Located down a country lane with sweeping views of the Santa Ynez Mountains, this two-story shingled home in Montecito, Calif., serves as a special place for all of life's moments. As guests approach the property, they'll also get a glimpse of the home's stunning gardens and charming carriage house.

With a main house and a carriage house for guests, this picture-perfect property in Montecito, Calif., needed several parking spaces. So the landscape architects installed a large driveway between the two structures, with rose bushes and lavender to break up all the stone.

With flowering bushes and overgrown plants obscuring the road from view, this two-story shingled home almost seems as though it belongs to another world. At night, a single black lantern offers a guiding light back to the main house.

To make this two-story shingled home feel more peaceful and private, the landscape architects flanked the front walkway with flower beds and bushes. Now with some separation between the house and the road, the portico seems a lot more quiet.