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Modern Home Receives Colorful, Boho Makeover

December 11, 2018

From: BOXHILL

With the help of landscape designer Elizabeth Przygoda-Montgomery, this home in Tuscon, Ariz., received a colorful makeover. The entryway, which once featured only concrete and gravel, was walled off to create a courtyard with a cool nest chair for reading, while the backyard was revamped to include porch swings, a dining area and a fire pit. Throw pillows and patterned rugs bring on the boho vibes.

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Desert Landscape

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Low-Water Desert Landscape

In the entryway courtyard, designers planted desert appropriate, low-water plants and mixed in tawny gravel and pale stone walkways to usher guests to the front door.

Modern, Private Front Entrance

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Modern Half-Wall Creates Privacy for Front Entrance

A modern half-wall around the home's front entrance makes the front yard entertaining space semi-private and more functional, allowing the homeowners to make use of all their home's spaces, both indoor and out.

Indoor-Outdoor Living with Semi-Private Front Courtyard

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Semi-Private Courtyard With Comfortable Reading Chair

To welcome guests into this newly redesigned home, a low-walled courtyard transformed what was once a stark patch of gravel into an inviting, semi-private outdoor room with soft lighting to illuminate the space at night.

Dark Neutral Hallway with Bright Painting

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Bright Painting Adds Boho Touch to Neutral Hallway

The bold painting at the end of this hallway brightens the dark neutral wallpaper while helping to tie this space into the larger living room area.

Living Room with Stone Wall that adds Color and Texture

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Stone Wall Adds Color and Texture to Eclectic Living Room

The stone wall of the living room helps provide texture to the space while bringing in the colors of the desert. This helps create the indoor-outdoor design the homeowners hoped for.

Bar Area Defined by Black Walls

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Matte Black Walls, Cool Prints Define Bar Area

A large window above the sink provides plenty of natural light to the dark bar area. The jet black walls and black and white photographs help separate the bar area from the rest of the living room, giving it a unique feel.

Bold Colors Make Neutral Family Room Pop

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Neutral Family Room Shines With Sunny Yellow Curtains

In the family room, bright yellow curtains and bold, patterned pillows help make this neutral space pop.

Seamless Indoor-Outdoor Living Created with Interior Sight Lines

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Interior Sight Lines Create Seamless Indoor-Outdoor Living

Designers were careful to blend the indoor and outdoor spaces by taking advantage of sight lines from the home's interior design. The plants in the front courtyard and the back yard can be seen from the living room, kitchen, bedroom and hallways. Here, a sculptural cactus provides a backdrop for art inside the home.

Outdoor Seating Softened by Rugs

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Black-and-White Rugs Soften Outdoor Sitting Area

Designers used outdoor rugs to soften the seating areas scattered throughout the backyard space.

Indoor-Outdoor Living Encouraged by Backyard Design

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Backyard Design Encourages Indoor-Outdoor Living

The homeowners wanted an outdoor design that would meet the desires of their indoor-outdoor lifestyle, so designers included multiple seating areas with chaise lounges for taking in the sun, half-submerged loungers for cooling off in the shallow end of the pool, porch swings and an outdoor dining table for enjoying a meal al fresco.

Pool Loungers in Pool Shallow End

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Southwestern Backyard Includes Half-Submerged Pool Loungers

The shallow end of the pool has half-submerged pool loungers, making this space the ideal destination for cooling off under the desert sun.

Back Porch Design that is Laid-Back and Relaxing

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Relaxing Back Porch With Boho-Style Swing Chairs

On the back porch, a pair of swinging daybeds topped with kilim pillows add a playful, laid-back feel to the space creating the perfect spot for relaxing. For additional seating, colorful butterfly-style chairs face the pool and make the space more functional.

Modern Backyard Design with Desert Color Palette

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Desert Color Palette in Modern Backyard Design

The homeowners wanted a backyard design that would blend into the desert surroundings rather than compete with it, so designers chose native plants like gray-green cacti and natural colored hardscape such as warm, caramel stones and pale, sun-bleached wood that would reflect the warm, desert tones to create the look.

Fire Pit with Comfortable Sofa Seating

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Comfortable Sofas Add Seating Around Fire Pit

The cushy sofas around the wood-burning fire pit are the best place to relax in the evening after a long day.

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