location is thousand oaks california add sunlight for a late afternoon light show the stairs and landings on the hillside in salvaged broken concrete chunks and with decomposed granite between the steps fully blend the stairs and landings into the natural slope of the hillside add california native plants and bushes on the hillside around the steps add a man and his son walking up the steps carry a basketball the pool terrace paving is made of limestone accent strips with smooth concrete infill and some flagstone areas show the paved area at the top of the stairs in astro turf play area the retaining walls are white stucco with a limestone cap on top fill in the planting material on the hillside with more native california plants