Welcome home
This classic Sanibel stilt home needed an updated driveway and entrance that would befit the warmth of the home and its owners. That character was achieved by using stone in several different ways.
Supports that keep a house safely above potential 
storm surge (and in this case, provide amazing views of the natural woodland habitat on Sanibel Island) can tend to look rather stark and utilitarian.
It might be odd to say we softened their look using something as hard as stone, but we feel that’s 
exactly what happened. We created rustic planters around the columns and extended them into the driveway, providing a continuity that lends a sense of welcome all the way from the house to the road.
The privacy wall that separated the driveway
from the pool was built after the existing screen cage was destroyed in a hurricane. This functional separation was clad in colorful flagging, and the look of the the planters – made from a more-blocky stone called Ozark moss – was extended to the end of the driveway. The effect of the smaller, more-rustic wall in front of the vertical, more-formal flagstone wall, was to break up the boundary visually – again, softening the effect.
The pavers were installed by a capable contractor, and plants complete the hospitable effect.
