Natural Stone Walls in the Seattle Area
18 years in business and many stone structures to show for it! Shepherd Stoneworks is dedicated to building beautiful and structurally correct stone walls, stone patios, stairs, fireplaces, rockeries and even water features. We are available for work in the Greater Seattle Area, including the East Side areas of Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, Issaquah and Sammamish. [...]
Overhaul Your Landscape With Stone Paving and Walls
Here in Seattle the weather is so mild through the winter that landscape construction work can continue unabated, for the most part anyway. No need to put off projects until the weather is cooperative. If your yard needs some revamping, let’s get together and discuss what is possible. It takes years of this kind of [...]
Bluestone & Granite: A New Hardscape on Lake Sammamish
We just completed a rather large project on the South end of Lake Sammamish in Issaquah. The owners had the house built around 20 years ago but the lakeside landscape had always been mostly an afterthought with just a basic concrete slab and pathway to the dock with a bunch of very rustic granite rubble [...]
Stone Pathways Make Your Yard More Useful
Your yard calls to you through your windowpane – all this unused space just waiting to be brought to life. Maybe you are wondering how you could begin to reshape things so you can have the landscape you’ve always wanted. One thing missing from a lot of undeveloped landscapes is accessibility. If you can’t comfortably [...]
Courtyard Stone Patio and Deck Stairs
A narrow back yard with a problematic old deck and junky patio was the problem – our services were requested to re-work the whole area and to create a more level space. This was the result. – - The site, as it previously existed, was a mishmash of odds and ends – a combination of [...]
Stone Fireplace Surrounds around Seattle
Please have a look at some of our past fireplace surrounds in the Greater Seattle Area…
Mark Shepherd
With over 15 years of experience crafting beautiful stonework & amazing landscape designs, Mark Shepherd invites you to share in articles on stone materials, building practices, history, and documenting his projects as they happen.