{"id":217,"date":"2014-04-08T22:33:57","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T03:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/?p=217"},"modified":"2015-01-12T11:23:34","modified_gmt":"2015-01-12T17:23:34","slug":"tessellation-patio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/tessellation-patio\/","title":{"rendered":"Tessellation Patio"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-217\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-217-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-217-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-217-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_text panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\">An interesting recent design project we did involved repurposing some concrete blocks left on a site by the builder and turning them into a decorative patio.  The blocks looked kind of cool how they were but they didn't really serve a purpose and they were in a prime spot better served by a walking path and plantings.  Left with 15 somewhat odd shaped heavy blocks we set about trying to come up with a small patio area that would also add a distinctive decorative element.  As you can see from the photos a number of possible designs were experimented with but in the end we went with this semi tessellating design with mortar to fill in the cracks.  Thanks to the hard work of Eco experts Jason and Tyler we made the design a reality.<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div id=\"panel-217-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_siteorigin-panels-gallery panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"flexslider-wrapper\"><div class=\"flexslider\"><ul class=\"slides\"><li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tessellation-blocks-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"slide-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tessellation-blocks-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/tessellation-blocks-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><div class=\"flex-caption\">original block placement<\/div><\/li><li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"907\" src=\"https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1522-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"slide-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1522-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1522-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1522.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/li><li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"907\" src=\"https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1521-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"slide-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1521-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1521-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1521.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/li><li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"907\" src=\"https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1520-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"slide-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1520-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1520-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1520.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/li><li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"907\" src=\"https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1519-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"slide-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1519-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1519-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1519.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/li><li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"907\" src=\"https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1518-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"slide-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1518-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1518-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1518.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/li><li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"907\" src=\"https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1517-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"slide-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1517-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1517-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1517.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/li><li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"907\" src=\"https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1516-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"slide-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1516-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1516-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1516.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/li><li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mandala-patio-groundwork-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"slide-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mandala-patio-groundwork-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mandala-patio-groundwork-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mandala-patio-groundwork.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><div class=\"flex-caption\">site preparation<\/div><\/li><li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mandala-patio-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"slide-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mandala-patio-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mandala-patio-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mandala-patio.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><div class=\"flex-caption\">finished project<\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An interesting recent design project we did involved repurposing some concrete blocks left on a site by the builder and turning them into a decorative patio. The blocks looked kind of cool how they were but they didn&#8217;t really serve a purpose and they were in a prime spot better served by a walking path [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,5,8,1],"tags":[36,97,37,35],"class_list":["post-217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-garden-design","category-hardscaping","category-photos","category-uncategorized","tag-concrete-blocks","tag-pi-house","tag-repurposing","tag-tessellation-patio","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":250,"href":"https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions\/250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecogardenok.com\/ecolandscaping\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}