clipped from newoldhousemag.com

The courtyard extends the Spanish Eclectic aesthetic to the outside. "We had added a fountain and a pond in the courtyard," Merle says. "We tried to create an ancient garden: We planted grapes, pomegranates, figs, lavender, and rosemary hedges. There's an olive tree. The yard is all terraced on the hillside, so it's the kind of garden you would see in the Mediterranean: Spain, Italy, Tunisia."

The courtyard, an extension of the kitchen addition, was planted with grapes, pomegranates, figs, and lavender to enhance the house's Mediterranean origins.