Arlington Life & Style
Creating Amazing Outdoor Spaces
Whether remodeling or redecorating an outdoor space, it pays to think outside the box.
Whether you want to remodel or simply redecorate, when it comes to creating an outdoor space, it’s important to think beyond the typical to achieve amazing. Michael Sauri, an award-winning Clarendon-based architect with TriVistaUSA, transformed a poorly graded Arlington backyard into a luxurious hidden patio. Sauri said the ultramodern house, built in the 1990s, sits on a lot that slopes down from the street at a nearly 45-degree angle. Most people would write off such an awkward backyard as unusable. Instead, Sauri used the slope to add drama to a deck/patio combo. “On the left side of the house was a large wooden parking pad, 20 feet long and 25 feet wide, with empty, unused space beneath it. The pad is supported by weather-worn wooden…
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