No. 64 Backyards · French Country
French Country Pool with Shaded Pavilion
Beside a French country limestone house with blue shutters, a rectangular pool is surrounded by gravel, manicured hedges, and lavender, leading toward a covered timber pavilion that offers shade against the rolling hills.
Design notes
French country design pairs formal bones with soft edges. Look for limestone walls and terraces, pea gravel courtyards, an axis or allée of pleached limes or plane trees, and clipped box giving structure to lavender, roses, rosemary and iris. Shutters, wrought-iron furniture, zinc planters and a long table under a tree complete it. Worn surfaces are the point — nothing should look new.
What to look for
- How the space is zoned — dining, lounging, lawn, planting
- Sightlines from the back door to the furthest feature
- Layers of privacy: canopy, screening, structure
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