
Skelton Home Services
Home Renovation - Before and After

Custom Carpentry

Gardens, Plants, and Insects




Aromatic asters bloom along a Chapel Hill gravel and flagstone path. Assorted sedges and rushes line the path.

Lovely aromatic asters blooming along a Chapel Hill gravel and flagstone path. Soft rush and various sedges surround them.



Before this garden renovation, this area was completely full of Hellebores, or Lenten Roses. We pulled them all out, installed the path and steps and planted foundation shrubs, perennials, and herbs.

Asarum canadense, or wild ginger, planted in a rocky woodland shade garden.
Hardscapes and Lighting



This backyard patio solved the problem of mucky and sloping ground. The homeowners now have a level and easily maintained space for chairs and a firepit.

This backyard patio solved the problem of mucky and sloping ground. The homeowners now have a level and easily maintained space for chairs and a firepit.

This backyard patio solved the problem of mucky and sloping ground. The homeowners now have a level and easily maintained space for chairs and a firepit.




This simple and informal patio is built from treated 4x6 timbers and crushed granite.
Landscaping Before, During, and After

January 2017

January 2017

January 2017

January 2017

February 2017

March 2017

March 2017

April 2017

July 2017















