Year in Pictures - 2008

[MuirView Design]

This is a thread to post pics of all your favorite projects from this year. :photo: Let's try and keep the thread clean and let the pics do the talking. We have great talent on this site, and I thought it would be great to start an annual, year end picture montage, or showcase if you will. This isn't a contest specifically, but there may just be some voting toward the end of the month.

[zedosix]

Just want to get the ball rolling!

[joeymaze]

Zedo,
That is a tough act to follow so I will follow it with a different type of hardscape. Completed this job last spring. I stopped over there for a christmas visit,thought I would snap a few pics.
Joe

[CaptainsLS]

I'll add to the collag

[CaptainsLS]

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[MuirView Design]

Some landscaping, sod and boulder work.

[mrusk]

My big job for the year.

[MuirView Design]

Couple random pics

[mrusk]

Adam you really do nice work.

[MuirView Design]

Here's some pics of the travertine job. Last one I took the other day from the neighbors roof, while we were hanging her xmas lights. Grass is almost all in.

[bcwsport]

That's a beautiful job. Cannot wait to get our current travertine rollin. Adam, that picnic table needs a table cloth, candles and a bottle of wine in order to qualify even to be in the pics of this install. And Rusky, I love the synicism of you photo input. Not that that job looks bad....but c'mon, I have seen many of your pics. Either modest, lowering the bar for others, or..or...let's just say I choose C as my answer.

[mrusk]

That's a beautiful job. Cannot wait to get our current travertine rollin. Adam, that picnic table needs a table cloth, candles and a bottle of wine in order to qualify even to be in the pics of this install. And Rusky, I love the synicism of you photo input. Not that that job looks bad....but c'mon, I have seen many of your pics. Either modest, lowering the bar for others, or..or...let's just say I choose C as my answer.

LOL I just wanted to lower the bar for others! I post enough pics of my jobs, I dont think I need to post pics in this thread. So I scans my computer for pics of jobs I have no posted and this was the only job. I got a few other small jobs I never took pictures of.

[zedosix]

LOL I just wanted to lower the bar for others! I post enough pics of my jobs, I dont think I need to post pics in this thread. So I scans my computer for pics of jobs I have no posted and this was the only job. I got a few other small jobs I never took pictures of.

You know Matt, thats what I like about you, you are just so :humble:

[landdesign]

Are those large boulders Alverson Limestone?

That project with the sandstone/barnyard heavy treads with the pool is really nice!

[4seasons]

heres some of mine. I have to do 2 posts cause I haven't figured out how to upload like you guys. ( i think):noidea:

[4seasons]

here's the rest

[chesie]

Had fun with this one

[NewHorizon's Land]

Chesie- is that a pre fab fire place kit?

[chesie]

Buried inside of alot of block and stone there is a Firerock firebox and chimney. Kit was 46" x 7'. After block work it measures 8.5' wide and 13' high.

[MuirView Design]

Hey Chesie, that looks great! Nice job. Got anymore pics?

[chesie]

I have more from the rest of this job that I will try to put up later.

[chesie]

Pavers/ stone still need to be cleaned but there is no point with all of the mud on this job. Landscaping and sod in the spring. Maybe the house will be done by then for some decent pics.

[SCgreenscapes]

Here are a few of my favorites from this past year. I hope this comming year is as good or better.

[SCgreenscapes]

an Outdoor Kitchen, Patio, Pergola and Landscaping. Then a Raised patio, pergola and small wall.

[SCgreenscapes]

Retaining wall and front steps with sidewalk.

[chesie]

I love that pergola and kitchen! Very nice.

[MuirView Design]

Nice Work SCG!

[SCgreenscapes]

thanks Adam.

[bcwsport]

Nice Pics, who's materials are you using?

[sprnggrn]

Thats why I like this site . Great looking stuff, all of you.

[GreenMonster]

Boy, there really are some pros here. great work everyone. I really don't want to repost, so here's a link to some of our 08 work.

good luck to everyone in 09!

http://prohardscaper.com/showthread.php?t=1335&highlight=greenmonster

[GreenMonster]

some veneer work as well.

http://prohardscaper.com/showthread.php?p=19426#post19426

[bcwsport]

Green Mon, you fit right into the frey as far as pros go. Nice pics!

[SCgreenscapes]

Nice Pics, who's materials are you using?

Almost everything is Pavestone. I use it b/c every Tom, Dick and Harry uses Belgard (good product) and I wanted to offer something different and I have not had any quality issues to date. Not to mention they are a little cheaper

[reign16]

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[Paver Man]

I thought I would throw this one in here...

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i241/pjmike/warmededit.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i241/pjmike/P1010059.jpg

[zedosix]

Very nice, how about a few more of your work, looks good man.

[4seasons]

very sharp

[cgland]

I love the color transition in the octa grande. Very nice job. Did you do the fireplace as well?

[joeymaze]

I love the way you tiered the walls down off of the fireplace. One quick question, where did you drain the bottom patio to?

[chardscapes]

PM me the images. I can't see them on the web for some reason.

[Paver Man]

Thanks for the nice comments, I certainly appreciate it. I will post some more as I have some time.

This was a "remodel" job. There was an existing patio that was rectangular that ended about where the bump-out was to the fireplace area. The budget for the project didn't allow us to tear too far back into the existing patio to "randomize" the transition to the new pavers when we laid them. The colors have all but evened-out already anyway.

We subbed out the fireplace, and the homeowner didn't like the look of the matching EH Henry veneer stone in matching "Harvest Blend" color. I thought the dry stack and color matched pretty well to the existing patio hues. I added "Pewter Blend" medallions to tie the whole thing together with the fireplace veneering.

The whole thing drains at the curved wall where we installed a scupper drain to take the water to the only lower grade of the yard. Works like a charm, thankfully.

[booner]

99% of my pics are on a busted HD, so I'll start with the few I have. It's nice to see quality work on this site..I see **** work everywhere.

My back patio. Can you tell I saved scraps for 2 years to build it... very fruity pebbles
http://s97.photobucket.com/albums/l240/mangmd/th_100_0838.jpg

This finished at 7' high...mortared grid in every 18"
http://s97.photobucket.com/albums/l240/mangmd/th_100_0954.jpg

This one was looong...a back breaker
http://s97.photobucket.com/albums/l240/mangmd/th_100_0944.jpg

Dry stacked, double sided, and varied in thickness by more than 1". Probably the most meticulous job I've ever done..and I had to build 2 of them.
http://s97.photobucket.com/albums/l240/mangmd/th_100_0832.jpg

[booner]

Sorry those pics are tiny...these should be better

[zedosix]

Very nice, but man you sure are short!

[MuirView Design]

I really like the stacked tumbled bluestone. I would've beat up the edges on the cut pieces a little, but overall it's extremely clean. Well done.

[booner]

I really like the stacked tumbled bluestone. I would've beat up the edges on the cut pieces a little, but overall it's extremely clean. Well done.

Thanks...actually I did, but just enough to hide the cut marks that would be visible between the gaps. that's what I notice too when I look at the pics.

[STLPONDS]

Very nice, but man you sure are short!

Thanks I needed that!:pound:

[zedosix]

Thanks I needed that!:pound:

Just trying to get a bit of pre-season humour in before all goes to h_ll

[Grn Mtn]

Sorry those pics are tiny...these should be better

did you do those in that new development near Tinker nature park?

[booner]

did you do those in that new development near Tinker nature park?

Yep...that's them

[Mbella]

Very nice work Booner. Nice to see some more quality natural stone work on the site.

I have to say though, I saw the pic of "you" and thought Greenmonster had changed his screen name. :)

[Dvmcmr]

Nice work I'm seeing.

I'm going to spend more time here looking and learning, I've got a lot of stone walls to work on.

Nice work folks.

[Holey - Field of Dreams]

I've always watched and read the post here to help with what we can do down here in Texas. Here are a couple from last year. Be easy on me fellas.
http://inlinethumb32.webshots.com/43999/2660167620104233248S600x600Q85.jpg (http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2660167620104233248CJsjgX)
http://inlinethumb05.webshots.com/45060/2857274570104233248S600x600Q85.jpg (http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2857274570104233248ZFGpRK)
http://inlinethumb31.webshots.com/22302/2676974870104233248S600x600Q85.jpg (http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2676974870104233248pTXlOb)
http://inlinethumb32.webshots.com/43423/2568288430104233248S600x600Q85.jpg (http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2568288430104233248unxPzx)

[pghstone83]

These are some pics ranging from outdoor eating areas, driveways, patios, fireplaces, etc.

[joeymaze]

Jeff,
Excellent work, I especially like the driveway job. It compliments the house well.

[4seasons]

nice work. did you clean the debris out of the sheer falls? makes that part look bad;)

[pghstone83]

HAAHAAA, yeah actually I did. Regarding to your sense to detail, if that was the only criticism you could find, I should take your post as a compliment.

[4seasons]

yeah definitely a compliment and my only critique ,other than those little skinny slivers in the kitchen shot but I could live with it.

[Nardelli Stone Works]

hey guys what is the best place to order pre fab fire places in the new england areas like the one on chesies photo is really nice and would love to make one like that. has any one veneered them with pa flats? how do they look?