The palette

Dark deepslate and blackstone below, warm spruce and dark oak decks, red mangrove walls, dark tile roofs, warm lantern light everywhere. A dark heavy base with warm wood on top: the base looks safe and lived in.

Techniques

• Raised deck
• Hipped tile roofs
• Corner pavilions
• Lantern light
• Pergolas

The steps

1. Flat ground
2. Footing: outline
3. Footing: lower walls
4. Footing: upper walls
5. Buttresses
6. Deck planks
7. Grand stairs
8. Stair lantern posts
9. Railings
10. House: posts
11. House: walls
12. House: first roof
13. House: upper floor
14. House: top roof
15. House: lights
16. Pavilion front west
17. Pavilion front west: roof
18. Pavilion front east
19. Pavilion front east: roof
20. Pavilion back west
21. Pavilion back west: roof
22. Pavilion back east
23. Pavilion back east: roof
24. Pergola posts
25. Pergola beams
26. Hanging lanterns
27. Planters
28. Benches and barrels
29. Trees and bushes

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