Featured Stories: Landscape Projects

Featured Stories: Landscape Projects
Water and Allan Block go Hand In Hand Water has become a signature feature in today's landscaping. Ponds, waterfalls, and running streams are among the most popular items on many homeowners wish lists. If water is a problem, good landscaping will solve the issue and not complicated.
A Curb Appeal Transformation Curved Walls offer a flowing and attractive design to any landscape. Allan Block patented design allows for easy installation of curves, both inside and outside. Most curves can be built without cutting blocks. Check out this newsletter and our landscape walls guide for infomration on how to build inside and outside curves.
Create Elegant Entryways with Ease With any new home construction, the outside landscaping is typically an after thought once the residents have moved in. Knowing that the front of the home is visually the most important area, the homeowners of this project started their search to create something they could be proud of.
Allan Block - The Natural Choice In their Cave Creek Arizona dwelling,homeowners met the challenge of landscaping in a harsh, desert climate by drawing from the natural beauties that surrounded their home. In addition to driveway paved with pavers, the backyard needed a great deal of attention. Some elevation issues needed to be addressed. A stucco wall was initially specifies in the design to match the house but the homeowners wanted something with more character and custom feel. This is where Allan Block Ashlar walls come into play; retaining walls that seem to have been built right from the stones of the Arizona desert.
Create and Enjoy a Beautiful Backyard Oasis The epic battle of man versus nature raged through storm and thunder at a residence in Cincinnati, Ohio. For a week and a half, a three-man crew worked to turn a undeveloped backyard into an oasis for entertainment. The homeowners have lived in their beautiful colonial home for close to five years and determined it was time to turn their backyard slope and create a functional patio.
Renovate with Allan Block Style In this 1940's home, the homeowners decided a face lift is needed not only for the inside of the house, but the outside as well. Adding a pool was only the start to turn this backyard into an outdoor retreat. a failing concrete wall was needed to be replaced to support a new deck and to solve a hillside problem. Allan Block was seleceted as perfect and elegant match to the poolside area and the natural suround.
Tame and Unruly Hillside Turned into a Vacation Retreat Taking a backyard from one big hillside and turning it into an exotic retreat to enjoy for years to come is no easy task, but it's easier and better with Allan Block! With Allan Block we don't just build walls, we create living spaces.
Spruce Up the Front Yard with AB Classic Creating a curb apeal on a hill in front of the house, is not simple. With Allan Block durability and affordibility, the designs are only limited by your creativity. In this project the hill was turned into beautiful terraced walls with planters.
Backyard Renovation; AB Walls and AB Courtyard A Perfect Match Creating usable and beautiful space in your own backyard can be an exciting adventure.With several design factors to take into account, this total yard makeover took some very special planning. In addition to the aesthetic needs of the homeowners, there were some structural challenges that had to be addressed. One of the challenges was an existing wood retaining wall built directly against the fence line.
Outdoor Living to Last a Lifetime Once upon a time, backyard improvements meant concrete slabs, treated landscape timbers, maybe a wooden deck and a few plants to finish the job. Today, backyard improvements have limitless possibilities with the introduction of stackable retaining wall systems, like Allan Block. These outdoor living spaces can include anything from curved walls and columns to tiered gardens and raised patios. Homeowners are discovering new ways to turn their unused backyards into beautiful, functional and long lasting outdoor living areas.
Think Outside the Box with Allan Block Since the creation of the first AB retaining wall block, Allan Block has always been on the cutting edge of technology, design and style. Its mortarless, modular design makes it possible to take building hardscape projects to the next level. In this project Allan Block was used to create a beautiful retaining wall with a matching outddor fireplace.
Backyard Transformation Washes Away Water Problems Creating space from a hillside is easy with Allan Block. This yard had a great pool but not enough space around it to relax and entertain. This was due in part to the large slipong hill at the back of the property. This hillside was also creating a serious drainage issue as well. With no constructive place for the run-off water to go, the excess water from the hillside was finding its way into the pool and flooding the crawl space under the house. Building an Allan Block Retaining solved the drainage and the space problem.
Outdoor Living At Its Best - AB Courtyard Collection Over the last several years, outdoor living has become a huge part of our lives. In fact, it is so big now that people are bringing the indoors outside by turning their porches, decks, and patios, into kitchens, dining rooms, and living room areas that are perfect for entertaining.
A Designers Dreams using the AB Courtyard Collection Inspired by the natural settings and the stonework found in national parks, these homeowners wanted to turn their backyard into a garden oasis. The natural look of the AB Europa Collection was a perfect fit to their design. The AB Courtyard Collection with its great flexibility in design was added to create posts and benches to complement the design.
Add Distinction to your Landscape The AB Courtyard Collection is two-sided free standing wall system that is durable, versatile and cost effective. Easily frame a patio or pool, create a seating wall, or build an entry monument with exterior lighting. Use it alone or combine it with an Allan Block wall to give an added touch to your project.
Outdoor Living: Bars, Kitchens, Couches, Fire Pits and more... With the dawn of this outdoor living trend has come the need for new and innovative ideas and products to enhance these outdoor spaces and create an attractive and inviting extension to our outdoor enjoyment. Hardscapes have become a large part of this style, giving so much more to a yard than just a barbecue grill and a lawn chair.
Get Curvy with Allan Block Does your landscape need a retaining wall? Not sure how to tackle a slope or add a planter? Unsure of where to begin your design ideas? Then why not make your project as attractive and functional as possible, by building with curves. Curved walls offer many benefits that just about every project can use, the process is simple.
Expanded Backyard Makes for a Beautiful View Nestled in the hills of Shell Beach, California this home was in need of a backyard expansion. With a beautiful view of the Pacific Ocean in the front and a hillside directly out their backdoor, this family needed to add balance and outdoor living areas to their yard. retaining walls would cut into the hillside to allow for a larger patio and more useable space. The flexible Allan Block segmental retaining wall products were the ideal choice for incorporating inside and outside curves, corners, and stairways into the project. The AB Europa Collection blocks also had an old world – rustic feel that the family really liked.
A Welcomed Transformation Since entertaining, cooking, and relaxing were all important to this homeowner, a plan was set in place to create a patio with an enclosure to separate it from the rest of the yard, an outdoor kitchen with a bar for grilling and entertaining and a fire pit area for sitting and relaxing. Allan Block was nothing short of a perfect choice forthis project.
A Do-It-Yourselfers Accomplisment Bobby and Kristy Loff are Do-it-Yourselfers to the extreme. After purchasing a home in New Jersey back in 2003, they spent 6 years completely redoing every aspect from top to bottom to get it just the way they wanted. Check out their story.
Be Kind to the Earth - Green Curb Appeal Building a front yard solution adds the curb appeal these homeowners were looking for. The product gave them the opportunity to live a little more "green".
Paradise Found See how these homeowners built a paradise retreat in their own backyard with patio walls, a swimming pool, outdoor kitchen and a fireplace. Check out their story.

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