directing traffic from a hospital bed is no fun. I’m so grateful we have such a competent and willing crew.
