Designer Profile - Jeffrey Gordon Smith Fire

Jeffrey Gordon Smith

Jeffrey Gordon Smith Landscape Architecture

Get The Look - California Mediterranean

Photo Inspiration - Jeffrey Gordon Smith Landscape Architecture

California has many design styles that are popular in different areas of the state but one design style that can be found from Northern to Southern Cal is the Mediterranean style. Deep rich earthy colors, black wrought iron, dark heavy rough wood, stucco and clay make up this substantial yet elegant style.

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Designer Profile - Masters of Lighting Drama

Topher Delaney/Seam Studio

There are two types of outdoor lighting, landscape and accessory.  Landscape lighting is hardwired and built-in to your outdoor space design and accessory lighting is free standing and repositional - think table lamps.  This week we are dealing mostly with accessory lighting but an inspiring starting point is to look at a couple of designers who are masters of creating high drama in outdoor spaces using landscape lighting.  In the case of designers Topher Delaney and Jeffrey Gordon Smith their far out lighting designs can, in many cases, be replicated using new accessory lighting products on the market.

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Designer Profile - Jeffrey Gordon Smith

A few years back I saw Jeffrey Gordon Smith’s Japanese Cottage in Sunset Magazine and I was immediately taken by his ease of marrying form and function in his design.  The other aspect of his work that struck me was his use of the elements water and fire.  I have yet to run across a designer who I think uses fire in their designs as well as Jeffrey does.

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