Dreamland Villa with European Elegance / European Garden

This English-country-style vacation home with a vast European-style garden is quite an elegant one.

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Story: Warapsorn /// Photos: Soopakorn Srisakul, Rithirong Chanthongsuk /// Style: Pakhawadee Phahulo /// Architecture: Phumisak Thiankhaprasit /// Interior Decoration: Nitsanat Jaroenthaithawee /// Garden Design: Kongyos Boonrak and Thapana Vachiramas /// Landscaping: My Garden Corner

A rose arbor leads into the center of the garden. Its smooth grass lawn makes for a truly distinctive look the owners love.

A symmetrical play of hedges and plant beds with squared or rounded frames are interspersed with sweet flowers that relieve any harshness.

This grey house in the “English Country” style stands out in the middle of a European-style garden. Open lawns, variegated flowerbeds and flowering plants are spaced at intervals.

Divided into small sections, the garden starts at the front of the house, with a neatly trimmed Hokkien tea hedge formally arranged for a welcoming effect. This spot has an intentionally playful feeling. Seasonal flowers are planted in open areas while the formal design is preserved with the Hokkien tea hedges framing the flowerbeds.

Next to the house is a cobblestone path; here landscaping is in “mixed border garden” style. Assorted plants with detailed leaves and bright flowers grow together for a natural look, rather than clearly separated into plots. From here two more spots are visible; a circular grass lawn surrounded by rose beds, and a courtyard set up like a chessboard.

Behind the house is a beautiful and varied rose garden, once more hedged in by Hokkien tea plants. In spite of the single level garden design, there is a background of tall trees to dispel any sense that dimension might be lacking.

Hokkien tea hedges are laid out in elegant symmetrical lines, giving just the right feeling of formality to this expansive garden.

Big “chessboard” in the garden: Concrete squares alternate with savanna grass. Cement chess pieces add narrative.

Mountains and tall trees fill out the landscape, making the garden appear like a natural continuation of local topography.

Stepping into the house you still feel the owners’ dedication to the natural world. Glass doors all around open on the beautiful garden outside.

Each bedroom on the second floor has a private balcony for coming out to sit, feel the breeze, and enjoy the garden. A simple look around shows that the European garden, plants, and nature itself are things this family takes delight in, and provide a true retreat from the workaday world.

The parlor has lots of openings for outside light. One wall is of brown brick with orange accents, rising all the way to the ceiling to add visual warmth.

The dining area connects to the parlor, which has a lower ceiling.

013 — The bedroom has a warm feeling even with its cream-colored drapes, bedstead, quilt, and wooden floor.

Inside the arbor is a glass table, attractive and comfortable to use.

Link: http://apinyagarden-coffee.blogspot.com/2014/05/my-garden-corner.html

Dreamland Villa with European Elegance