"My  3- years outdoor makeover, Jan 2013, we have added the POOL (builder Blue Haven)  Coming from Tokyo, we have moved in to Buda, Texas May2009.Whereas Tokyo house is so tiny & compact, Texas house is soo huge, having an area of 1.75acre land property, 3600sqft house. After the interior stuffs were settled in, my biggest challenge was the outdoor. The screening n designing of the 545sqft porch became the first 2009project, the fence 2010, the outdoor patio n flowerbeds 2011, the pergola/walkway/other stoneworks March2012. The flagstone patio got the lions share(40%) of the expenses because it's  21 ""deep. (Our backyard is going downslope, so there are elevations: from the house, stairs,, patio and going down to the stonework campfire area), The campfire area. Texas is always in draught, to minimize use of water, I decided to construct this area. The firepit is natural wood burning with yellow painted bamboo bench, n the lowseating bench is the scraps from the pergola. The small wrought iron bicycle has some small cactus. Those stones that are lined up are stones we picked-up  from the area outside the fence so that mowing will be easier.              , Outdoor Spaces"
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