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Retaining Wall & Terrace Ideas

A slope is an opportunity once it's terraced. These designs hold the grade with stacked stone, boulders, corten steel and concrete, turning a hillside into a sequence of usable levels for lawn, planting, a pool or a fire pit.

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Retaining Wall & Terrace Ideas, explained.

A slope is an opportunity once it's terraced. These designs hold the grade with stacked stone, boulders, corten steel and concrete, turning a hillside into a sequence of usable levels for lawn, planting, a pool or a fire pit.

Anything over about four feet needs engineering and drainage behind the wall. Save the walls whose material suits your house and region, and notice how the best ones are planted to soften the top edge.

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