31 RYAN KERLIN PAINtINg & Power Washing 910-617-8 252 Serving Coastal Carolina Since 1997 wooddeck A bulwark against the prevailing winter winds, a stacked stone fireplace anchors the epie deck of a Shinn Woods home near the Intracoastal Waterway. When landscape architect Donna Ray Mitchell designed the deck, she introduced a circular form around the base of an exist-ing tree. “It felt natural to put a circle around that,” Mitchell says. “I played off that circle and repeated it.” Circles score the decking that Mitchell designed to soften the angles and severe forms that emerged as the result of the addition of a master bedroom wing to an existing house. “I really wanted to soften that,” Mitchell says. “It was one more reason to introduce the circular forms.” Architect and builder Bryan Humphrey elevated her concept. Humphrey’s bentwood benches also fabricated from epie wood surround convertible side tables and flank the hearth tended by a gas lighter for wood logs. “Bryan’s a perfectionist and has a design finesse that he really doesn’t compromise. I really appre-ciate working with him because I know not only will he appreciate my design but he’ll honor it and even make it better, take it to the next level,” Mitchell says. The deck, conveniently located off of the kitchen, is also appointed with an outdoor grill and a shaded dining table and chairs. With ornamental plant-ings tucked into the foundation of the house, the project, com-pleted six years ago, has matured into a natural transition between the built environment and the wooded site. www.wrightsvillebeachmagazine.com WBM
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