Featured Project
Southern Albemarle Modern Farmhouse
Two outdoor zones at a hilltop new build — a porcelain back patio with outdoor kitchen, and an upper curved fire pit lounge with panoramic Blue Ridge views.
Location
Southern Albemarle, VA
Project Type
Design-Build
Property
Hilltop New Construction
Scope
Patio · Kitchen · Fire Pits
The Challenge
One property, two views, two zones.
A new modern farmhouse on a Southern Albemarle hilltop — the kind of property where the view shifts dramatically depending on which corner you stand in. The owners wanted an outdoor kitchen attached to the back of the house for daily living, AND a separate fire pit lounge that captured the long Blue Ridge view from the upper terrace.
Two zones, two purposes, one cohesive design language — porcelain tile, stacked stone, bluestone caps, and dark metal accents that match the architecture.
“The fire pit is for the view. The kitchen is for the family. They needed to belong to the same property without competing with it.”
The Snow Knows Way
The Build
Through winter and into spring.
Snow Knows crews worked the project across seasons — foundations and stonework through the cold months, finish hardscape and outdoor kitchen install as the weather warmed. Same team start to finish, no subcontractor hand-offs.
Zone One — Back Patio
Where the family actually eats.
Porcelain tile patio with bluestone border inset, anchored by a stainless built-in grill on a stacked-stone island. Square stacked-stone fire pit with an L-shape seat wall extends the entertaining space toward the forest view.
Zone Two — Mountain Lounge
For the long Blue Ridge view.
An upper terrace anchored by a curved stacked-stone seat wall wrapping a square stone fire pit. The whole structure was sited and built to frame the panoramic Blue Ridge horizon — every chair points the same direction.
Project Scope
What we designed and built.
- Porcelain-tile back patio with bluestone border inset
- Square stacked-stone fire pit with bluestone caps
- L-shape stacked-stone seat wall
- Built-in stainless outdoor kitchen with grill island
- Stone-veneer planter with bluestone cap
- Upper terrace with curved stacked-stone seat wall
- Square fire pit at the curved lounge with mountain view
- Site grading and connecting pathways
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