Peachy the Magazine Spring 2020 | Page 14

The house sits up on a slight hill and is set back from the street, so Marcia didn’t want a traditional walkway. She added a wide terraced entrance, with large precast concrete steppers, then softened the house with large sweeps of natural grasses, boxwood, and Japanese maples. Marcia says, “The lot had natural elevation changes of about four feet from the back of the house to the street, and there were a lot of drainage issues directed toward the house. We terraced the property to help with the drainage and to create interest.” 12 PEACHYTHEMAGAZINE.COM