It is easy to fall in love with well-constructed stone retaining walls. The stones have texture and a natural variation of color, shape and size while the stacking patterns and mortar lines ...

from winding garden paths to fireplaces and stone retaining walls. Stone Primer (Storey Publishing, 2007), by Charles McRaven, presents basic techniques of stonework and dozens of projects for ...

Flooring inside the house displays the same texture as the surface of the ... panoramic view of the Arabian Sea. Two stone retaining walls made of locally available basalt wrap around the front ...