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The problem: The grass strip beside her house where the trash cans lived turned to mud every time it rained. It sat on a slope, and even her own landscapers complained about hauling the cans across it.

What we did: We cut in a level paver pad with a clean retaining edge and a stone border — a dedicated, built-to-grade spot for the cans instead of a patch of side-yard grass fighting gravity.

The result: No more mud, no more hill, no more dread on trash day. Just a small, sharp-looking pad that does its one job perfectly.

The problem: Her front stoop was plain concrete that no longer matched the paver walkway leading up to the house — and she wanted it to match.

What we did: We found near-identical pavers, tore out the old concrete stoop, and rebuilt the entry from the ground up — steps, border, and all — so it reads as one continuous, intentional entrance.

The result: The stoop finally matches the walkway. She loves it, and it's the kind of small fix that changes how the whole front of the house feels.