Space feels like a resort

Jun 25, 2011 |

Carmine Gargarella's backyard retreat has a lean but solid masculine look.

"It's very linear," he says. Indeed, there's scarcely a curved line about it, save for the white steps leading down into the blue-and-white tiled swimming pool, a couple of candle sconces and some wrought-iron decoration around light fixtures enclosed in rectangular openings in a wall.

The colours are beiges, browns and grey, all-natural tones of stone and weathered wood. The whole area is paved with flagstones in a random pattern. No grass, no flowers "so we don't get bugs back here," Gargarella says.

"I wanted a private place where I can come after work, sit down with a drink or a beer, read the newspaper or a book. I don't want to have to mow a lawn or dig weeds," the youngish-looking Gargarella explains (he's 45 years old).

To help him relax, music can be played over several speakers, part of an elaborate sound system connected to a whole entertainment suite - theatre room, giant flat-screen set-up, bar - inside the house (that's another story).

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