HOME IMPROVEMENT
Backyard
Oasis
W
hen family and friends visited the Upper St.
Clair home of Jason and Stacey Cobb last
summer, they marveled at how the couple
had transformed their backyard from ordinary to oasislike. “It’s totally different than when we moved here in
2010,” Jason says.
The 20-year-old Colonial house right off Cook’s School
Road sits on six-tenths of an acre. “We’re spoiled because
we have a nice size yard for this area and it’s mostly flat.”
While the previous owners had installed a pool, concrete
patio and wood deck, the space wasn’t being used to its full
potential. “The concrete was a hideous red. The pool and
patio areas were separate. Nothing flowed.”
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In November 2012, the Cobbs gathered bids and settled
on an approach. “We had a vision of what we wanted—for
it to be one level, tying the pool and deck areas together,”
Jason explains. “That was our only criteria, and a stone
mason laid it out from there—adding stuff we hadn’t even
thought of, like low-voltage lighting and power outlets.
He made history of the old concrete and new design plans
called for 1,500 feet of stamped concrete encircling the
pool and gazebo, shaped landscape beds with sitting walls,
a pedestal with light fixture, and a custom patio bar with a
sink and grill.
For the stone retaining walls, they specified 6” MiniCreta Techno-Bloc in Chestnut Brown, with double-sided,