Robin Schonberger designed a black bottom for the swimming pool to heighten the reflection of the twin pool house.
The double allée of an 80-year-old maple trees along the entry drive sold Phil Schonberger on the property.
A cherub statue shoulders a sheaf of wheat while lounging on an acanthus leaf.
Twin pool houses are nestled in boxwood with pyracantha climbing the walls and topped with copper finials through Bob Withington Antiques.
The property’s 350-year-old maple tree vies with the river as a focal point.
Influenced by a trip to the Bahamas, the homeowner painted the pool house interiors baby blue; faux bamboo chairs are through Hiden Galleries.
The gazebo came with the property.
Ghosts from a past planting, foxgloves self-sow beneath a Japanese maple.
Thirty-foot-tall mountain laurels burst into blossom in June, adding to the theatrics on the Lieutenant River.
On an axis from the pool, the folly/potting shed is framed by variegated weigela, lamb’s ears, nepeta and climbing hydrangea.
An antique cast iron urn from Passport Antiques holds agave that will winter in the conservatory.
A two-tiered Fiske cast iron fountain greets visitors as they enter the driveway.
Given Palladian windows and a pair of columns, a prefab shed became a folly/potting shed with all the necessary tools to dig in.
A pair of espaliered McIntosh apples in urns from Grand & Water Antiques flank a French antique iron settee circa 1890.